June 2nd Ascension of the Lord
This week, Jesus, Your church celebrates Your ascension into heaven where You sit at the right hand of
the Father and intercede for us all.
Jesus, help us to realize this wonderful event, that by Your ascending into Heaven, so we too will
someday ascend to You for judgement into eternal life.
Jesus, You are the just judge, help us not to judge others, but trust that You will judge everyone as
they truly deserve to be judged.
Help us to just be lovers.
Amen and Amen.
Thank You Lord, for loving us totally.
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One Bread, One Body
This weeks readings and reflections
Sunday LOST LOVE OR NEW LOVE?
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"He was lifted up before their eyes in a cloud which took Him from their sight." -Acts 1:9
Because we can grow in love when we are in someone's presence, we treasure the time we spend with those
we love. A birth is such a wonderful event because the baby is present to the world and not only to the
mother. A death is so difficult because we can no longer in the same way be in the presence of the one
who has died.
Therefore, Jesus' Ascension would seem to have presented a major problem. Jesus could no longer be seen,
heard, or touched. This would seem to make our relationship with Him impossible. However, Jesus said
that He would not leave us orphans (Jn 14:18) and that He would be with us forever (see Mt 28:20). He
even said that it was better for us that He go (Jn 16:7).
After Jesus' Ascension, He sent the Holy Spirit so that we could be much deeper in love with Him than
when He walked the earth. In the Spirit, we have the faith to be baptized into Jesus (see Rm 6:3). He
lives in us; we live in Him (see Jn 17:23). We even receive His Body and Blood (Jn 6:56). Nothing like
this was possible when Jesus lived on the earth. Jesus' Ascension is an astounding opportunity to be in
deep love with Him, if we receive the Holy Spirit of Pentecost. Come, Holy Spirit!
Prayer: Father, on this third day of the Pentecost Novena, make me see the inadequacies of my love for
You and make me desire new and greater life and love.
Promise: "As He blessed, He left them, and was taken up to heaven. They fell down to do Him reverence,
then returned to Jerusalem filled with joy." -Lk 24:51-52
Praise: All praise to our risen Jesus who now takes His place at the right hand of the Father. Alleluia!
Monday GOD'S WORD OVERCOMES THE WORLD
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"You will suffer in the world. But take courage! I have overcome the world." -John 16:33
Tuesday SPIRITUAL RECYCLING
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"The Holy Spirit has been warning me." -Acts 20:23
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PM Internet Prayer Requests
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For all prayers posted. Amen.
(Anonymous, , 6/1/2019 7:32:29 PM)
Lord, please guide me through these times of uncertainty. Carry me through the darkness and into the
light. Lord, please protect me from those who want to do harm. Help me to hear your voice and show me
your purpose. I pray that you watch over the ones I love and shield them from the evils of the world. I
pray this in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
(Carrie V., Greenfield, Indiana, United States, 6/1/2019 7:24:21 PM)
My work is a disaster. My career is falling apart and my anxiety is very high. Jesus, I trust in You. I
must resign my position for my mental health. Prayers please. Lord, give me courage, strength and
wisdom.
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For the spiritual and physical health of our daughter EB. Please watch over her and keep her safe.
Thank You, Lord, and thanks to all the prayer warriors here.
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Our Lord knows every trick of the devil. Our Lord also knows how to out play the devil. The devil will
literally lose at his own(the devil's) game. The devil conspired to have Jesus Crucified. -Enough- said.
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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 site being open again.
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Bible Telephone Line
The Bible Telephone Line (BTL) has been in operation for 27 years. Begun by Fr. Al in 1991, it now
continues with one deacon of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis and two lay teachers trained by
Presentation Ministries. 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 on a separate line.
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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
END HUNGER
"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.
"EFFECTIVE HELP"
The poor expect from us an effective help that takes them out of their misery... In this twenty-first
century that has seen considerable advances in the field of technology, science, communications and
infrastructure, we ought to feel shame for not having achieved the same advances in humanity and
solidarity, and so satisfy the primary needs of the most disadvantaged.
"WE MUST DO BETTER"
We are all called to go further. We can and we must do better for the helpless. We must move to
concrete action, so that the scourge of hunger disappears completely.
(Source: Message for World Food Day 2018, issued 10/16/2018)
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