A FOX CHASE? - One Bread, One Body, 10/31/2013

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Romans 8:31-39, Psalm 109:21-22, 26-27, 30-31, Luke 13:31-35
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A FOX CHASE?

"For all that, I must proceed on course today, tomorrow, and the day after." -Luke 13:33

Do you feel pressured to "leave this place," marriage, church, neighborhood, or job? (Lk 13:31) Be careful! Satan may be trying to outfox you (see Lk 13:32) by manipulating you into changing your plans. Satan wants to push you into being at the wrong place at the wrong time. "Fear not! Stand your ground, and you will see the victory the Lord will win for you today" (Ex 14:13). "The Lord Himself will fight for you; you have only to keep still" (Ex 14:14). "By waiting and by calm you shall be saved, in quiet and in trust your strength lies" (Is 30:15). "Do all that your duty requires, and hold your ground. Stand fast" (Eph 6:13-14).
Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to not do anything. However, we can refuse to panic or even budge because:
* "If God is for us, who can be against us?" (Rm 8:31)
* "Is it possible that He Who did not spare His own Son but handed Him over for the sake of us all will not grant us all things besides?" (Rm 8:32)
* "Who will separate us from the love of Christ?" (Rm 8:35)
* "In all this we are more than conquerors because of Him Who has loved us" (Rm 8:37).

Because we are secure in God's love, we don't have to hurry up, speak up, move up, move away, or run away. We are stable and free in His love.


Prayer: Father, when I am in Your will, make me as immovable as a rock.

Promise: "How often have I wanted to gather your children together as a mother bird collects her young under her wings, and you refused Me!" -Lk 13:34

Praise: Carla forgave her adulterous husband.


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DENYING DENIAL - One Bread, One Body, 10/30/2013

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Romans 8:26-30, Psalm 13:4-6, Luke 13:22-30
Link to Readings --> http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/103013.cfm

DENYING DENIAL

"Lord, are they few in number who are to be saved?" -Luke 13:23

Our society is in what psychologists call "denial." We are in denial concerning our addictions and the self-destruction due to our sins. We are in denial even of killing over nine million babies each year in the U.S.A. through surgical and chemical abortions. We refuse to face the facts that our actions have major consequences - even eternal life or everlasting damnation.
Jesus challenges us to come out of denial. He speaks the truth in love (Eph 4:15) and says:
* "Try to come in through the narrow door" of salvation (Lk 13:24).
* "Many...will try to enter and be unable" (Lk 13:24).
* Some will "stand outside knocking" (Lk 13:25).
* Some will hear the words: "Away from Me, you evildoers!" (Lk 13:27)
* "There will be wailing and grinding of teeth" (Lk 13:28).
* Some will be rejected (Lk 13:28).
* "People will come from the east and the west, from the north and the south, and will take their place at the feast in the kingdom of God" (Lk 13:29).
* "Some who are last will be first and some who are first will be last" (Lk 13:30).

Face reality. Walk in the truth. Let Jesus forgive and save you.


Prayer: Father, "when the saints go marching in, I want to be in that number."

Promise: "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

Praise: The Audette family gathers each evening to pray together. They pray daily for each of their godchildren.

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HOPE CHEST - One Bread, One Body, 10/29/2013

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Romans 8:18-25, Psalm 126:1-6, Luke 13:18-21
Link to Readings --> http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/102913.cfm

HOPE CHEST

"Creation was made subject to futility, not of its own accord but by Him Who once subjected it; yet not without hope." -Romans 8:20

We should not compare ourselves with other people, but we should compare our present sufferings "with the glory to be revealed in us" (Rm 8:18). We Christians may suffer greatly because we follow Jesus Who suffered greatly. However, our sufferings should not be due to our sin (see 1 Pt 4:15); they should be in the pattern of Jesus' death (see Phil 3:10). Although these sufferings hurt us, we consider them to be nothing compared with our hope to rise from the dead, see Jesus face to face, and live forever with Him in the perfect joy of heaven.
When we hope in the Lord, we compare the present with the future in such a way that we rejoice in the Lord always (Phil 4:4). Hope makes it possible for us to rejoice in proportion to our redemptive suffering (1 Pt 4:13). In hope, sufferings don't crush us but strengthen us (see Rm 5:3-5). Hope helps us to be free and unmanipulated by the threat of suffering. Hope energizes us and frees us from being paralyzed by fear. "In hope we were saved. But hope is not hope if its object is seen; how is it possible for one to hope for what he sees? And hoping for what we cannot see means awaiting it with patient endurance" (Rm 8:24-25). "Praised be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, He Who in His great mercy gave us new birth; a birth unto hope" (1 Pt 1:3).


