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Monday, October 31, 2011

A CHRISTIANITY THAT DOESN'T PAY - One Bread, One Body, 10/31/2011

Monday, October 31, 2011

Romans 11:29-36, Psalm 69:30-31, 33-34, 36-37, Luke 14:12-14
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A CHRISTIANITY THAT DOESN'T PAY

"No, when you have a reception, invite beggars and the crippled, the lame and the blind. You should be pleased that they cannot repay you." -Luke 14:13-14

How many begging, crippled, lame, or blind people have you had over for supper lately? Most people would probably answer: very few or none. Most Christians in Western culture don't take Jesus' command literally. However, considering the historical and Biblical context of this passage, it is very likely meant to be taken literally.
Why does Jesus want us to eat with the poor and handicapped? It is not because they are so needy but because they are not able to repay us (Lk 14:14). The Lord calls us to look for situations in which we won't, or better yet, can't be repaid. As far as the Lord is concerned, thankless jobs are the best because we won't be repaid. Moreover, secret or obscure works are ideal, for no one but your Father knows about them (Mt 6:3-4, 6, 18). Thus, no one but your Father is in a position to repay you. Although we must often go public for Jesus to be His witnesses, there is a danger in this because we might be appreciated and rewarded. We must try as best we can to hide our life "with Christ in God" (Col 3:3). This guards against the temptation to live and work for payment rather than for pure love. Therefore, look around for situations that don't pay.

Prayer: Father, may I want nothing but to give all my love to You.

Promise: "How deep are the riches and the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How inscrutable His judgments, how unsearchable His ways!" -Rm 11:33

Praise: God provided the Robinson family with the poorest of the poor to be fed daily at their table.

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Sunday, October 30, 2011

PM eNewsletter 31st Sunday in ordinary time

October 30th, 31st Sunday in ordinary time

This week, Jesus, we celebrate all saints, and all souls day.

Help us to truly pray for all people who are being totally purified and purged of effects
of sin in purgatory.

Help us to intercede with the saints who can go before You for all those souls.

Help us to totally realize that You are the true intercessor before the Father, but that
You want the saints, and us, to also intercede for the graces we all need to someday come
to You as unstained as possible.

Thank You for loving us eternally.

Amen and Amen.

Thank you Lord, for loving us totally.
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This weeks readings and reflections

Sunday THE MESSAGE, NOT THE MESSENGER
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"We thank God constantly that in receiving His message from us you took it, not as the word
of men, but as it truly is, the word of God." -1 Thessalonians 2:13

- Sin is serious. Repent immediately.

- We Catholics have the greatest news ever. We need to share this news with everyone.

- "He Who has begun the good work in you will carry it through to completion" (Phil 1:6).

- You have to work for justice if you call yourself Christian.

- Jesus loves you passionately. Why can't you love Him?

- Here is how you wait on the Lord: "you just wait."

- The infant Jesus lies in a manger, a feeding trough. By this God shows us that Jesus is Food
for us (Jn 6:55).

- Teach the truth.

God uses all kinds of messengers to speak His words to us. He may speak His most profound
messages through the messenger we least want to hear. How about you? What words of God can
you list from messengers whose style you didn't care for? What messages of God are you
missing?

Monday A CHRISTIANITY THAT DOESN'T PAY
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"No, when you have a reception, invite beggars and the crippled, the lame and the blind. You
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Tuesday HOLINESS,THE HOLY SPIRIT,AND THE HOLY FATHER
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Lord Jesus, I thank you for the persecution I am going through at the hands of my husband.
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family with this unchristian behaviour. Lord lead him to the right person who will counsel
him and help him to set himself right before you and be reconciled with all who he has hurt.
I do love him and desire that he be saved. Mama Mary, all you angels and saints intercede
for him. Amen.
(Nirmala, 10/29/2011 8:16:17 PM)

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Pope Benedict XVI, Shepherd of Truth
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Notable quotations from Pope Benedict XVI and official
teachings of the Roman Catholic Church

PROCLAIMING THE GOSPEL

SHARE THE GOOD NEWS

The Gospel is not an exclusive possession of whoever has received it but a gift to share,
good news to communicate. And this gift -commitment is not only entrusted to a few but ...
to all the baptized, who are "a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own
people" (1 Pt 2:9), so that they may declare His wondrous deeds.

ESSENTIAL MISSION

Attention to and cooperation in the Church's evangelizing work in the world cannot be
limited to a few moments or special occasions nor can they be considered as one of the
many pastoral activities: the Church's missionary dimension is essential and must ...
always be borne in mind.

