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Sept. 21st 25th Sunday in ordinary time
Jesus, You always give us aids to help us to walk life in You.
This week, Lord, Your church raises up to us a man of great
determination and love.
St. Padre Pio, a man who not only received the stigmata,
but also had to live through a lot of rejection and emotional pain.
Yet, Lord, he never wavered in his commitment to You.
He was a man of great prayer, and a person who received
many of your sublime gifts, like healing and bio-location.
He could read hearts, and his masses where great renewals
of Calvary lived out in Padre Pio.
Jesus, his suffering, put with Yours, has given us all great
graces. Thank You, Jesus. Amen and Amen
Thank you Lord, for loving us totally.
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One Bread, One Body
This weeks readings and reflections
Sunday THE EXHILARATION OF NOT GETTING OUR WAY
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"As high as the heavens are above the earth, so high are My
ways above your ways and My thoughts above your thoughts." —Isaiah 55:9
Because God's thoughts and ways are very different than
ours, we must think and act very differently from what we are
comfortable with, if we are to have the mind of Christ
(1 Cor 2:16). In other words, if it feels good, don't do it!
Until we are very holy, doing things God's way will be
heart-wrenching. It will upset us to not get our way. However,
we give in and do it God's way anyway because we love Him.
Sometimes we don't even understand what God is doing, but
there's something mysteriously beautiful about living in this
kingdom of God and living so foreign to our natural ways.
There is such authentic fulfillment in losing our lives (Lk 9:24),
abandoning ourselves to the Lord, not relying on our own
understanding (Prv 3:5), and not doing our own thing. What
freedom we have in not being confined to our own thoughts
and ways, but living a new life of faith in the Lord! (see Gal 2:20)
"For who can see Him and describe Him? Or who can
praise Him as He is? Beyond these, many things lie hid;
only a few of His works have we seen" (Sir 43:33-34). "How
deep are the riches and the wisdom and the knowledge of
God! How inscrutable His judgments, how unsearchable His
ways!" (Rm 11:33) "To Him be glory forever. Amen" (Rm 11:36).
Monday A LAMP TO THEIR FEET
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"No one lights a lamp and puts it under a bushel basket or
under a bed; he puts it on a lampstand so that whoever
comes in can see it." —Luke 8:16
Tuesday POOR PRAYER
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"He who shuts his ear to the cry of the poor will himself
also call and not be heard." —Proverbs 21:13
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"Eye has not seen, ear has not heard, nor has it so much
as dawned on man what God has prepared for those who
love Him." (1 Corinthians 2:9)
The daughter of a Baptist minister becomes a Catholic
because of the opportunity to go to confession. A
Presbyterian pastor involved in the healing ministry publicly
announces his wish that his church have the Sacrament of
Reconciliation. A middle-aged mother of three refers to
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PM Internet Prayer Requests
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Please pray for Paulette and Glen who have cancer. My
email friend has asked me to ask for prayers for these
friends of hers and would appreciate your prayer support.
Thank you and God Bless.
(K., Terrytown, La, United States, 9/20/2008 9:58:57 PM)
For God to remove all the blockages to His will-- those
that come from me, those that come from others for the
Love of God to fill this home that I can build the Grotto.
Keep my other promises to God. work to restore eccelsial
buildings. My lamp is going out because I'm surrounded
by bad people or slumbering people. Please God give me
the light, and keep my lamp burning. Help me be prepared
when you call me to my mission.
(Anonymous, 9/20/2008 4:50:05 PM)
Please pray for my friend, Eva. She's unfortunately suicidal
and really, really lonely. Pray that she may get the help
she needs and that she may truly and firmly believe in God
and in Our Mother.
(Anonymous, 9/20/2008 11:24:08 AM)
For Conejos County Hospital for all it's employees, for
us to get enough patients so we don't close & for the
Doctor to get her house sold so she can come work
with us. Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ.
(C., La Jara, CO, United States, 9/20/2008 8:05:20 AM)
Dear LORD JESUS, always protect and guide JOJO
and help him to support his family , thank you
(D., 9/20/2008 7:25:55 AM)
My name is N.D., I have been married for a year and a
half now. I & my Husband have been trying to have a child,
but in vain. My Doctor told me that I have a high hormonal
level. I pray that Jesus cures me of this problem and
blesses me & my Husband with children that we may
use them for the glory of God. Amen
(N.D., Doha, Qatar, Qatar, 9/20/2008 7:21:27 AM)
For my children, for their health, education and spiritual
development.
(Anonymous, 9/20/2008 5:08:07 AM)
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are featured as well as The Acts of the Apostles Part 1 thru 4.
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Small Christian Community Resources
Introduction to Small Christian Community
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Pope Benedict XVI, Shepherd of Truth
Notable quotations from Pope Benedict XVI and official
teachings of the Roman Catholic Church
MISSION AND EVANGELIZATION
RESPONSE TO LOVE
By looking at St. Paul's experience, we understand that
missionary activity is a response to the love with which
God loves us. His love redeems us and prods us to the
missio ad gentes.
LOVE FROM THE HEART OF JESUS
..It is God ... Who leads the Church towards the frontiers
of humanity and calls the evangelizers to drink "from the
original source, which is Jesus Christ, from Whose pierced
hear flows the love of God" (Deus Caritas Est, n. 7).
"WAITING FOR THE GOSPEL"
Today there are countless people who are waiting for the
Gospel, those who are thirsting for hope and love.
(Source: Message for World Mission Sunday, dated 5/11/08)
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