Prayer: Father, may my hope overshadow my sufferings.

Promise: "What does the reign of God resemble? To what shall I liken it? It 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 13:18-19

Praise: The Horton family surrounded their dying grandmother with rosaries, prayer, confidence, and peace as she received the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick hours before her death. "Happy now are the dead who die in the Lord!" (Rv 14:13)


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PATRON OF THE IMPOSSIBLE - One Bread, One Body, 10/28/2013

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Monday, October 28, 2013, Sts. Simon & Jude

Ephesians 2:19-22, Psalm 19:2-5, Luke 6:12-16
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PATRON OF THE IMPOSSIBLE

Jesus "selected twelve of them to be His apostles...Simon called the Zealot, Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who turned traitor." -Luke 6:13, 15-16

Jude has become known as the patron of the impossible. His partner among the apostles was "Simon called the Zealot." A Zealot was what we would call a terrorist or guerilla. Consequently, Jude's first partner was probably an impossible person. Maybe that's how he became patron of the impossible.
No matter how impossible you are, you probably aren't any more impossible than Simon, Jude's namesake Judas, or the other Simon, whose name Jesus changed to Peter. Thus, if you team up with Jude, he can probably help you. He is used to impossible people, and you aren't any worse than any other of the countless impossible people he's worked with over centuries.
Jude is an apostle, a canonized saint, and part of the foundation of the Church (Eph 2:20). Even some of the impossible people he has worked with are saints - for example, Simon. Ask Jude to pray for and work with you. He will lead you to totally commit your life to Jesus. That is when the impossible starts to happen. St. Jude, pray for us.


Prayer: Father, may I firmly believe that nothing is impossible for You (Lk 1:37).

Promise: "Through [Jesus] the whole structure is fitted together and takes shape as a holy temple in the Lord; in Him you are being built into this temple, to become a dwelling place for God in the Spirit." -Eph 2:21-22

Praise: Sts. Simon and Jude "went from village to village, spreading the good news everywhere and curing diseases" (Lk 9:6).


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PM eNewsletter 30th Sunday in ordinary time

October 27th 30th Sunday in ordinary time.


Jesus, it is good for us to pray for all those who have
died and gone before us.

Give us the inspiration to pray especially for those in
purgatory who have no one to pray for them.

Let us be aware that those in purgatory depend on
us to get them into the glory of heaven through our
prayers, masses, and the charitable acts that we do
for there release.

Jesus, continue to grace us to understand that our
brothers and sisters who have gone before us have
changed into eternal beings that are now in the
communion of saints forever and ever.

Amen and Amen.


Thanks to You, Lord, for loving us totally.
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This weeks readings and reflections


Sunday GOING HOME FROM CHURCH
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"Believe Me, this man went home from the temple justified but the other did not."
-Luke 18:14


When you walk out of church today, will you be justified? Or will you walk away sad? (see
Mk 10:22) We are justified, forgiven, and free when we serve God willingly (Sir 35:16).
It is our Sunday obligation to attend church, but we must go beyond this and serve God
willingly if our petition is to reach the heavens (Sir 35:16). Is your Sunday obligation
also a Sunday privilege? If not, you will not leave church justified.

We will go home from church justified and our prayer will pierce the clouds if we are
lowly (Sir 35:17). Jesus, God Himself, was lowly in emptying Himself and becoming a human
being (see Phil 2:7). He was so lowly as to die on the cross for love of us. He is so
lowly as to come to us in Holy Communion under the appearance of bread and wine. If we
humble ourselves, admit we are sinners, and cry out for God's mercy (see Lk 18:13), we
become lowly and justified.

The willing and the lowly go home from church and go home to heaven justified.


Prayer: Father, do whatever You must in me so that You may do whatever You will through me.

Promise: "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
From now on a merited crown awaits me." -2 Tm 4:7-8

Praise: Alleluia! Jesus has risen and will raise me from the dead! Alleluia!