TOTAL INVOLVEMENT

It is important that both individual baptized people and ecclesial communities be
involved in the mission, not sporadically or occasionally but in a constant manner, as a
form of Christian life.

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THE MESSAGE, NOT THE MESSENGER - One Bread, One Body, 10/30/2011

Sunday, October 30, 2011, 31st Sunday Ordinary Time

Malachi 1:14-2:2, 8-10, 1 Thessalonians 2:7-9, 13, Psalm 131:1-3, Matthew 23:1-12
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THE MESSAGE, NOT THE MESSENGER

"We thank God constantly that in receiving His message from us you took it, not as the word of men, but as it truly is, the word of God." -1 Thessalonians 2:13

As a teenager, I attended daily Masses said by Father O'Hare (not his real name). His style rubbed me the wrong way; it was hard for me to concentrate on his homilies. God used him to teach me to concentrate on the message, not the messenger (1 Thes 2:13). Here are some words of God from various "disturbing" messengers over the years that have stayed with me:
* Sin is serious. Repent immediately.
* We Catholics have the greatest news ever. We need to share this news with everyone.
* "He Who has begun the good work in you will carry it through to completion" (Phil 1:6).
* You have to work for justice if you call yourself Christian.
* Jesus loves you passionately. Why can't you love Him?
* Here is how you wait on the Lord: "you just wait."
* The infant Jesus lies in a manger, a feeding trough. By this God shows us that Jesus is Food for us (Jn 6:55).
* Teach the truth.

God uses all kinds of messengers to speak His words to us. He may speak His most profound messages through the messenger we least want to hear. How about you? What words of God can you list from messengers whose style you didn't care for? What messages of God are you missing?

Prayer: Father, use anyone You want to teach me anything You want. Open my ears that I may hear You at all times.

Promise: "The greatest among you will be the one who serves the rest." -Mt 23:11

Praise: Praise Jesus, the Lamb of God Who brought us out of darkness into His glorious light! Because He rose, we "hope in the Lord, both now and forever" (Ps 131:3).

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Saturday, October 29, 2011

A "KNOW IT ALL" - One Bread, One Body, 10/29/2011

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Romans 11:1-2, 11-12, 25-29, Psalm 94:12-15, 17-18, Luke 14:1, 7-11
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A "KNOW IT ALL"

"I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery." -Romans 11:25

Sometimes we feel like despairing because life seems to make no sense. We wonder if God is there or if He knows what He's doing. NevertFcheless, despite severe disruptions due to our sins, the Lord has everything under control. For instance, He knows that large numbers of Jewish people will be saved after the full number of Gentiles has entered into God's kingdom (Rm 11:25-26). This will mean "riches for the Gentile world" (Rm 11:12). These may be spiritual riches in that the Church will grow rich in love, faith, and holiness. Thus, the Lord will "present to Himself a glorious Church, holy and immaculate, without stain or wrinkle or anything of that sort" (Eph 5:27). These will be some of the developments prior to Jesus' final coming.
The Lord points out all this to assure us that He knows what is going on and what will go on. The Lord has a wonderful plan; despite our sins, His plan will be fulfilled in detail. Therefore, we should not despair when we see tragedies. The Lord is bigger than all our problems. He loves us, and nothing can stop Him from showing His love to us.
Let us repent, fix our eyes on Jesus, and believe that His plan will be fulfilled no matter how many people try to disrupt it. He is Lord, and He is Love (1 Jn 4:16).

Prayer: Father, because of my faith in Your providence may I rejoice always (see Phil 4:4).

Promise: "For everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled and he who humbles himself shall be exalted." -Lk 14:11

Praise: The Smiths rejoiced when they saw God's hand in the buying and selling of houses that allowed them to be involved with Christian community.

