Sept 22nd Twenty fifth Sunday in ordinary time
We call this season of the year, ordinary time, yet in You nothing is ordinary.
Just to know You in the Eucharist, and see You in the breaking of the bread, should be for us a cause of
great joy.
The fact that You are always with us in all the tabernacles of the world, ready to listen and help us,
should give us a tremendous sense of peace.
We know that You are truly there, just waiting for us to visit, and give You praise and glorify, thank
You, the Christ.
Amen and Amen.
Thank You Lord, for loving us totally.
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One Bread, One Body
This weeks readings and reflections
Sunday GRACE AND PEACE
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"Prayer of this kind is good, and God our Savior is pleased with it, for He wants all men to be saved."
-1 Timothy 2:3-4
Jesus died on the cross so that all would be saved from sin, death, and damnation. We are saved by His
grace, which we must decide to accept by faith (Eph 2:8) and live in love with all our hearts
(see Lk 10:27). The decisions to accept God's saving graces are the most important decisions of our lives.
However, these decisions are extremely difficult to make, for we are strongly pressured by the world, the
flesh, and the devil to choose pride, pleasure, and selfishness rather than God's grace and love. However,
the Lord calls us to "lead undisturbed and tranquil lives in perfect piety and dignity" (1 Tm 2:2). In
this context, we are much more likely to repeatedly choose grace and thereby salvation.
Consequently, we must make it a priority to pray for everyone, particularly for godly leaders who will set
up a society of peace, tranquility, and respect for human rights (see 1 Tm 2:1ff). We must then submit
ourselves to the godly authority of pastors, government leaders, husbands, parents, employers, etc.
Our culture of death sets us up to reject grace after grace by making bad decision after bad decision.
However, a civilization of love in which we live "undisturbed and tranquil" lives brings out the best in
us as we decide again and again to live in grace. Grace and peace to you (Phil 1:2).
Prayer: Father, show me the relationship between lifestyle and grace.
Promise: "No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other or be attentive
to the one and despise the other. You cannot give yourself to God and money." -Lk 16:13
Praise: Praise You, Jesus, "the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords" (1 Tm 6:15).
Alleluia!
Monday HOW TO MAKE A LIGHTHOUSE
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"No one lights a lamp and puts it under a bushel basket or under a bed; he puts it on a lampstand so that
whoever comes in can see it." -Luke 8:16
Tuesday "ALL IN THE FAMILY"
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"My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and act upon it." -Luke 8:21
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PM Internet Prayer Requests
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Please heal us inside and out. Please help us have a great weekend. Thank you for all your blessings. Help
all those in need or felling loss.
(Anonymous, , 9/21/2019 9:26:47 AM)
Thank you Lord for another week.Father I thank you for the changes in the new job,I pray that you will let
him calm down and help me to do me best,in Jesus name we pray Amen.
(Naa , , 9/21/2019 7:59:43 AM)
My 4 year old is having a hard time adjusting to our new baby. He keeps doing mean things to his older
brother and destroying things in our house. Thankfully he has not hurt the baby. My husband and I have
tried many different approaches and consequences and it's just getting worse. Please pray for wisdom for us
and for a miraculous cure for our son. I miss the kind and loving boy he was and and very upset by all his
deception and cruelty. It's destroying our formerly happy family.
(Colleen, Michigan, , 9/21/2019 3:44:22 AM)
Sweet Mother Mary, pray to Jesus for the couple getting married. Not in a church, not before a priest. Pray,
please Mother Mary that God will bless their marriage and give them the graces needed to raise their two
children. Jesus, have mercy on all parents and marriages. Have mercy on our families. All praise and honor
be yours, Almighty Father through your Son, Our Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen.
(Lori, , 9/21/2019 1:34:02 AM)
Fear is useless. LORD please look kindly on the petitions posted and all the requests said silently in our
hearts. Thank you LORD for allowing me to pray here for all our needs. Abba our son JESUS said that when two
or more gathered in his name he would be their. JESUS help us all. You JESUS know what is best for us
(Jim, Wisconsin, , 9/20/2019 11:10:42 PM)
Young girl with broken heart N
(Anonymous, , 9/20/2019 10:29:04 PM)
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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
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.
"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.
(Source: Message for World Food Day 2018, issued 10/16/2018)
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