Monday PATRON OF THE IMPOSSIBLE
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Jesus "selected twelve of them to be His apostles...Simon called the Zealot, Judas son of
James, and Judas Iscariot, who turned traitor." -Luke 6:13, 15-16



Tuesday HOPE CHEST
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"Creation was made subject to futility, not of its own accord but by Him Who once
subjected it; yet not without hope." -Romans 8:20



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URGENT MISSION

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WITNESS WITH LOVE

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GOING HOME FROM CHURCH - One Bread, One Body, 10/27/2013

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Sunday, October 27, 2013, 30th Sunday Ordinary Time

Sirach 35:12-14, 16-18, 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18, Psalm 34:2-3, 17-19, 23, Luke 18:9-14
Link to Readings --> http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/102713.cfm

GOING HOME FROM CHURCH

"Believe Me, this man went home from the temple justified but the other did not." -Luke 18:14

When you walk out of church today, will you be justified? Or will you walk away sad? (see Mk 10:22) We are justified, forgiven, and free when we serve God willingly (Sir 35:16). It is our Sunday obligation to attend church, but we must go beyond this and serve God willingly if our petition is to reach the heavens (Sir 35:16). Is your Sunday obligation also a Sunday privilege? If not, you will not leave church justified.
We will go home from church justified and our prayer will pierce the clouds if we are lowly (Sir 35:17). Jesus, God Himself, was lowly in emptying Himself and becoming a human being (see Phil 2:7). He was so lowly as to die on the cross for love of us. He is so lowly as to come to us in Holy Communion under the appearance of bread and wine. If we humble ourselves, admit we are sinners, and cry out for God's mercy (see Lk 18:13), we become lowly and justified.
The willing and the lowly go home from church and go home to heaven justified.


Prayer: Father, do whatever You must in me so that You may do whatever You will through me.

Promise: "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. From now on a merited crown awaits me." -2 Tm 4:7-8

Praise: Alleluia! Jesus has risen and will raise me from the dead! Alleluia!

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?Most Reverend Joseph R. Binzer, Auxiliary Bishop, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, May 22, 2013

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"CRUCIFIED FLESH"(see Gal 5:24) - One Bread, One Body, 10/26/2013

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Saturday, October 26, 2013

Romans 8:1-11, Psalm 24:1-6, Luke 13:1-9
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"CRUCIFIED FLESH"(see Gal 5:24)

"Those who live according to the flesh are intent on the things of the flesh, those who live according to the Spirit, on those of the Spirit." -Romans 8:5

"Remember that you have been called to live in freedom - but not a freedom that gives free rein to the flesh" (Gal 5:13). Most of the time, in St. Paul's writings, "the flesh" means our human nature. Although not all of our fleshly desires are bad, our flesh nevertheless demands our total attention. In effect, our flesh wants to be our god. Therefore, "the flesh in its tendency is at enmity with God; it is not subject to God's law. Indeed, it cannot be; those who are in the flesh cannot please God" (Rm 8:7-8).
Only the Spirit is stronger than the flesh. Only by the Spirit can we resist the temptation to give in to the idolatry of flesh, self, and pleasure. "My point is that you should live in accord with the Spirit and you will not yield to the cravings of the flesh. The flesh lusts against the Spirit and the Spirit against the flesh; the two are directly opposed" (Gal 5:16-17). "If you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the evil deeds of the body, you will live" (Rm 8:13).
"Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified their flesh with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit's lead" (Gal 5:24-25).


Prayer: Father, crucify my flesh with its passions and desires.

Promise: "Who can ascend the mountain of the Lord? Or who may stand in His holy place? He whose hands are sinless, whose heart is clean, who desires not what is vain." -Ps 24:3-4

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THE LIFE-SAVER - One Bread, One Body, 10/25/2013

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Friday, October 25, 2013

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

"A law that leads to wrongdoing is always ready at hand." -Romans 7:21

When we first become convicted of our sin, we truly desire to do what is right but do not have the power (Rm 7:18). A law inside us is stronger than our desires and intentions. This makes us prisoners of the law of sin in our members (Rm 7:23). We have a civil war going on inside us, and we are prisoners of war, enslaved and wretched. Who can free us from ourselves, "from this body under the power of death? All praise to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord!" (Rm 7:24-25)
Because of our fallen nature, we were doomed to a wretched, enslaved existence of escapism and self-hatred. Because of Jesus, we are saved. Life is worth living for only one Reason. His name is Jesus. Without Jesus we can do nothing (Jn 15:5). Jesus is the only Way to live, the only Truth that sets us free (Jn 8:32), and the only Meaning to life (Jn 14:6).
However, we have to let Jesus save us and give us a new nature. Otherwise, we can be so deceived by the evil one that we reject our only Hope by selling our souls for petty pleasures. Immediately, right now, accept Jesus as Lord, Savior, and God.


