TRUE LOVE - One Bread, One Body, 10/14/2025

Tuesday, October 14, 2025 , Pope St. Callistus I

Romans 1:16-25
Psalm 19:2-5
Luke 11:37-41

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TRUE LOVE
"They engaged in the mutual degradation of their bodies." —Romans 1:24

If we engage in idolatry, that is, giving anything priority over God, the Lord will deliver us up in our “lusts to unclean practices” (Rm 1:24) and “disgraceful passions” (Rm 1:26). Women will exchange “natural intercourse for unnatural” (Rm 1:26), and men will give up “natural intercourse with women” and burn “with lust for one another” (Rm 1:27). They will do “shameful things with men, and thus” receive “in their own persons the penalty for their perversity” (Rm 1:27).

The Catholic Church has applied these verses from Romans in the following statement: “Basing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity, tradition has always declared that ‘homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered.’ They are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2357). This is the way the above verses have been understood for almost two thousand years.

When we know the truth that homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered and gravely sinful, we have the basis for truly loving those experiencing same-sex attraction. We can bring them hope and healing in Jesus. If they have sinned, we can encourage them to embrace repentance and chastity. Any understanding of homosexuality not based on truth is harmful to those who experience same-sex attraction. Love in truth (see 1 Jn 3:18).

Prayer: Father, may I love people enough to tell the truth.

Promise: "If you give what you have as alms, all will be wiped clean for you." —Lk 11:41

Praise: Pope St. Callistus I was a humble slave. Jesus exalted him (Mt 23:12) and placed him in the office of Pope. As Pope, Callistus exalted Jesus and vigorously defended His divinity.



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LIVING TO PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL - One Bread, One Body, 10/13/2025

Monday, October 13, 2025,

Romans 1:1-7
Psalm 98:1-4
Luke 11:29-32

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LIVING TO PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL
"Through Him we have been favored with apostleship, that we may spread His name." —Romans 1:5

St. Paul, “set apart to proclaim the gospel of God” (Rm 1:1), wrote to the Romans to prepare them to be a home-base for future evangelism in Spain (Rm 15:24, 28). Paul was always thinking of reaching more people for Christ. He would use a courtroom as a forum for preaching the Gospel (Acts 26:1ff). He even stopped to convert the jailer after an earthquake (Acts 16:28ff). Paul repeatedly risked his life to preach the Gospel (2 Cor 11:23). He was single-hearted; evangelism was the only thing on his mind. He would pay any price to win to Christ as many as possible (1 Cor 9:19).

We have seven weeks remaining in the Church year. In the last forty-five weeks, how many people have we tried to lead to the Lord? The fields are ripe for a great harvest (Jn 4:35), but the workers are still few (Mt 9:37). If we’re not evangelizing, are we evangelized? Let’s repent of not sharing the Gospel and make the rest of this year the greatest evangelistic drive of our lives.

Prayer: Father, give me a new Pentecost that leads to a new evangelization.

Promise: "She came from the farthest corner of the world to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, but you have a greater than Solomon here." —Lk 11:31

Praise: George, a professional athlete, does not hide his faith in Jesus Christ and has been a fruitful public witness for his faith.

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“DO YOU WANT TO BE HEALED?” (Jn 5:6) - One Bread, One Body, 10/12/2025

Sunday, October 12, 2025, 28th Sunday Ordinary Time

2 Kings 5:14-17
2 Timothy 2:8-13
Psalm 98:1-4
Luke 17:11-19
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"DO YOU WANT TO BE HEALED?" (Jn 5:6)
"Go and show yourselves to the priests." —Luke 17:14

In today’s first reading and the Gospel passage, the steps involved in the healings of leprosy were ordinary rather than spectacular (2 Kgs 5:14; Lk 17:14). Humble obedience was required of the lepers, who were not healed until they obeyed. These healings are similar to the seemingly ordinary healing power of the Sacraments (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1420-1421). We must partake of the sacraments to experience their healing effects. For example, the Sacrament of Reconciliation doesn’t take effect until we go and show ourselves to the priest in the Confessional (see Lk 17:14). After doing this, we are forgiven and healed.