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Friday, October 28, 2011

"A CHOSEN RACE" (1 Pt 2:9) - One Bread, One Body, 10/28/2011

Friday, October 28, 2011, Sts. Simon & Jude

Ephesians 2:19-22, Psalm 19:2-5, Luke 6:12-16
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"A CHOSEN RACE" (1 Pt 2:9)

"He called His disciples and selected twelve of them to be His apostles." -Luke 6:13

Jesus called a number of disciples together and chose twelve of them to be His apostles (Lk 6:13), the ones He would specially form and mold to be the foundation of His Church (Eph 2:20; Rv 21:14). The entire basis for the Church rests on the fact that Jesus selected some for special leadership. This means that the Church is not a democracy, nor did Jesus intend for it to be one.
This didn't mean that Jesus snubbed the other disciples who were not chosen for apostleship. On the contrary, after sending the twelve out on mission (Lk 9:1ff), He "appointed a further seventy-two and sent them in pairs before Him to every town and place He intended to visit" (Lk 10:1). Jesus made a point to tell these seventy-two to remember that He Himself was sending them (Lk 10:3). If we remember what Jesus sends us to do, we are less likely to fall into the trap of comparing our status to that of others (see Jn 21:21). The Twelve themselves fell into this trap on several occasions (e.g. Mt 20:24).
"Because [we] are God's chosen ones" (Col 3:12), we will do "only what the Lord assigned" us (1 Cor 3:5). We gladly support those others whom the Lord has chosen, including the apostles and their successors, the bishops, who are leading the life the Lord assigned them (1 Cor 7:17). When we do this, we are "fitted together and [take] shape as a holy temple in the Lord" (Eph 2:21). "God has set each member of the body in the place He wanted it to be" (1 Cor 12:18). Love the Church as Jesus does (Eph 5:25).

Prayer: Father, thank You for calling me to belong to Your Body. I devote myself to the health and strength of Your Church.

Promise: "You are fellow citizens of the saints and members of the household of God." -Eph 2:19

Praise: Sts. Simon and Jude followed Jesus all the way by adding their own lives to the litany of martyrs.

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Thursday, October 27, 2011

UNSTOPPABLE - One Bread, One Body, 10/27/2011

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Romans 8:31-39, Psalm 109:21-22, 26-27, 30-31, Luke 13:31-35
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UNSTOPPABLE

"If God is for us, who can be against us?" -Romans 8:31

St. Paul asks: "Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Trial, or distress, or persecution, or hunger, or nakedness, or danger, or the sword?" (Rm 8:35) This was no mere rhetorical question for Paul. He had experienced firsthand all of these dangers and more (see 2 Cor 11:23ff). He knew for "certain" that nothing could separate him from the love of God (Rm 8:38, 39). This certain knowledge of God's personal love for him gave Paul the courage to be more than a conqueror (Rm 8:37). No threat could deter Paul from carrying out his mission.
When the Pharisees told Jesus that Herod was trying to kill Him (Lk 13:31), this was no idle threat. Herod had just finished killing John the Baptizer, and he would also kill his own son who posed a threat to his kingdom. Jesus, however, was also certain of His Father's enduring love for Him. Undaunted, Jesus proceeded directly toward Jerusalem, Herod's dwelling (Lk 13:33). It turned out that Herod indeed had the chance to kill Jesus, but didn't even harm Him (Lk 23:8ff). No threat could deter Jesus from carrying out His mission.
We are baptized into Jesus, and like Paul, we have a mission from God. Pray to know God's love for you (Eph 3:18-19). Then "do not be afraid" (Mt 10:31). No threat can deter you from carrying out your God-given mission.

Prayer: Father, I will not be intimidated (Mt 10:26) by threats to stop me from loving and serving You.

Promise: "He stood at the right hand of the poor man, to save him from those who would condemn him." -Ps 109:31

Praise: Fighting against all odds by promoting pro-life legislation, Representative Stewart saw God's victorious hand.

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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

THE PRAYER OF A LIFETIME - One Bread, One Body, 10/26/2011

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Romans 8:26-30, Psalm 13:4-6, Luke 13:22-30
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THE PRAYER OF A LIFETIME

"The Spirit intercedes for the saints as God Himself wills." -Romans 8:27

For more than twenty-five years, Pope John Paul II called us to great, growing, and intense prayer (The Redeemer of Man, 22). The Pope taught: "A great prayer for life is urgently needed, a prayer which will rise up throughout the world. Through special initiatives and in daily prayer, may an impassioned plea rise to God, the Creator and Lover of life, from every Christian community, from every group and association, from every family and from the heart of every believer. Jesus Himself has shown us by His own example that prayer and fasting are the first and most effective weapons against the forces of evil (cf Mt 4:1-11). As He taught His disciples, some demons cannot be driven out except in this way (cf Mk 9:29)" (The Gospel of Life, 100). There is "the necessity of praying always and not losing heart" (Lk 18:1).
How can we obey the Lord, the Church, and the Pope and pray the greatest prayer of our lives? We have trouble watching one hour with Jesus (see Mt 26:40). How can we pray always with love and power? Jesus' first followers were pitiful in their prayerlessness until they received the Holy Spirit. "The Spirit too helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us" (Rm 8:26).
When Advent begins next month, ask Jesus to renew your Baptism and Confirmation - to baptize and immerse you in the Holy Spirit (Mk 1:8). Then you will pray in the Spirit (see 1 Cor 14:15; Eph 6:18; Jude 20).