Prayer: Jesus, Savior, "heal me, Lord, that I may be healed; save me, that I may be saved, for it is You Whom I praise" (Jer 17:14).

Promise: "I am Yours, save me." -Ps 119:94

Praise: Jesus set Chris free from twenty-four years of emotional illness.

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DIVIDED WE FALL - AND RISE - One Bread, One Body, 10/24/2013

Thursday, October 24, 2013, St. Anthony Mary Claret

Romans 6:19-23, Psalm 1:1-4, 6, Luke 12:49-53
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DIVIDED WE FALL - AND RISE

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

Jesus is the Divine Physician (see Mt 9:12). In an operation to remove a malignant tumor, a surgeon divides the healthy cells from the cancerous cells. He removes only the cancer and leaves the rest. Likewise, Jesus divides the good and bad (Mt 25:32).
Jesus is "the Carpenter" (Mk 6:3). In His workshop, He divided strong wood from rotten wood. He divided broken nails from sturdy ones. "What was useless [He] threw away" (Mt 13:48).
Jesus is the Word of God (Jn 1:1). He, the Living Word, "divides soul and spirit, joints and marrow" and "judges the reflections and thoughts of the heart" (Heb 4:12). He divides us from sinful thoughts, bitterness, anger, unforgiveness, and impurity.
Jesus is Family with the Holy Spirit and "the Father from Whom every family in heaven and on earth takes its name" (Eph 3:14-15). As He divides all else, Jesus also divides families if they need to be rebuilt or restored (Lk 12:52-53). If necessary, Jesus will divide father and son, mother and daughter, in-laws, and anyone or anything that divides the family from God's plan.
Why has Jesus "come for division"? (Lk 12:51) It is because God is Love (1 Jn 4:8, 16). Love is consuming. Love suffers "anguish" (Lk 12:50) until we "attain to the fullness of God Himself" (Eph 3:19). Love can't tolerate anything holding us back from that fullness. Therefore, repent completely of anything that holds you back from the Lord - before Jesus has to divide you from it.


Prayer: Father, bestow on us gifts in keeping with the riches of Your glory (Eph 3:16).

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. Anthony continued to preach Christ in the face of several assassination attempts.

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SLAVE TRADE - One Bread, One Body, 10/23/2013

Wednesday, October 23, 2013, St. John of Capistrano

Romans 6:12-18, Psalm 124:1-8, Luke 12:39-48
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SLAVE TRADE

"You must realize that, when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are the slaves of the one you obey, whether yours is the slavery of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to justice." -Romans 6:16

In the movie A.D., a woman who is a household slave is bought at the slave trade. When her new owner brings his purchased slave home, he removes her handcuffs, sets her free, and turns her over to his son, with whom she has fallen in love, to be his bride. This scene resembles what happens to everyone who comes to accept Jesus as Lord, Savior, and God. We are set free from the hard slavery of sin. Sin is a brutal slave-master, showing us no mercy. At the end of a lifetime of serving slave-master sin, our hard-earned wages are "death" (Rm 6:23). "Sin is a demon lurking at the door" (Gn 4:7), yet in Jesus "you can be [its] master."
By contrast, obedient and faithful slavery to Jesus Christ is a completely different sort of slavery. Yes, Lord Jesus demands and requires much of us, His slaves (Lk 12:48). Yet His is a slavery of love. In fact, Jesus no longer calls us slaves; rather, He calls us friends! (Jn 15:15) In Jesus, we are no longer slaves; we are sons and daughters of God! (Gal 4:7)
Trade sin-slavery for a life of loving slavery to Jesus. "Be slaves of Christ the Lord" (Col 3:24). "It was for liberty that Christ freed us" from the yoke of slavery to sin, "so stand firm, and do not take on yourselves the yoke of slavery" to sin "a second time!" (Gal 5:1) Rather, take on the yoke of slavery to Jesus, the Lord of love. His yoke is easy and His burden is light (Mt 11:30).


Prayer: Father, I offer my body to You as a weapon for justice (Rm 6:13).

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

Praise: St. John, having a reason for hope, was known for his cheerfulness as he preached untiringly to strengthen others and fight heresy.

