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.
Thank You Lord, for loving us totally.
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One Bread, One Body
This weeks readings and reflections
Sunday I DARE YOU
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"Lord, teach us to pray." -Luke 11:1
One of the most daring things we can do in life is to ask Jesus to teach us to pray. St. Augustine called
prayer "the exercise of our desires." St. Thomas Aquinas says in reference to the Lord's Prayer, "In it we
ask, not only for all the things we can rightly desire, but also in the sequence that they should be
desired" (Catechism, 2763). Authentic prayer is about exercising, screening, and correcting our desires.
Prayer concerns crucifying our "flesh with its passions and desires" (Gal 5:24). Prayer is laboring
(see Gal 4:19) and struggling not to get what we want from God but to give up what we want so as to obtain
the desires of His heart. This means that the Lord frequently tells us "no" in prayer because our desires
are out of order.
This is so frustrating that we feel like quitting. However, we must persist (see Lk 11:8), not to win God
over to our desires but to let ourselves be broken of our selfishness and rebellion. The Holy Spirit "helps
us in our weakness" in prayer (Rm 8:26). In the Spirit (see Lk 11:13), we persist in prayer until we let God
knock down the sand-castles of our desires.
As we used to say before praying the "Our Father," I dare you to ask Jesus to teach you to pray.
Prayer: Father, impelled by love in the Spirit, I have decided to enroll in Jesus' school of prayer.
Promise: "Even when you were dead in sin and your flesh was uncircumcised, God gave you new life in company
with Christ." -Col 2:13
Praise: "Praise the name of the Lord, for His name alone is exalted; His majesty is above earth and heaven"
(Ps 148:13).
Monday WHO GOES FIRST?
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"She had a sister named Mary, who seated herself at the Lord's feet and listened to His words." -Luke 10:39
Tuesday GOD'S LOVE WINS
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"As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him." -Psalm 103:13
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PM Internet Prayer Requests
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Today I pray, based on the gospel according to John(4:43-54), and believe that you will cure my husband
of his back injury and leg pain/restless leg. PLEASE keep promises over my husband. I believe in the
healing power of faith and prayer and I ask you to begin your mighty work in the life of my husband.
Please reach down and surround my husband with peace and strength and give him the faith to believe that
all things are possible for you. Protect him from discouragement and let his healing begin. I ask this
through Christ our Lord, please. Amen.
(Virginia, NV, , 7/27/2019 10:21:18 AM)
Fear is useless. LORD please look kindly on the petitions posted and all the requests said silently in our
hearts. LORD please help me be a true humble Christian presence and a true humble Christian inside. Please
LORD guide me to bring myself and others closer to JESUS today
(Jim, Wisconsin, , 7/27/2019 9:59:29 AM)
Please heal us inside and out. Thanks for all the blessings love and acceptace.
(Anonymous, , 7/27/2019 9:04:25 AM)
I have learned much in life,but I still haven't learned how to resist sin as I think I should. I once ran
from it,then I ran to it and now it seems and feels like a ball and chain! In Jesus's name I want to be
released from this bondage and serve my Lord in ways only He will dictate! Jesus if it is Your will may it
if you're reading this,pray for me and my family. Thank you so much
(Joseph, New York, , 7/27/2019 8:12:01 AM)
Thank you Lord for another week.Father I give it all to you,I pray for my daughter's wedding that is 2
weeks from today,please prepare them spiritual and bless both family in Jesus name we pray Amen.
(Naa, , 7/27/2019 7:35:32 AM)
Father, I give you glory and praise for the amazing gifts you have given me. I pray for your peace, purity,
healing and protection in all our lives. Your Will be done. I especially beg for a holy spouse for my
daughter. Help her not to fall into hopelessness, but know You are working in her life. Thank you for
hearing my humble prayer.
(Anonymous, , 7/27/2019 6:38:52 AM)
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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.
THE BTL RECENTLY WENT TO A SINGLE NUMBER FOR THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES
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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
WE CAN DO IT
We do indeed have the adequate means and framework so that beautiful words and good wishes may become an
action plan of substance that leads effectively to the eradication of hunger in our world. To this end we
need joint efforts, upright hearts, and persistent concern to firmly and resolutely make the other's
problems one's own.
"LACK OF POLITICAL WILL"
There is a fundamental lack of political will. What is needed is the willingness to end hunger, and this
ultimately will not happen without a moral conviction that is shared by all peoples and all religious
persuasions, where the integral good of the person is at the heart of all initiatives and consists in
"doing to another what we would want done to ourselves."
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.
(Source: Message for World Food Day 2018, issued 10/16/2018)
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