Prayer: Father, make me docile to the Spirit and powerful in prayer.

Promise: "Try to come in through the narrow door. Many, I tell you, will try to enter and be unable." -Lk 13:24

Praise: Four sisters prayed and fasted for their cancer-riddled father and were rewarded with his living for seven more years.

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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

GROANERS - One Bread, One Body, 10/25/2011

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Romans 8:18-25, Psalm 126:1-6, Luke 13:18-21
Link to Readings --> http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/102511.cfm

GROANERS

"Yes, we know that all creation groans and is in agony even until now." -Romans 8:22

After the first sin was committed, a groan was heard for the first time. Adam groaned in his labors; Eve groaned in her labor pains (see Gn 3:16, 19). Both groaned when they saw the first dead body ever; the body of their son Abel, murdered by his brother Cain (Gn 4:8). These groanings grew increasingly worse until the whole world groaned.
Eventually, there came a Man Who groaned like the rest of us, but also unlike the rest of us. His name was Jesus. Like us, He groaned because of His sufferings and those of others. Unlike us, when Jesus groaned, things got better instead of worse. For example, Jesus groaned and said " 'Ephphatha!' (that is, 'Be opened!')," and at once a deaf-mute could speak and hear (Mk 7:34-35). When Jesus groaned, it was different. Finally, He groaned when He died on the cross (see Mk 15:37). This resulted in Jesus' Resurrection, His Ascension, and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
The Spirit, like Jesus, groans in a different way. When He groans, He makes intercessions for us (Rm 8:26). This results in conversion, forgiveness, repentance, healings, freedom, and new life. "We ourselves, although we have the Spirit as first fruits" (Rm 8:23), continue to groan inwardly. However, it is different now. "The sufferings of the present" seem "to be as nothing compared with the glory to be revealed in us" (Rm 8:18).

Prayer: Father, may I groan with hope.

Promise: The kingdom of God "is like mustard seed which a man took and planted in his garden. It grew and became a large shrub and the birds of the air nested in its branches." -Lk 13:19

Praise: "The Lord has done great things for us; we are glad indeed" (Ps 126:3). Amen!

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Monday, October 24, 2011

REPENTANCE OR FEAR? - One Bread, One Body, 10/24/2011

Monday, October 24, 2011, St. Anthony Mary Claret

Romans 8:12-17, Psalm 68:2, 4, 6-7, 20-21, Luke 13:10-17
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REPENTANCE OR FEAR?

"You did not receive a spirit of slavery leading you back into fear, but a spirit of adoption through which we cry out 'Abba!' (that is, 'Father')." -Romans 8:15

Because we inherited a fallen nature, we were in fear from the first moment of our conception. We lived in fear (see Lk 12:32) no matter how hard we tried to be free. We would have lived in fear our whole lives (Heb 2:15), but we were set free when we received a new nature by being baptized into Jesus.
When we live our Baptism as adopted children of God, we push fear out of our lives (1 Jn 4:18). However, when we sin and are thereby unfaithful to our baptismal promises, we replace a spirit of adoption with a spirit of slavery, which leads us back into fear (Rm 8:15). In summary, freedom from fear is based on living as adopted children of God, that is, on living our Baptism. Freedom from fear is based on repentance.
People either repent or become lifelong slaves of the fear of death (Heb 2:15). Sometimes people say they are afraid to go to Confession. On the contrary, they will be trapped in fear forever if they do not repent and confess their sins. Therefore, repent, go to Confession, and "do not be afraid of anything" (Mt 10:31).

Prayer: Father, may I go to Confession frequently, even monthly, as You lead me.

Promise: "There was a woman there who for eighteen years had been possessed by a spirit which drained her strength. She was badly stooped - quite incapable of standing erect. When Jesus saw her, He called her to Him and said, 'Woman, you are free of your infirmity.' He laid His hand on her, and immediately she stood up straight and began thanking God." -Lk 13:11-13

Praise: St. Anthony had multiple attempts on his life and suffered great humiliation for the sake of the propagation of truth.