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THE TIDAL WAVE OF GRACE - One Bread, One Body, 10/22/2013

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Romans 5:12, 15, 17-21, Psalm 40:7-10, 17, Luke 12:35-38
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THE TIDAL WAVE OF GRACE

"Despite the increase of sin, grace has far surpassed it." -Romans 5:20

Sometimes we think the Lord is trying to stem the tide of sin in our world by giving us His grace. Yet actually Satan is futilely trying to resist God's tidal wave of grace. Grace has far surpassed sin. Much more grace is in this world than sin, despite sin's increase.
Because of Jesus, we share in such a total victory of grace over sin that we have no word to express our position of domination. So St. Paul calls us "more than conquerors," conquerors-plus, super-conquerors (Rm 8:37). "In subjecting all things to [Jesus], God left nothing unsubjected. At present we do not see all things thus subject, but we do see Jesus crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death" (Heb 2:8-9).
Although we may not see or feel it, we know for certain by faith that Jesus won a total and irreversible victory through His death and resurrection. "If death began its reign through one man because of his offense, much more shall those who receive the overflowing grace and gift of justice live and reign through the one Man, Jesus Christ" (Rm 5:17).


Prayer: Father, may "I consider the sufferings of the present to be as nothing compared with the glory to be revealed in us" (Rm 8:18).

Promise: "Should He happen to come at midnight or before sunrise and find them prepared, it will go well with them." -Lk 12:38

Praise: Jesus healed Loretta of multiple sclerosis.

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INDEPENDENCE DAY - One Bread, One Body, 10/21/2013

Monday, October 21, 2013

Romans 4:20-25, Luke 1:69-75, Luke 12:13-21
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INDEPENDENCE DAY

"I will say to myself: You have blessings in reserve for years to come. Relax!" -Luke 12:19

The man in today's Gospel was already rich (Lk 12:16). He had several grain bins on his property (Lk 12:18). It had been a year since his last harvest, and still he had no room to store this year's harvest. Therefore, his grain bins contained at least a year's foodstores in reserve. Then he "had a good harvest" (Lk 12:16), so large he was bursting at the seams. God blessed this man in ways foretold by the prophets (see Am 9:13-14; Is 30:23-25).
This man's speech reveals his heart (Lk 6:45). Though rich, he was worried about his future. He could have thanked God for a bountiful harvest; instead, he told himself he was finally financially secure enough to "relax" (Lk 12:19). He could have shared his plenty with the hungry, thus growing rich for God. Instead, he only thought of growing rich for himself (Lk 12:21).
The man rejoiced most of all because he trusted in his reserves rather than in God. When deciding how to handle his harvest, he consulted himself rather than God. Now he would be self-sufficient, independent of a God he never thanks or mentions. His actions and words show he does not trust the very God Who continues to bless him so abundantly, Who cannot be outgiven, and Who continues to provide for him. In His mercy, God reserved a place for this man and all others who insist upon being independent of God "for years to come" (Lk 12:19). It's called hell.
Some of us could also fall into this "trap" of desiring to be secure for the rest of our life (1 Tm 6:9). Repent! Trust in God alone.


Prayer: Father, I trust You alone for my daily needs (Mt 6:11). May I never turn from You in times of prosperity (Prv 30:7-9).

Promise: "Our faith will be credited to us also if we believe in Him Who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead." -Rm 4:24

Praise: After nursing a grudge and judging his in-laws for seventeen years, John finally forgave them.

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PM eNewsletter 29th Sunday in ordinary time

October 20th 29th Sunday in ordinary time.


Oh! Christ, always and everywhere, remind us through the
Holy Spirit to come and adore Your living presense in the
tabernacle.

Let us sit or kneel, and just adore, and thank You for Your
love for all of us.

Keep us from getting so busy in our daily life that we
forget that You, and You alone, are the way, the truth, and
the life.

Ask Your loving mother to come and adore with us, so
that we will stay focused on Your true presense.

Inspire us through this adoration to realize that all things
work to good for those who love You.

Give us the faith to always trust You.

Amen and Amen.


Thanks to You, Lord, for loving us totally.
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This weeks readings and reflections


Sunday WE MUST PRAY ALWAYS
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Jesus "told them a parable on the necessity of praying always." -Luke 18:1


Most people believe in praying, but how many believe in praying always? Even those who
believe that praying always is a good idea don't always believe it's a necessity, but
Jesus does.

