July 28th 17th Sunday in ordinary time.
Jesus, this week Your church celebrates a saint who tried
with all of her being to be the perfect hostess.
She got upset when her sister Mary just wanted to sit at
Your feet and listen to You.
Lord, helping others is very important, but we need to be
fed to truly be able to do that.
Give us the grace to listen to Your church, and learn how
to be just stewards of our time and talent.
Lord, help us to see others with Your eyes, and always
with the understanding that we must be strong to help
others get strong.
Jesus, help us to come to You everyday in every way.
Amen and Amen.
Thanks to You, Lord, for loving us totally.
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One Bread, One Body
This weeks readings and reflections
Sunday PRAYING IN ABBA'S LOVE
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"Lord, teach us to pray." -Luke 11:1
Is the Lord satisfied with your prayer life? Pope John Paul II, at the end of his first
encyclical letter, The Redeemer of Man, maintained that our prayer must be "great,
intense, and growing." He also emphasized that the Lord wants our prayer to be combined
with fasting, for the Lord has decided at this time to make prayer and fasting the first
and most effective weapons against our culture of death (The Gospel of Life, 100).
According to these criteria, is your prayer life satisfactory to the Lord?
To pray as the Lord wants us to pray, we must see God as our loving Father. That is the
first thing Jesus taught us about prayer (see Lk 11:2). We must be aware that our Father
sees our prayer and fasting (Mt 6:6, 18). Abraham stopped short in his prayer for the
cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to be spared destruction. His prayer was limited because he:
.wasn't sure whether God was just (see Gn 18:25),
.was even less sure of God's mercy, and
.projected his own interior conflicts onto God and thereby accused God of being impatient
(Gn 18:30) and angry (Gn 18:32).
Abraham had little concept of God being a loving Father, and he prayed and did not pray
accordingly.
We who are in Christ can and must pray always with loving, tender confidence in our
Father. In that way, we will pray as we ought (Rm 8:26).
Prayer: Holy Spirit, help me in my weakness regarding prayer (Rm 8:26). Cry out in my
heart "Abba" (Rm 8:15).
Promise: "If you, with all your sins, know how to give your children good things, how
much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him." -Lk 11:13
Praise: Praise Jesus, Who teaches us all good things. He is "the Resurrection and the
Life" (Jn 11:25). Alleluia!
Monday M & Ms
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"Martha welcomed Him." -Luke 10:38
Tuesday DIVINE INTIMACY
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"Anyone who wished to consult the Lord would go to this meeting tent." -Exodus 33:7
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Brochures
" Over 90 Biblically based brochures. Many on topics you don't usually hear addressed."
This Week's Featured Brochure
Healing & Forgiveness
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The Book on Forgiveness
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Forgiveness and Evangelization
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"When God saw by their actions how they turned from their evil way. He repented of the evil
that He had threatened to do to them; He did not carry it out. But this was greatly
displeasing to Jonah, and he became angry." -Jonah 3:10-4:1
For years I have taught seminars on evangelization. In my early seminars, I focused on
information. I assumed that if we only knew that the Lord had commanded us to evangelize,
we would evangelize, after learning a few techniques on how to share our faith. I was wrong.
Next, I focused on ..............................
14 Questions on Forgiveness
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Guilt, Guilt-Trips, and Scrupulosity
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Healing Adult Children from Dysfunctional Families
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PM Internet Prayer Requests
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Please pray for God's protection and His blessings for Stephen, Marian, Carl, Robert and Florence.
Asking this request in the Most Holy Name of Jesus. Thank you for your generous prayers and God
Bless all who come here to this site to pray.
(Anonymous, Pennsylvania, 7/27/2013 6:34:06 PM)
Heavenly father thank you for all the Blessings,please guide us by your Holy spirit as we go along
with our daily lives.Lord give us a healthy body and Bless our family and other family .we ask
this through Christ our Lord.Amen.
(antang4, 7/27/2013 5:09:12 PM)
Fear is useless. LORD please look kindly on the petitions posted and all the requests said
silently in our hearts. LORD please guide me to make a difference today. Teach me to pray
correctly to make a difference. Allow me to be a Christian presence and a true Christian inside
with you LORD as the center of my life. In JESUS I trust. Let there be miracles today. Thank you
(Jim, Wisconsin, 7/27/2013 3:05:22 PM)
One pair of hands healed the cripple, gave hearing to the deaf, gave sight to the blind, casted
out demons, raised the dead, Instituted Eucharist ( so we would have the physical presence of God),
and were then pierced and nailed to a Cross, to save our souls. Jesus's hands were opened in
generosity, because His heart was opened to us, out of His great love, for us. God made Himself a
"Gift" to us. Now what are we going to do with this "Gift". So, now ask the Holy Spirit, how to
move forward with this knowledge of God, by becoming a "gift" for God, through sainthood.,,,,Do we
believe at the core of our being, Jesus is The Lord and He has the power to heal and forgive us.
