February 2nd Presentation of the Lord
This week, Lord, we celebrate Your presentation in the temple.
Let us see that we are so blessed to be able to come to the temple of Your Sacred Heart.
Jesus, You absolutely bless us with Your true presence in the Eucharist.
Lord, when You showed St. Margaret Your heart on fire with love, You gave us a look at a perfect devotion
that we can do to honor You and Your love for us.
Help us always to sit in wonder at Your love and be excited by that love.
Amen and Amen.
Thank You Lord, for loving us totally.
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One Bread, One Body
This weeks readings and reflections
Sunday TWO PRESENTATIONS
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Mary and Joseph "brought Him up to Jerusalem so that He could be presented to the Lord." -Luke 2:22
The Jewish practice of presenting a child to the Lord stems from the concept that the child truly belongs to
God. According to the law of Moses, the husband and wife present their first-born child to the Lord, thus
acknowledging God as the Author and Owner of the life of this child (see Ex 13:2; Lv 12:6-8). Along with
presenting their child, the couple also presents a sacrifice, a kind of payment, in this case a pair of
doves, and God returns the child to the care of the parents.
There is a second presentation in the life of Jesus. Jesus presents all of humanity to God, Who is truly the
Owner of each human life. As the sacrifice, Jesus presents Himself in payment for humanity and all their
sins and transgressions against God. The Father accepted this sacrifice, because Jesus offered a sacrifice
of infinite value (see Phil 2:6-11). At long last, God is receiving a sacrifice worthy of His dignity and
majesty.
Therefore, since we have been bought by the blood of Jesus crucified, let us present our entire lives to God
as a living sacrifice on this feast of the Presentation of the Lord (Rm 12:1-2). Give Him your thoughts,
desires, strength, heart, lives, and actions. Present yourself on the altar of God with gratitude and love.
Prayer: Father, when You look on me, I ask You to see the blood of Jesus, my Savior, as my ransom price. I
present myself to You as a member of the Body of Your Son.
Promise: "[Jesus] had to become like His brothers in every way, that He might be a merciful and faithful
High Priest before God on their behalf, to expiate the sins of the people." -Heb 2:17
Praise: Thank you, Sts. Joseph and Mary, for your faithful example. Even in poverty, you remained obedient
to the law of Moses (see Lv 12:8).
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"Go home to your family and make it clear to them how much the Lord in His mercy has done for you."
-Mark 5:19
Tuesday FATHER'S DAY
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"My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son!"
-2 Samuel 19:1
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Immunisation today to go safe blessed protected with no side effects as I am a caregiver. Mama Mary be with
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Mama Mary be a mother to the new parents and little ones. Guard guide protect them at all times. All you
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Notable quotations from Pope Francis and official teachings of the Roman Catholic Church
END HUNGER
"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.
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.
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