Does your life say you believe in "the necessity of praying always"? Do you pray the first
thing in the morning? Do you try to center your day on the Mass? Do you pray the Angelus?
Do you pray not only for people, but with them? Do you pray daily with your spouse, family,
and co-workers? Do you pray on the phone, before you go to bed, etc? With these many times
of formal prayer, you will be in touch with Jesus all day even when you're busy with the
day's activities and can't give Him undivided attention. Thus you will be praying always.

Praying always is a necessity, for some battles are won not only by prayer, but by praying
always. For instance, Moses had to keep praying, or Joshua would not have defeated the
Amalekites (Ex 17:11ff). Prayer is good, but may not be good enough. There is "the
necessity of praying always."


Prayer: Father, may I not lose heart (Lk 18:1), but have the faith (see Lk 18:8) to
consider it a privilege to pray always. Holy Spirit, help me to pray always (see Rm 8:26).

Promise: "All Scripture is inspired of God and is useful for teaching - for reproof,
correction, and training in holiness so that the man of God may be fully competent and
equipped for every good work."-2 Tm 3:16-17

Praise: Alleluia! Jesus is risen as He said! Alleluia!



Monday INDEPENDENCE DAY
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Tuesday THE TIDAL WAVE OF GRACE
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"Despite the increase of sin, grace has far surpassed it." -Romans 5:20



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Lord jesus christ, I want to take this time to say sorry for all my sins. And to say
thank you for everything. I want to make this work with my rosa. So please help us fix
our problems. Let us be loyal and faithful with each other. Let us love each other in a
way that we never before have. Let us be there for one another and please let us see
each other soon. In the name of the lord jesus christ, I pray with all my heart. Amen.
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Thank you to St Anthony for helping me find something. And I pray to Precious Holy
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Please join in prayer for all who pray for our intentions that the light of the Lord God
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Slow Recovery from the Death of Our Only Son & Other Ongoing Sorrows.. Oct.19,2013 Dear
Community of Prayer, Thank you for praying with us in our long dark night of the soul!
Recovery is very slow! Despite ongoing pain and sorrows in the recovery process we
continue to stay at our Post in Faith and Hope with the help of your Daily Prayers and
God's Mercy! Please continue to pray(2013,2014..?)with us daily for Recovery! Recovery
for God's Healing,Protecting Peace and Hope in our Broken Hearts,Health Issues,Relief
from Severe Financial Misery which is making our recovery next to impossible! Please
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patience, In His Peace, Bill and Carol. usa PS. We will keep you in our daily prayers as
we cry out to God Day & Night in Prayer for His Mercy & Peace!
(Bill and Carol, United States, 10/19/2013 9:23:30 AM)

Fear is useless. LORD please look kindly on the petitions posted and all the requests
said silently in our hearts. Thank you LORD for this new day. Guide me that I don't
waste it. Guide my every thought, word and action today. In JESUS I trust. Thank you.
(Jim, Wisconsin, 10/19/2013 9:16:00 AM)



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The Bible Telephone Line (BTL) has been in operation for 19 years. Begun by Fr. Al
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Notable quotations from Pope Francis and official
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FAITH AND MISSION


MEASURE OF FAITH

The strength of our faith, at a personal and community level, can be measured by the
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WE MUST PRAY ALWAYS - One Bread, One Body, 10/20/2013

Sunday, October 20, 2013, 29th Sunday Ordinary Time

Exodus 17:8-13, 2 Timothy 3:14-4:2, Psalm 121:1-8, Luke 18:1-8
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WE MUST PRAY ALWAYS

Jesus "told them a parable on the necessity of praying always." -Luke 18:1

Most people believe in praying, but how many believe in praying always? Even those who believe that praying always is a good idea don't always believe it's a necessity, but Jesus does.
Does your life say you believe in "the necessity of praying always"? Do you pray the first thing in the morning? Do you try to center your day on the Mass? Do you pray the Angelus? Do you pray not only for people, but with them? Do you pray daily with your spouse, family, and co-workers? Do you pray on the phone, before you go to bed, etc? With these many times of formal prayer, you will be in touch with Jesus all day even when you're busy with the day's activities and can't give Him undivided attention. Thus you will be praying always.
Praying always is a necessity, for some battles are won not only by prayer, but by praying always. For instance, Moses had to keep praying, or Joshua would not have defeated the Amalekites (Ex 17:11ff). Prayer is good, but may not be good enough. There is "the necessity of praying always."


