August 17th 20th Sunday in ordinary time.
This week, Jesus, Your church celebrates the queenship of Mary,
as she so rightly deserves.
She was a faithful servant, and a tremendous example of trust
while on earth, and so she should be honored as Queen of
heaven and earth.
Let her intercession continue to cause grace to flow to all
of us.
Let Your love for mom flow also into us, and let us praise,
and glorify You as our Lord, God and King.
Let us see that Your plan of love is constantly working out
in everything, and give us the graces necessary for us to
really trust You every day in every way.
Thank you Jesus.
Amen and Amen.
Thank You Lord, for loving us totally.
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One Bread, One Body
This weeks readings and reflections
Sunday WHAT IS JESUS TEACHING US TODAY?
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Jesus "withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon." -Matthew 15:21
Let's look at today's Gospel passage of a "politically incorrect"
interaction from the viewpoint of discipleship. Jesus took his
disciples into Tyre and Sidon, a pagan, Gentile stronghold. Jesus
wanted to retreat far away from Jewish territory and spend
undisturbed time with His disciples, teaching them in a "retreat."
In all contexts, Jesus was always teaching His disciples.
How did Jesus teach the disciples in this interaction?
Jesus ignores the Gentile woman (Mt 15:23). The disciples, and all
Jews, had ignored Gentiles their entire lives, and Jesus illustrated
their behavior back to them.
Next, the disciples told Jesus to send the woman away (Mt 15:23).
Again, Jesus teaches His disciples, by not sending her away.
Disciples are supposed to bring people to Jesus, not send them away.
Third, Jesus refers to the woman, and all Gentiles, as "dogs" (Mt 15:26).
He is showing the disciples how callously they have been treating
Gentiles their entire lives.
Finally, Jesus teaches His disciples the great lesson that Gentiles
also hunger for God's love and healing, as do the Jews. Jesus treated
the woman as the disciples had been treating her. Then He treated her
as God wanted and healed her daughter (Mt 15:28).
The disciples got the message, for Peter later baptized many Gentiles
(Acts 10:48). Will we get the message? Are we lovingly bringing people
to Jesus or rudely sending them away?
Prayer: Jesus, when You hold a mirror in front of me, may I see the
reality of my life, repent, and live as Your faithful servant.
Promise: "God's gifts and His call are irrevocable." -Rm 11:29
Praise: Praise You, risen Lord Jesus, Teacher, Master, and Lord! Glory
and praise to You forever and ever!
Monday ALL-WAYS
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"What do I need to do further?" -Matthew 19:20
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"Everyone who has given up home, brothers or sisters, father or
mother, wife or children or property for My sake will receive many
times as much and inherit everlasting life." -Matthew 19:29
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PM Internet Prayer Requests
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Heavenly Father thank you for all the Blessings,please forgive our
sins..Lord please guide us with your Holy spirit as we go along with
our work.Lord please touch the heart and mind of all the PREX batch
34 that they will attend the meeting this afternoon .we ask this
through Christ our Lord.Amen
(antang4, 8/16/2014 6:48:46 PM)
Prayer to Our Lady of Guadalupe for an end to abortion Our Lady of
Guadalupe with Your unborn Child; 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, afflictions, and sorrows." Hear us Dear Mary as we
weep for those sufferings, afflictions and sorrows from abortion. We
consecrate all abortion mills and pharmaceutical companies in the
Americas and around the world to You. Take them all to Your Heart....
(Ken, Texas, 8/16/2014 5:55:20 PM)
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 pressured by others...take them to Your Heart. For
those who believe they do not have a 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.
For pharmaceutical companies that produce contraceptives and ills
that induce abortions...take them to Your Heart. Our Lady of
Guadalupe please hear us as we weep for those sufferings, afflictions
and sorrows from abortion...take them all to Your Heart.
(Ken, Texas, 8/16/2014 5:54:59 PM)
Fear is useless. LORD please look kindly on the petitions posted and
all the requests said silently in our hearts. LORD through JESUS you
always showed love for children. LORD guide me to do the same. Allow
me to be a good Christian example for the children and may this lead
them to be good Christians. May this all lead us to temporary earthly
happiness and eternal bliss. Thank you
(Jim, Wisconsin, 8/16/2014 3:50:39 PM)
Let us pray. Canaanite woman. Persistent in your request to be heard.
persevering in the test. gathering up the crumbs of Jesus' attention.
Great Woman of faith. whoever you are.help all of us here in this
prayer room today with perseverance in our prayer. And please.good
woman. Pray for us! Amen.
(Thomas, South Africa, 8/16/2014 3:06:17 PM)
Greetings Children of St. Francis: Lifting up all of the present and
future: leaders, their assistants, their advisers, mentors, trainners,
respective immediate & extended family members-now & throughout their
entire lives: Al Kaida, Taliban, ISIS, Hamas, Hezbollah,North Korean,
Red China, Russia: 1) Please pray that their hearts, minds, souls be
unceasingly & ever more deeply, thoroughly grown in openness,
receptiveness, attractions, longings, desires & whole hearted, single
minded: cooperation, yielding, docility with (to) Christ, His gospels,
the Faith & Mary's influence and ways; 2) to God as their Abba Father
daddy God; 3) to Mary as their Queen and mother of God; 4) to the
unconditional love, divine mercy and forgiveness of God thru, in, by
means of Christ salvific work-ever more increasingly throughout their
lives. Asking for intercessions,interventions of all 3rd order
Franciscans, & all the saints and angels I regularly entreat. CH
(Anonymous, 8/16/2014 2:51:48 PM)
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Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are featured as well as covering the entire New Testament thru Revelation.
Also available, many MP3 formatted Audio tapes of most epistles in the bible and numerous 15
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Small Christian Community Resources
Introduction to Small Christian Community
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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.
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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 GIFT OF PEACE
"LORD, HELP US!
... Lord, come to our aid! Grant us peace, teach us peace; guide our
steps in the way of peace. Open our eyes and our hearts, and give us
the courage to say: "Never again war!"; "With war every thing is
lost." ... Instill in our hearts the courage to take concrete steps
to achieve peace. ... Give us strength daily to be instruments of
peace; enable us to see everyone who crosses our path as our brother
or sister... Keep alive in us the flame of hope, so that with patience
and perseverance we may opt for dialogue and reconciliation. In this
way may peace triumph at last, and may the words "division," "hatred,"
and "war" be banished from the heart of every man and woman.
"PROFOUNDLY GRATEFUL"
I am profoundly grateful to you for accepting my invitation ... to
join in imploring from God the gift of peace. It is my hope that this
meeting will be a path to seeking the things that unite , so as to
overcome the things that divide.
"FERVENT DESIRE"
It is a meeting which responds to the fervent desire of all who long
for peace and dream of a world in which men and women can live as
brothers and sisters and no longer as adversaries and enemies.
(Source: Prayer Meeting with presidents Shimon Peres of Israel and
Mahmoud Abbas of Palestine, June 8, 2014, in Vatican City.)
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2014 RETREATS
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2014 RETREATS
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