It may seem like the healing in a sacrament is a somewhat impersonal transaction. Actually, the Sacraments are deeply personal. In Holy Communion, the flesh of the Lord Jesus dwells within our flesh (Jn 6:56; 17:23). In Confession, the priest, even though he may seem detached, is sitting in the person of Christ (Catechism, 1461, 1465). Through him, Jesus forgives your sin very personally. The other Sacraments are also administered through the personal touch of the Lord.

Naaman wanted a personal, spectacular healing (2 Kgs 5:11ff). But he got the results he wanted through ordinary obedience (2 Kgs 5:14). Through His Church, Jesus has poured out incredible healing power. “Do you want to be healed” badly enough to receive it through the Sacraments Jesus established in His Church? (Jn 5:6)

Prayer: Father, may I seek healing on Your terms.

Promise: "If we have died with Him we shall also live with Him; if we hold out to the end we shall also reign with Him." —2 Tm 2:11-12

Praise: Praise You, healing Jesus, risen in splendor. Alleluia!

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WORD IN, WORD OUT - One Bread, One Body, 10/11/2025

Saturday, October 11, 2025, Pope St. John XXIII

Joel 4:12-21
Psalm 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12
Luke 11:27-28

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WORD IN, WORD OUT
"Blest are they who hear the word of God and keep it." —Luke 11:28

God speaks and the Word that proceeds from His mouth accomplishes things: creation, miracles, conversions, and much more. God’s Word is alive and pierces hearts (Heb 4:12). God’s Word accomplishes its purposes (see Is 55:11).

Our words also accomplish things. Our words come from the recesses of our hearts and have power to work good or evil. They build people up or tear them apart. With our words, we can sow justice, peace, love, generosity, compassion, forgiveness, and encouragement. Alternatively, with our words we can sow bad fruit such as bitterness, fury, condemnation, and unforgiveness. “A good man produces goodness from the good in his heart; an evil man produces evil out of his store of evil. Each man speaks from his heart’s abundance” (Lk 6:45).

Since our words come from our heart, we must allow the Lord to purify our heart to bear the good fruit He expects (see Jn 15:8, 16). The Word of God is the perfect heart-cleansing agent (see Jn 15:3). Our challenge, then, is to regularly fill our heart with the Word of God and thereby give our heart a daily bath in God’s Word (Eph 5:26). Our native language will then become “Scripture” and our words will produce much good fruit. Thus we will be able to “hear the word of God and keep it” (Lk 11:28).

Prayer: Father, fill me with an ever-deepening desire to make Your Word my home (Jn 8:31). Teach me "what to say and how to speak" (Jn 12:49).

Promise: Be glad in the Lord, you just, and give thanks to His holy name." —Ps 97:12

Praise: Pope St. John XXIII is credited with saving the lives of many Jews while serving as archbishop in Greece during World War II.

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REPOSSESSION - One Bread, One Body, 10/10/2025

Friday, October 10, 2025,

Joel 1:13-15; 2:1-2
Psalm 9:2-3, 6, 16, 8-9
Luke 11:15-26

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REPOSSESSION
"Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste. Any house torn by dissension falls." —Luke 11:17

It may seem like the devil’s grip on this world is ironclad. However, his time is running out (see Rv 12:12). The Lord destroys the wicked (Ps 9:6); even wicked designs and wicked plots eventually backfire (Ps 9:16-17). Jesus is stronger than Satan (Lk 11:22). As Jesus chips away relentlessly at Satan’s strongholds, Satan’s grip is loosened.

Because of original sin, there are strongholds in our hearts, wounded places inside us which continually work to hold us captive. The good news is that Jesus, when we invite Him into our heart through faith and Baptism, is stronger than these strongholds of the kingdom of darkness (Lk 11:22). Jesus came “to destroy the devil’s works” (1 Jn 3:8). He is always at work to reclaim that captured territory for the kingdom of God.

Let us ask Jesus to take full control of all divisions in our heart (see Heb 4:12). As more of these dark strongholds are conquered by the Lord, our hearts become more united and infused with His grace. Jesus is preparing a place for His kingdom in your heart (see Jn 14:2). Give Him full permission to re-possess your life.