Prayer: Father, may I not lose heart (Lk 18:1), but have the faith (see Lk 18:8) to consider it a privilege to pray always. Holy Spirit, help me to pray always (see Rm 8:26).

Promise: "All Scripture is inspired of God and is useful for teaching - for reproof, correction, and training in holiness so that the man of God may be fully competent and equipped for every good work."-2 Tm 3:16-17

Praise: Alleluia! Jesus is risen as He said! Alleluia!


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WILL-POWER - One Bread, One Body, 10/19/2013

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Francis: War Is Always A Defeat For Humanity
Faith Must Be Shared
Economic Inequality Remains Concern
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Saturday, October 19, 2013, St. Isaac Jogues,, St. John de Brebeuf, & the North American Martyrs

Romans 4:13, 16-18, Psalm 105:6-9, 42-43, Luke 12:8-12
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WILL-POWER

"Do not worry about how to defend yourselves." -Luke 12:11

If we publicly disown the Lord, He will disown us in the presence of the angels of God (Lk 12:9). Refusing to publicly acknowledge Jesus may be an unforgivable sin of blaspheming the Spirit (Lk 12:10). This sin is not committed through weakness, for the Holy Spirit will teach us at the proper time "all that should be said" (Lk 12:12). Thus the sin of disowning Jesus is a willful act of rebellion. The Spirit will give us all the wisdom, power, and boldness necessary to stand up for Jesus, but we can refuse to "let it be done" (see Lk 1:38).
Therefore, we shouldn't focus on dealing with our weaknesses so much as with our hearts. It's not that we can't stand up for Jesus but that we don't want to. The Lord has no trouble using our weaknesses to perfect His power (2 Cor 12:9). However, we can ruin His plan for our lives by choosing not to cooperate. By an act of our wills, we have the power to deprive ourselves of true freedom, salvation, and eternal life. In addition to praying for strength in our weakness, we should pray for a humble, contrite, docile, and willing heart (Ps 51:19).


Prayer: Father, may I want what You want as much as You want it.

Promise: "Hence, all depends on faith, everything is grace." -Rm 4:16

Praise: St. Isaac did not disown the Lord even when being tortured and killed.


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THE GOSPEL OF FORGIVENESS - One Bread, One Body, 10/18/2013

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Friday, October 18, 2013, St. Luke

2 Timothy 4:10-17, Psalm 145:10-13, 17-18, Luke 10:1-9
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THE GOSPEL OF FORGIVENESS

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

Luke's Gospel should also be known as the gospel of forgiveness. Only in Luke's Gospel do we meet the penitent woman whose many sins were forgiven because of her great love (Lk 7:47). In contrast with James and John, who wanted to destroy a Samaritan town by fire (Lk 9:54), Luke shows Jesus exalting the virtues of the "good Samaritan" (see Lk 10:33). Jesus also exalted another unforgiven group when He ate with the hated tax collector Zacchaeus and gave him salvation (Lk 19:7ff).
Only in Luke's Gospel do we also meet the prodigal son, his forgiving father, and unforgiving older brother (Lk 15:11ff). This parable is probably the greatest revelation of God's way of forgiving. God forgives affectionately, graciously, and mercifully. He honors sinners by giving them exceptional gifts and a special celebration.
Only in Luke's Gospel do we meet the "good thief." While suffering on the cross, Jesus said: "Father, forgive them; they do not know what they are doing" (Lk 23:34). Then Jesus forgave the "good thief" and promised him paradise that very day (see Lk 23:43).
Today, read part of the Gospel of Luke and forgive all who have hurt you in any way.


Prayer: Father, help me to choose to forgive all as You forgive - immediately and completely (Col 3:13).

Promise: "On entering any house, first say, 'Peace to this house.' " -Lk 10:5

Praise: St. Luke was a physician, disciple, missionary, evangelist, and saint.