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Sunday, October 23, 2011

A "WHOLE" IN MY HEART - One Bread, One Body, 10/23/2011

Sunday, October 23, 2011, 30th Sunday Ordinary Time

Exodus 22:20-26, 1 Thessalonians 1:5-10, Psalm 18:2-4, 47, 51, Matthew 22:34-40
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A "WHOLE" IN MY HEART

"You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart." -Matthew 22:37

We disciples are called to holiness. We are also called to "whole-liness." We are to love God with our whole heart, our whole soul, and our whole mind (Mt 22:37).
It all begins with God's love for us. "The love of God [is] poured out in our hearts" (Rm 5:5). God's poured-out love fills our hearts with love for Him and for others (Mt 22:37). So "we, for our part, love because He first loved us" (1 Jn 4:19). Now we are full of God's love.
True love, however, is not satisfied with being full. Love wants to grow and is always searching for a never-ending increase of still more love. Impelled by love (2 Cor 5:14), we ask God to give us a new heart (Ez 36:26). Now God pours out His love again (Rm 5:5) and our whole heart is filled. Overflowing with love, we can't help but respond to God with more love. Therefore, we ask God to "enlarge" our hearts (Acts 20:32) so we can love Him even more. We even reach the point where we love God so much that we abide in God and God in us (1 Jn 4:16).
This cycle of love continues until the day of our death. On that day, we should have a huge heart of love for the Lord. At our death, we who love the Lord with our whole heart will rejoice as we see "what God has prepared for those who love Him" (1 Cor 2:9). We will see Him "face to face" (1 Cor 13:12).

Prayer: Father, I can't love You if I don't love Your people. Help me to love myself, then love my neighbor as myself (Mt 22:39).

Promise: "Praised be the Lord, I exclaim, and I am safe from my enemies." -Ps 18:4

Praise: "Praise the Lord, O my soul; I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God while I live" (Ps 146:1-2).

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Saturday, October 22, 2011

PM eNewsletter 23rd Sunday in ordinary time

October 23rd, 30th Sunday in ordinary time

Jesus, as we prepare for a change of seasons, help us also prepare for a change in our attitude
toward learning more about You everyday of our lives.

Let us come to realize that You are really the way, the truth and the only way to live life.

Let us focus on adoring You everyday by prayer and mass if possible.

Let us spend time in adoration to You.

Let us sit in Your presence and get the graces we need to truly be Your representatives on earth.

Let us bring others to You by how we live our lives.

Amen and Amen.

Thank you Lord, for loving us totally.
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Sunday A "WHOLE" IN MY HEART
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"You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart." -Matthew 22:37

We disciples are called to holiness. We are also called to "whole-liness." We are to love God
with our whole heart, our whole soul, and our whole mind (Mt 22:37).

It all begins with God's love for us. "The love of God [is] poured out in our hearts" (Rm 5:5).
God's poured-out love fills our hearts with love for Him and for others (Mt 22:37). So "we, for
our part, love because He first loved us" (1 Jn 4:19). Now we are full of God's love.

True love, however, is not satisfied with being full. Love wants to grow and is always
searching for a never-ending increase of still more love. Impelled by love (2 Cor 5:14), we
ask God to give us a new heart (Ez 36:26). Now God pours out His love again (Rm 5:5) and our
whole heart is filled. Overflowing with love, we can't help but respond to God with more love.
Therefore, we ask God to "enlarge" our hearts (Acts 20:32) so we can love Him even more. We
even reach the point where we love God so much that we abide in God and God in us (1 Jn 4:16).

This cycle of love continues until the day of our death. On that day, we should have a huge
heart of love for the Lord. At our death, we who love the Lord with our whole heart will
rejoice as we see "what God has prepared for those who love Him" (1 Cor 2:9). We will see Him
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"You did not receive a spirit of slavery leading you back into fear, but a spirit of adoption
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Please pray for Maria & George who celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary today. That God
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Lord, I am a sinner and I need to forgive from deep down in my heart, J who has hurt me on
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believe you will make it possible. Thank you Jesus.
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Please pray for my daughter as she attends university, for her success in her classes, good
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Lord, I thank you for everything you have done for me. I beg you for Divine Justice for SA
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Fear is useless. LORD please look kindly on the petitions in this prayer site and all the
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Nothing is impossible for you. Show us what we need to do and I trust you will do the rest.
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I'M EXHAUSTED FOR HIM - One Bread, One Body, 10/22/2011

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Romans 8:1-11, Psalm 24:1-6, Luke 13:1-9
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I'M EXHAUSTED FOR HIM

