August 18th 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.
Amen and Amen.
Thank You Lord, for loving us totally.
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One Bread, One Body
This weeks readings and reflections
Sunday TRUTH SOMETIMES HURTS
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Jeremiah " 'ought to be put to death,' the princes said to the king; 'he demoralizes the soldiers who are
left in this city, and all the people, by speaking such things to them.' " -Jeremiah 38:4
The Lord commands us to speak the truth in love (Eph 4:15). If we fail to try to dissuade others from their
wicked conduct, God holds us responsible for their deaths (Ez 3:18). We must be men and women of the truth.
However, in a world of lies, the truth and those who speak it are rejected. For example, Jeremiah spoke the
truth and was thrown into a muddy cistern where he was left to starve (Jer 38:6, 9). Often when we speak
the truth, our families will reject us. "A household of five will be divided three against two and two
against three" (Lk 12:52). Therefore, we naturally don't want to speak the truth, although the Lord holds
us responsible to do so.
The only Way out of this dilemma is Jesus, Who is not only truthful but the Truth Himself (Jn 14:6). He is
the Truth Who sets us free (Jn 8:32). In Jesus, in the Truth, we will speak and live the truth, no matter
if we have to die for the truth (see Sir 4:28). Our love for Jesus will make us true. Because God is Love
(1 Jn 4:16), we have the courage to live for God, the Truth. Speak and do the truth in love (Eph 4:15).
Prayer: Father, in the name of Jesus, I receive the Spirit of Truth (see Jn 14:17).
Promise: "For the sake of the joy which lay before Him He endured the cross, heedless of its shame. He has
taken His seat at the right of the throne of God. Remember how He endured the opposition of sinners; hence
do not grow despondent or abandon the struggle. In your fight against sin you have not yet resisted to the
point of shedding blood." -Heb 12:2-4
Praise: Praise You, risen Jesus, our Redeemer! You atoned for our sins and paid our infinite debt of sin.
Glory to You forever.
Monday SLIDE RULE
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"They became defiled by their works, and wanton in their crimes." -Psalm 106:39
Tuesday "THE MIND OF CHRIST" (1 COR 2:16)
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"Then who can be saved?" -Matthew 19:25
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PM Internet Prayer Requests
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Please watch over our daughter EB and keep her safe. Please heal my husband CWB of his illness. Thank
You Lord and thanks to all the prayer warriors here.
(Carol, Arizona, , 8/16/2019 2:58:48 PM)
Thank you
(Anonymous, , 8/16/2019 2:55:49 PM)
Heavenly Father, I call on you in a special way for my sister's grandson Richard, who had a seizure
and was just rushed to the hospital. This is the 1st time that this has ever happened. Please pray that
he will be okay and for all the medical staff, who will come in contact with him. I pray in Jesus Mighty
and Holy Name, with the Holy Spirit, and God the Father. Amen.
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My son is not feeling well. I pray for his back pain and quick recovery. He is feeling awful. Saints of
heaven please intercede for Chris as he is the child of Jesus.
(Anish, , 8/16/2019 12:42:55 PM)
Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of
the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray; and do Thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host - by the Divine
Power of God - cast into hell, satan and all the evil spirits, who roam throughout our homes,
neighborhood, cities, states, countries and the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
(Anonymous, , 8/16/2019 12:36:02 PM)
Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him.
(Anonymous, , 8/16/2019 12:32:48 PM)
Today I ask You, Lord Jesus Christ, 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 trough Christ our Lord, please.
Amen.
(Virginia , Nevada , , 8/16/2019 11:28:41 AM)
That i may do better at addressing my wife's rapidly-progressing Alzheimer's disease.
(Gregg, Denver, Colorado, United States, 8/16/2019 11:02:12 AM)
Fear is useless. LORD please look kindly on the petitions posted and all the requests said silently in our
hearts. Thank you for hearing our prayers. Thank you for your answers to our prayers. LORD never let me
feel You have given up on me. Although I am not worthy or even important enough may I never feel I am
alone without You. I ask this in the name of JESUS.
(Jim, Wisconsin, , 8/16/2019 10:29:54 AM)
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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
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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