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BLOOD BROTHER - One Bread, One Body, 10/17/2013

Thursday, October 17, 2013, St. Ignatius of Antioch

Romans 3:21-30, Psalm 130:1-6, Luke 11:47-54
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BLOOD BROTHER

"Their guilt stretches from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who met his death between the altar and the sanctuary! Yes, I tell you, this generation will have to account for it." -Luke 11:51

Jesus told the religious leaders of His time that their generation would have to account for all the blood shed from Abel to the priest Zechariah, from the beginning to the end of the Old Testament. This came true as Jesus in that generation shed His blood to atone for all the bloodshed and sins of the whole human race for all time. "Through His blood, God made Him the means of expiation for all who believe" (Rm 3:25).
Think of the sins and guilt of your whole life. Multiply that by the sins of all the people that have lived or will live on this earth. Include all the atrocities, tragedies, and wars of human history, and pack them all into three hours. Then you have a sense of what Jesus went through on Calvary to atone for all sins. What price Jesus has paid for our salvation! What love Jesus has for us! Let us give Him our lives, hearts, minds, and love in return.


Prayer: Jesus, may I cry tears of joy because of what You've done for me.

Promise: "All men are now undeservedly justified by the gift of God, through the redemption wrought in Christ Jesus." -Rm 3:24

Praise: St. Ignatius gave his life to the Lord and accepted his martyrdom of being fed to the wild beasts in imitation of Jesus, Who gave Himself as eucharistic food to the world.

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THE PAUL-PRINCIPLE - One Bread, One Body, 10/16/2013

Wednesday, October 16, 2013, St. Hedwig, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Romans 2:1-11, Psalm 62:2-3, 6-7, 9, Luke 11:42-46
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THE PAUL-PRINCIPLE

"Every one of you who judges another is inexcusable. By your judgment you convict yourself, since you do the very same things." -Romans 2:1

St. Paul said that we do the same things we condemn others for doing. At first, almost everyone disagrees with this. In fact, we pride ourselves on not having the worst faults of others. Yet if we look more closely at ourselves and let the Spirit guide us to all truth (Jn 16:13), we will find that Paul is right. We actually do the same things that we most vehemently condemn in others.
For example, many who condemn young people for taking drugs are themselves addicted to alcohol, caffeine, and/or nicotine. Some who condemn those having abortions have also aborted their children through some forms of birth control. Many older people condemn young people for not going to church, although they themselves only go because it's their Sunday obligation. Numerous other cases demonstrate Paul's principle: We condemn in others what we are very permissive about in ourselves.
"Do you suppose, then, that you will escape His judgment, you who condemn these things in others yet do them yourself? Or do you presume on His kindness and forbearance? Do you not know that God's kindness is an invitation to you to repent?" (Rm 2:3-4) We must let the Spirit convict us of our sins, and repent.


Prayer: Father, use the sins of others not to distract me but convict me.

Promise: "Only in God is my soul at rest; from Him comes my salvation." -Ps 62:2

Praise: St. Hedwig and her husband were married for fifty-two years. They dedicated their marriage to the Lord Jesus, raised six children, and were only known to have had two disagreements.


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ALL WASHED UP? - One Bread, One Body, 10/15/2013

Tuesday, October 15, 2013, St. Teresa of Jesus

Romans 1:16-25, Psalm 19:2-5, Luke 11:37-41
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ALL WASHED UP?

"All will be wiped clean for you." -Luke 11:41

A Pharisee was surprised that Jesus hadn't washed Himself before eating dinner (Lk 11:38). The Pharisees had a complicated series of ablutions they performed before dinner (Lk 11:38), including a ritualistic washing of the fingers using a certain set of motions. Jesus obviously didn't follow their formula.
Though Jesus hadn't washed before dinner, He surely had prayed before dinner. Jesus prayed constantly, often rising early in the morning to pray (Mk 1:35).
Many of us would be ashamed to appear in public without properly washing ourselves. Yet would we be ashamed of the Gospel in public? (see Rm 1:16)
We wouldn't go to a meeting with our boss or a dinner with friends without being all washed up. Would we likewise face a secular world without being all prayed up?
What were the first five things you did this morning? Was one of them washing? Was one of them praying? We too often skip the prayer, but rarely do we skip the washing.
Which is more important?


Prayer: Jesus, You see my inside while the world sees my outside (Lk 11:40). May I care far more about pleasing You than pleasing the world.

Promise: "I am not ashamed of the gospel. It is the power of God leading everyone who believes in it to salvation." -Rm 1:16

Praise: St. Teresa often sat at the feet of Jesus in prayer. God gifted her with the ability to hear His voice. She prayed daily for the coming of the Holy Spirit in her life, and devoted a great amount of energy to instructing others to hear God in prayer.

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