"Why should it exhaust the soil?" -Luke 13:7, RNAB

Most plants pull nutrients out of the soil. Repeated growing of certain crops can literally exhaust the soil over a period of time (see Lk 13:7, RNAB). Every few years, farmers rotate a crop of leguminous plants, which replenish the soil with nutrients, to make the soil more fertile.
Jesus calls us to be good soil, bearing thirty-, sixty-, or a hundredfold for Him (Mk 4:20). Part of being good soil for Jesus means being exhausted soil for Him (Lk 13:7). It's exhausting to deal with a person who repeatedly sucks the life out of us. This may happen at a prayer group, soup kitchen, parish committee, workplace, or even at home. We repeatedly give this person love and attention (or they pull it out of us). We're used up, exhausted, and they keep coming back for more. We look for improvement in this person as a result of all we've given them, but we see none. We say to God, "Why should they keep cluttering up my life? Why should they go on exhausting me? For years now, I've given them my best, and I've seen nothing come of it. I'm going to stop exhausting myself for them" (see Lk 13:7).
We think we're exhausted, yet Jesus says to give them another year (or more) of loving care (Lk 13:8). Jesus is like the good farmer who rotates crops to enrich the soil. He knows when we have more to give and He knows the right time to replenish us when we're exhausted for Him. Focus not on nourishing yourself but rather on being good soil for Jesus. Trust in Him to nourish you in His time.

Prayer: Jesus, I give You everything. Use me and use me up.

Promise: "There is no condemnation now for those who are in Christ Jesus." -Rm 8:1

Praise: After pouring himself out for love of a chronically ill family member, God gave Ted a break when he most needed it.

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Friday, October 21, 2011

SETTLERS - One Bread, One Body, 10/21/2011

Friday, October 21, 2011

Romans 7:18-25, Psalm 119:66, 68, 76-77, 93-94, Luke 12:54-59
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SETTLERS

"When you are going with your opponent to appear before a magistrate, try to settle with him on the way." -Luke 12:58

If we can know the time when it will rain or get hot, we can know the time to settle with our opponent (Lk 12:54-58). The verses which immediately follow this passage indicate that we settle with our opponent by repenting of not bearing fruit, that is, of not leading people to Jesus (Lk 13:3, 5, 6). We either repent of not leading people to Christ or be handed over to the judge and the jailer where we will come to a tragic end (see Lk 13:5).
Nevertheless, most people who hear that they must repent of not bearing fruit still don't do it. They have the desire to do this but not the power (Rm 7:18). This condition of powerlessness is normal for an unbaptized person, but why would baptized people be powerless to repent and lead others to Christ? We must have sinned and thereby refused to live our Baptisms. Therefore, we must first repent of not living out our Baptisms. Then we must renew our baptismal promises, and thereby we will have the power to repent of other things, such as not leading others to Christ. We will lead people to Christ, settle with our opponent, and be freed from a tragic end.
When a tree doesn't bear fruit, we shouldn't examine branches but roots. If we're not leading people to Christ, we don't need a seminar on evangelization techniques. We need renewal of our Baptism, the root of our lives in Christ. That's why the Church calls all Catholics to renew their baptismal promises at all the Masses of Easter Vigil and Sunday. Renew, repent, and revive.

Prayer: Father, may I settle things by renewing my baptismal promises.

Promise: "What a wretched man I am! Who can free me from this body under the power of death? All praise to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord!" -Rm 7:24-25

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Thursday, October 20, 2011

DIVIDE AND CONQUER - One Bread, One Body, 10/20/2011

Thursday, October 20, 2011, St. Paul of the Cross

Romans 6:19-23, Psalm 1:1-4, 6, Luke 12:49-53
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DIVIDE AND CONQUER

"I have come for division." -Luke 12:51

Jesus came to divide families, "three against two and two against three" (Lk 12:52). These divisions are tragic because they are due to the refusal by family members to give their lives to Jesus and love Him.
However, divisions are not all bad. "There may even have to be factions among you for the tried and true to stand out clearly" (1 Cor 11:19). Through divisions, those who are lukewarm in their faith turn cold. And Jesus exclaimed: "How I wish you were one or the other - hot or cold!" (Rv 3:15)
Furthermore, when God's word "divides soul and spirit, joints and marrow" (Heb 4:12), cold and hot, or truth and lies, we can better understand Jesus' Gospel. We see more clearly that our decision in life is either Jesus or Satan, heaven or hell, salvation or damnation, light or darkness, life or death. We may be mixed up, have mixed motives, or feel mixed emotions. Nevertheless, Jesus came to divide those things mixed together by sin. He divides the dividing word rightly (see 2 Tm 2:15, KJV). The incarnate Word, Jesus, uses the written word, the Bible, to clarify by dividing. Then we don't stay so mixed up that we refuse to freely give our lives to Jesus forever. Jesus divides to put us back together according to His perfect will.