And, He is leading us step by step as we follow Him,,,,,, Now, let us move forward in faith and
hope and charity, for we are the children of God.
(Anonymous, 7/27/2013 11:32:57 AM)
The truth is like a lion, you don't have to defend it, just release it and it will defend itself.
(Anonymous, 7/27/2013 10:09:06 AM)
Jesus can only transform us, if we let Him work on the inside.
(Anonymous, 7/27/2013 10:08:46 AM)
Let us be consumed by God's holy grace. Amen.
(Anonymous, 7/27/2013 10:08:18 AM)
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Jesus' name, Thanks so much for all your prayers and thoughts.....our
chldren are getting better now. Plase Pray for our weekend that we are going to Church to glorify
His name. Lastly, plesae pray for my beloved mother and sister that they are getting stronger.
(Yab n LLL, Malang, East Java, Indonesia, 7/27/2013 3:30:26 AM)
Please follow link to additional prayer intentions.
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MP3 4 You
The internet ministry for PM is highlighting our downloadable tapes online. The Gospels of
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are featured as are The Acts of the Apostles Part 1 thru 4, 1
Corinthians Part 1 & 2, and Romans Parts 1-3, thru Revelation. Also available, many MP3 formatted
Audio tapes of most epistles in the bible and numerous 15 minute Bible studies by Fr. Al Lauer.
Take a moment and check the link below
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Small Christian Communities
We believe the Lord is calling us to build hundreds of more communities by raising up
leaders who will form communities
PM's Small Christian Community Network
Learn about the Communities in our Network
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Small Christian Community Resources
Introduction to Small Christian Community
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"Unless the Lord Build the House..." - Psalm 127:
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Building Small Christian Communities (Team Manual)
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Building Small Christian Communities (Guide Book)
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For more information contact: community@presentationministries.com
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Bible Telephone Line
New Technology for Bible Telephone Line Ministry
Local Numbers Double Practically Overnight!
The Bible Telephone Line (BTL) has been in operation for 19 years. Begun by Fr. Al
in 1991, it now continues with three teachers trained by him and by Presentation
Ministries. In cities where local numbers have been established, the BTL provides
callers with a short teaching on the readings for the daily Mass. It is available 24
hours a day and 7 days a week. Callers may also leave a short prayer request which
will be shared on the line with the other callers the next day.
** Please check these listings as a number of changes have been made.**
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Pope Francis, Shepherd of Truth
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Notable quotations from Pope Francis and official
teachings of the Roman Catholic Church
THE GOSPEL OF LIFE
REJECTING THE "GOSPEL OF LIFE"
... All too often, as we know from experience, people do not choose life, they do not
accept the "Gospel of Life" but let themselves be led by ideologies and ways of thinking
that block life, that do not respect life, because they are dictated by selfishness,
self-interest, profit, power and pleasure and not by love, by concern for the good of
others.
"A FLASH OF FREEDOM"
It is the idea that rejecting God , the message of Christ, the Gospel of Life, will
somehow lead to freedom, to complete human fulfillment. As a result, the Living God is
replaced by fleeting human idols which offer the intoxication of a flash of freedom, but
in the end bring new forms of slavery and death.
"LOOK TO GOD"
... Let us look to God as the God of Life, let us look to His law, to the Gospel message
as the way to freedom and life. The living God sets us free!
(Source: Homily, Mass for 'The Gospel of Life' Day, 6/16/13)
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PM Ministry List
" The Lord works through PM in many different ways. Below you can find information about
some of our ministries.
Bible Institute
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Word Gifts Ministry
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John Paul Speaks
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My People Newspaper
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PM Newsletter
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Prophecies from Word Gifts Ministry
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St. John Bosco Youth Group
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2013 RETREATS
Online Registration
2013 RETREATS
· Silent Retreat with Possible Small Group Discussion and Further Study (Aug 4-7)
· Healing the Broken Hearted (For Divorced and Separated) (Sep 6-8)
· Consolation in the Holy Spirit (For Widows and Widowers - Saturday Only) (Sep 7)
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