May 12th Fourth Sunday of Easter
oh! Jesus, this week Your church celebrates another feast day of our mother Mary. Our Lady of Fatima.
Jesus, thank You for mom, and her special care for all of us.
Let us honor her with the rosary, and novenas.
Mom is always asking us to come closer to You, and so grow in love and care for others.
Jesus, help us to always see others with Your eyes, and help us not judge, but rather just be doers
of the word.
Let us love and give, since all we have is gifts from You.
Please Christ, bring us to Your Eucharist so that we may die to self, and come more alive in, to and
through You.
Thank You for our mother Mary.
Amen and Amen.
Thank You Lord, for loving us totally.
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One Bread, One Body
This weeks readings and reflections
Sunday THE MYSTERY OF THE SHEPHERD
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"My sheep hear My voice. I know them, and they follow Me. I give them eternal life, and they shall
never perish." -John 10:27-28
Today is traditionally called "Good Shepherd Sunday." The image of God as a Shepherd is ancient and
powerful. People of almost every culture have been and are profoundly inspired and consoled by the
image of the Good Shepherd. Millions of people have prayed with all their hearts: "The Lord is my
Shepherd; I shall not want" (Ps 23:1).
Nevertheless, some cultures look down on shepherds (see Gn 46:34). In fact, the traditional conflict
between shepherds and farmers is the context for the first murder in history (see Gn 4:2ff). Even
Jesus' apostles, who heard Jesus' revelation of Himself as the Good Shepherd, had difficulties
relating to this image (Jn 10:6).
The image of God as the Good Shepherd should not be thoughtlessly accepted nor carelessly dismissed.
Let's delve into this major revelation from the Gospel of John about the dynamics of our relationship
with the Lord: the image of Jesus, the Good Shepherd.
Hardly ever do we give homework in this book. Today, however, your homework is to read John 10 and
Ezekiel 34. Look up the cross references. Pray for the Holy Spirit to teach about the truth and the
mystery of the image of the Good Shepherd.
Prayer: Father, make me a sheep by Your standards.
Promise: "Never again shall they know hunger or thirst, nor shall the sun or its heat beat down on
them, for the Lamb on the throne will shepherd them." -Rv 7:16-17
Praise: "Alleluia, alleluia, give thanks to the risen Lord. Alleluia, alleluia, give praise to His name!"
Monday "GIVE ME A DRINK" (JN 4:7)
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"My soul longs for You, O God. Athirst is my soul for God, the living God." -Psalm 42:2-3
Tuesday ARE YOU CHOOSE-ABLE?
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"They then drew lots between the two men." -Acts 1:26
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big city. Please help her. Thank You, Lord, and thanks to all the prayer warriors here. Thank you.
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Today I pray, based on the gospel according to John(4:43-54), and believe that you will cure my
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in the healing power of faith and prayer and I ask you to begin your mighty work in the life of my
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all our prayers Your way the best way. Allow me the grace to accept. JESUS one of your saints feast
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Lord Jesus,thank you for being YOU and always being there not only for me,but for everyone one of us!
There have been times when your presence is not felt,but you never have let me down and I know others
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Notable quotations from Pope Francis and official teachings of the Roman Catholic Church
END HUNGER
DON'T BE INDIFFERENT
... These are some reflections I wish to share with those men and women who do not allow themselves to
succumb to indifference; who hear the cry of those who do not have the minimum needed to lead a
dignified life.
THE CHURCH AND THE POOR
For her part, the Catholic Church, in the exercise of the mission with which her divine Founder has
entrusted her, struggles daily throughout the world against hunger and malnutrition in multiple ways
and through her various structures and associations, remembering that those who suffer from misery are
not different from us. They share our flesh and blood. They deserve ... a friendly hand to help and
support them, in such a way that no one is left behind, so that in our world fraternal solidarity may
boast its own identity card and citizenship, beyond any flashy slogans void of substance.
"HOPES OF MILLIONS"
The annual celebration of World Food Day emphasizes ... the needs, yearnings and hopes of millions of
persons who lack bread each day. Increasingly, there are more people who sadly make up part of that
great number of human beings who have nothing, or almost nothing to eat. It should be the opposite and
yet recent statistics are a painful proof of how international solidarity appears to be cooling.
(Source: Message for World Food Day 2018, issued 10/16/2018)
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