Prayer: Jesus, give me the painful divisions that lead to victorious unity.

Promise: "The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." -Rm 6:23

Praise: St. Paul wrote a vow in the Passionist rule to daily meditate on the Passion of Jesus. He wanted to ensure that all would remember what Jesus suffered for our salvation.

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

NO LIMITS - One Bread, One Body, 10/19/2011

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011, St. John de Brebeuf,, St. Isaac Jogues, and the, North American Martyrs

Romans 6:12-18, Psalm 124:1-8, Luke 12:39-48
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NO LIMITS

"More will be asked of a man to whom more has been entrusted." -Luke 12:48

Jesus has come that we might have abundant life, life to the full (Jn 10:10). He plans to fill our cup to overflowing (Ps 23:5) and lavish the Holy Spirit upon us without measure (Jn 3:34; Ti 3:6), just as He changed water into a huge amount of wine (Jn 2:6ff). God will open the floodgates of heaven to bless us with a superabundance if we obey Him in generous trust (see Mal 3:10).
In view of God's abundance, why do so many people demand just a little from God when He wants to bless them with so much? The secular culture gives lip-service to unlimited freedom, but it truly is a culture of limits: limited love, life, relationships, and responsibility. The culture wants married couples to have their two children, but no more. It wants God's protection and financial blessings, but not His intimacy and definitely not His lordship.
The only things that seem unlimited in the secular culture are sin and arrogant speech. Most of all, the secular culture wants to limit the unlimited Almighty God. It doesn't want Him to be God. It tries to eliminate Him from the bedroom, schools, courts, halls of government, financial institutions, the entertainment industry, etc. The secular culture finds Jesus "too much" (Mk 6:3).
Are you a child of the secular culture or a child of the Living God? Are you limiting God in any way and thereby stifling the Holy Spirit? (1 Thes 5:19) Repent of a lack of trust in God and His plan for abundant life. Love God and love His abundance.

Prayer: Father, remove anything in me that limits You in any way. Pour out Your Holy Spirit in my heart (Rm 5:5).

Promise: "Sin will no longer have power over you; you are now under grace, not under the law." -Rm 6:14

Praise: St. Isaac Jogues and companions did not limit God's love, but offered themselves time and again to sacrificial service.

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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

WITH IT OR WITH HIM? - One Bread, One Body, 10/18/2011

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Tuesday, October 18, 2011, St. Luke

2 Timothy 4:10-17, Psalm 145:10-13, 17-18, Luke 10:1-9
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WITH IT OR WITH HIM?

"I have no one with me but Luke." -2 Timothy 4:11

St. Luke was a disciple of St. Paul, a missionary, one of the four evangelists, the author of Acts of the Apostles, and a doctor (Col 4:14). On Luke's feast day, however, the Church has not chosen readings to emphasize any of these claims to fame. Our first reading simply notes that Luke was with Paul. That doesn't sound like much until we remember Jesus' last words in Matthew's Gospel: "Know that I am with you always, until the end of the world!" (Mt 28:20)
The Lord has not left us orphaned (Jn 14:18). He is always with us, and wants us always with Him and with each other. We need to be like those few people who were with Jesus before His death, even at the foot of the cross (Jn 19:25). We should visit with strangers, the sick, and the imprisoned (Mt 25:35-36). In this way, we will be visiting with Jesus. We need to eat with "beggars and the crippled, the lame and the blind" (Lk 14:13). We are called to live in community with our Christian brothers and sisters so as to be one with them as Jesus and the Father are one (Jn 17:21).
The question is not: "Are we with it?" but "Are we with Him and them?" Get with Him. Get with His people.

Prayer: Father, through, with, and in Jesus, all glory and honor are Yours!

Promise: "The Lord appointed a further seventy-two and sent them in pairs before Him to every town and place He intended to visit. He said to them: 'The harvest is rich but the workers are few; therefore ask the Harvest-Master to send workers to His harvest.' " -Lk 10:1-2

Praise: St. Luke emphasized the mercy and compassion of our Lord forever proclaimed in His Holy Word.