Prayer: Jesus, be the Lord of all the kingdoms of my heart.

Promise: "The Lord sits enthroned forever; He has set up His throne for judgment." —Ps 9:8

Praise: For over a dozen years, Ben has attended Eucharistic Adoration between 1-3AM on Wednesdays. Although he is weary at that time, Jesus renews his strength each week (Is 40:29, 31).

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PRAYER THAT IS ALWAYS ANSWERED - One Bread, One Body, 10/09/2025

Thursday, October 9, 2025, St. Denis & Companions
St. John Leonardi

Malachi 3:13-20
Psalm 1:1-4, 6
Luke 11:5-13

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PRAYER THAT IS ALWAYS ANSWERED
"Ask and you shall receive." —Luke 11:9

If by our persistence we can get someone to give us something (Lk 11:8), “how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him” (Lk 11:13). Because of God the Father’s perfect, infinite love for us, we can be sure that we will receive what we ask for in prayer — or better than what we ask (Eph 3:20; see Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2737).

However, the writer of the book of James teaches: “You ask and you do not receive because you ask wrongly, with a view to squandering what you receive on your pleasures” (Jas 4:3). The Lord always answers true prayer, that is, prayer coming from love of Him and not from selfishness. Yet, because of our fallen nature, we are selfish. Does that mean that our prayer is necessarily sabotaged?

The Spirit “helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how to pray as we ought” (Rm 8:26). When we let the Spirit guide us in prayer (see Jn 16:13), we pray not to inform God of our needs or persuade Him to help us. God knows everything. Moreover, He is Love (1 Jn 4:8,16), so He does not need to be persuaded to love us. But we need information, persuasion, revelation, and transformation. Prayer in the Holy Spirit does not try to help God respond or try to change Him. Prayer in the Spirit praises God for Who He is, while it changes us. Praying in the Holy Spirit, we crucify our flesh and selfishness (Gal 5:24), and therefore prayer in the Spirit is always answered.

Prayer: Father, may I pray heart-wrenching, life-changing prayers.

Promise: "For you who fear My name, there will arise the sun of justice with its healing rays." —Mal 3:20

Praise: St. Denis traveled far to share the Good News. He gladly gave his life for the Faith.

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SELFISH JUSTICE IS UNJUST - One Bread, One Body, 10/08/2025

Wednesday, October 8, 2025,

Jonah 4:1-11
Psalm 86:3-6, 9-10
Luke 11:1-4

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SELFISH JUSTICE IS UNJUST
"This is why I fled at first to Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger, rich in clemency, loathe to punish." —Jonah 4:2

Jonah at first refused to call the Ninevites to repentance because he refused to forgive them for the atrocities they had committed against his people. Jonah’s attitude of unforgiveness would have been viewed by most Israelites of his time as a cry for justice, not seeing that it was actually masking Jonah’s selfishness.

The Lord unmasked Jonah’s selfishness by sending a worm to wilt the plant that gave Jonah cool shade (Jon 4:7). Jonah became so upset about losing his “air conditioner” that he wished he was dead (see Jon 4:8). Jonah cared more about his own comfort than about the lives of 120,000 Ninevites (see Jon 4:10-11).

God is just (see Dt 32:4). Therefore, His followers must stand up for justice. However, sometimes our cries for justice are deceptive. What we call justice may be an excuse for indulging our selfishness, our unforgiveness. For example, many people promote capital punishment as an expression of justice. However, if we have not forgiven even the worst offenders 70x7 times (Mt 18:22), our cries for justice may be excuses for selfishness. This is fundamentally unjust.

Prayer: Father, may Your love break the spell of selfishness in my life.

Promise: "Forgive us our sins for we too forgive all who do us wrong." —Lk 11:4

Praise: Alice's non-Christian parents put her in Catholic school to receive a good education. In second grade, the children recited the Rosary. Alice asked her parents to pray it with her at home, so she could learn it better. Decades later, her parents are now Catholic, Alice is a religious sister, and is principal of a Catholic school.

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