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Monday, October 17, 2011

DAILY BREAD IS DAILY LOVE - One Bread, One Body, 10/17/2011

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Monday, October 17, 2011, St. Ignatius of Antioch

Romans 4:20-25, Luke 1:69-75, Luke 12:13-21
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DAILY BREAD IS DAILY LOVE

"Then I will say to myself: You have blessings in reserve for years to come. Relax! Eat heartily, drink well. Enjoy yourself." -Luke 12:19

Jesus didn't encourage the man who had "blessings in reserve for years to come" (Lk 12:19). Instead, He called him a fool (Lk 12:20). Jesus usually calls us to live from "day to day." He taught us to pray: "Give us today our daily bread" (Mt 6:11). Similarly, after the Exodus the Lord commanded His people not to save the manna for the next day, except for the Sabbath. When some people disobeyed Him, that which they had saved "became wormy and rotten" (Ex 16:20).
Some people are terrified by the prospect of not having anything saved up in the bank. What if an emergency occurs? What about retirement? What if they get sick? However, we should rejoice that our heavenly Father has committed Himself to provide for us on a daily basis. This means that every day we will see with our own eyes our Father faithfully and tenderly providing for us, His children. This daily experience of being fathered will help us bond deeply with our Father. Then we will become secure, peaceful, confident, carefree, affirmed, and joyful. Know our Father's love. Then instead of saying "What if?", you'll be saying "What a mighty God!"

Prayer: "Our Father in heaven...give us today our daily bread" (Mt 6:9, 11).

Promise: "He was strengthened in faith and gave glory to God, fully persuaded that God could do whatever He had promised." -Rm 4:20-21

Praise: While being martyred by being fed to lions, St. Ignatius prayed that he become the immaculate bread of Christ.

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Sunday, October 16, 2011

PM eNewsletter 29th Sunday in ordinary time

October 16th, 29th Sunday in ordinary time

Jesus, this week Your church celebrates the feast day of St. Luke the evangelist.

St. Luke wrote two books of the new testament that gives us information about the
workings of the early church.

Help us Jesus, to really pray for our church and especially the leaders of the church.

Jesus, let us be prayer warriors for our bishops, priests, and deacons as they lead us to
You.

Let us truly see that the Catholic Church is our guide that directs us to eternal life with
You forever.

Amen and Amen.

Thank you Lord, for loving us totally.
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"Grace and peace be yours." -1 Thessalonians 1:1

Paul almost always began his letters by wishing the churches "grace and peace." Grace is the
presence and power of God. We need grace because we cannot live for Christ by our natural
power. We need God's supernatural power. We accept grace because we have faith in the God of
grace, because we have a personal relationship with Him.

Peace in the Bible is not what our culture means by peace. Many people consider peace to be
a sense of contentment and security. The Bible's meaning for peace is based on the Hebrew
"shalom." Shalom means order and harmony. Shalom-peace means that everything is in its proper
place. The Lord masterfully made this world with a physical, psychological, social, and
spiritual ecology. When everything is in its proper place, we have paradise; we have
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"Then I will say to myself: You have blessings in reserve for years to come. Relax! Eat
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1 of 2 - Today is day 18 of the 40 Days of Life Campaign, let us pray for an end to abortion
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Jesus.. You appeared to Juan Diego and said: "Here I shall listen to their weeping and their
sorrows." "I shall take them all to my heart, and I shall cure their many sufferings,
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2 of 2 - Our Lady of Guadalupe touch the hearts of all women contemplating an abortion, who
feel alone, confused and don't know where to turn...take them to Your Heart. For all unborn
children.take them to Your Heart. For those who believe that they do not have any choice.
take them to Your Heart. For those who have had an abortion and looking for peace.take them
to Your Heart. For the fathers of the person in the womb.take them to Your Heart. For those
who perform abortions.take them to Your Heart. For those who work in abortion mills.take them
to Your Heart. Our Lady of Guadalupe please hear us as we weep for those sufferings,
afflictions and sorrows from abortion. God's gift of L. I. F. E. = L = Love, I = Innocence,
F = Family, E = Eucharist
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My prayer request has been answered.My wife has given birth to a bouncing baby boy thanks and
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and the chemotherapy I underwent. I am so lucky to have people praying for me. Michele
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Lord, forgive my sins. Teach me to pray and be void of evil. I ask you to allow the ultimate
peace for my mother and give her the wish to be with dad. Father, please allow a companion in
my life. Amen
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