NOW IS THE TIME (see 2 Cor 6:2) - One Bread, One Body, 10/21/2020

Wednesday, October 21, 2020,

Ephesians 3:2-12
Isaiah 12:2-6
Luke 12:39-48
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NOW IS THE TIME (see 2 Cor 6:2)
"My Master is taking His time about coming." —Luke 12:45

Each day is the time when Christ comes. Jesus teaches that instead of trying to know the time of His return or our death, we are to live each day, and indeed each moment, as though the Master could return. If we strive to live like that, we will be “confident and unafraid” (Is 12:2; see also Eph 3:12). The Lord is here — present at every Mass in the Holy Eucharist, present in His Word, His people, His creation. He is Emmanuel, God-with-us (Mt 1:23). When we serve the least of His people, Jesus has made it clear we are serving Him (Mt 25:40, 45).

“Why delay, then?” (Acts 22:16). Serve Jesus now. Live for Him now. Today, this moment, “turn now ten times the more to seek Him” (Bar 4:28).

Yes, the Lord expects much. Yet He gives even more. Jesus said that to whom much has been given, much will be expected (Lk 12:48). The fruit Jesus expects from us flows through us because of the Holy Spirit living in us (see Gal 5:22). His burden is light and His yoke is easy (Mt 11:30). So, “seek to serve Him constantly” (Ps 105:4). “Now is the time!”

Prayer: Father, I trust in the Holy Spirit's ability to make me Your faithful and willing instrument more than I trust in my own weaknesses. Fill me with the Holy Spirit right now.

Promise: "In Christ and through faith in Him we can speak freely to God, drawing near Him with confidence." —Eph 3:12

Praise: Carson doesn't search high and low for a person to minister to. He believes God wants him to converse with the person by his side. It is an excellent opportunity to be Jesus to the world. "Maranatha! Come Lord Jesus."

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KNOCK, KNOCK - One Bread, One Body, 10/20/2020

Tuesday, October 20, 2020, St. Paul of the Cross

Ephesians 2:12-22
Psalm 85:9-14
Luke 12:35-38
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KNOCK, KNOCK
"Be like men awaiting their master's return from a wedding, so that when he arrives and knocks, you will open for him without delay." —Luke 12:36

Jesus says that when we knock, the door will be opened for us (Mt 7:7). God neither sleeps nor slumbers (Ps 121:4); He is always ready to answer our knocking. Scripture also reveals that Jesus knocks on our door. He says: “Here I stand, knocking at the door” (Rv 3:20). Will we open for Him without delay? (Lk 12:36)

We are to make the most of the present opportunity (Eph 5:16). To do so, we must be expecting a knock on our door, so that we have the chance to open to the Master. Simeon was expecting the Messiah; God had informed him in advance (Lk 2:26). Accordingly, Simeon was prepared and ready when Jesus came into his life. Anna the prophetess did not have the benefit of advance warning. However, she was also immediately ready to greet the Lord and speak of Him (Lk 2:38ff). Likewise, the Gospel readings give us the forewarning to be constantly ready and vigilant to answer the Lord’s knock.

Pope St. John Paul II frequently exhorted: “Open wide the doors to Christ!” It is likely a prophecy that two of the most prolific healers of the Twentieth Century were doorkeepers. St. André Bessette and Fr. Solanus Casey spent years as doorkeepers in their religious orders. They were ready to hear and answer the Lord, opening wide their doors to Christ and His hurting people. Many thousands of people were healed through their ministry of answering the knocking on their door. They were trained to listen, open, and respond. Let us “go and do the same” (Lk 10:37).

Prayer: Father, open my ears, eyes, and heart so that I will always be ready for You in every moment.

Promise: "It is [Jesus] Who is our Peace." —Eph 2:14

Praise: St. Paul of the Cross was inspired by meditating upon the sufferings of Jesus. He founded the Passionists.

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RICH IN CHRIST - One Bread, One Body, 10/19/2020

Monday, October 19, 2020, St. Isaac Jogues, St. John de Brebeuf, & the North American Martyrs

Ephesians 2:1-10
Psalm 100:1-5
Luke 12:13-21
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RICH IN CHRIST
"Teacher, tell my brother to give me my share of our inheritance." —Luke 12:13

In the ancient world, receiving an inheritance was a make-or-break deal for the rest of one’s life. Not getting his share of the inheritance he was entitled to could have possibly doomed this man to poverty. Was Jesus insensitive to this man’s request to have his brother share the inheritance he had coming? It sounds that way.

Yet Jesus has a heavenly perspective. He is trying to persuade people to focus on what does not fade away. He is concerned with higher things (see Col 3:2). What matters to Jesus is so different than what humans spend so much time on: our security, wealth, etc.

At least five times in today’s readings the word “rich” is used:

1)      “There was a rich man” but he was ultimately labeled a “fool” by Jesus (Lk 12:16, 20).

2)      Though one may be rich, one’s life does not consist in possessions (Lk 12:15).

3)      ...the immeasurable riches of His grace in His kindness to us in Christ Jesus (see Eph 2:7, RNAB).

4)      “God is rich in mercy” (Eph 2:4).

5)      Try to be rich in what matters to God (Lk 12:21), in contrast to the rich man, who grew rich for himself.

You cannot serve both God and money (Mt 6:24). You are rich because of Jesus (2 Cor 8:9). Spend your life building treasure in heaven (Mt 6:20).

Prayer: Father, teach me to seek Your way of holiness (Mt 6:33).

Promise: "He brought us to life with Christ when we were dead in sin. By this favor you were saved." —Eph 2:5

Praise: St. Isaac and his companions returned to save their torturers' souls.

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October 18th 29th Sunday in ordinary time.


Oh! Christ, always and everywhere, remind us through the Holy Spirit to come and adore Your living presense
in the tabernacle.

Let us sit or kneel, and just adore, and thank You for Your love for all of us.

Keep us from getting so busy in our daily life that we forget that You, and You alone, are the way, the
truth, and the life.

Ask Your loving mother to come and adore with us, so that we will stay focused on Your true presense.

Inspire us through this adoration to realize that all things work to good for those who love You.

Give us the faith to always trust You.

Amen and Amen.

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"Then the Pharisees went off and began to plot how they might trap Jesus in speech." -Matthew 22:15

The disciples of the Pharisees tried to trap Jesus by asking Him the question: "Is it lawful to pay tax to
the emperor or not?" (Mt 22:17) If Jesus would answer: "Pay taxes to Rome," He would lose His popularity
with the masses of simple people who comprised the great majority of His followers. These simple folks
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On the other hand, if Jesus answered: "Don't pay taxes to Rome," He would keep His popularity with the
masses but get in trouble with Rome. Jesus' opposition to Roman taxation would then be dutifully reported
to Roman officials by the Herodian sympathizers present for the occasion (see Mt 22:16). But Jesus did not
answer: "Don't pay your taxes."

What did Jesus do? Did He evade the question? No. Instead, He became the Questioner rather than the
questioned. Through His questions (Mt 22:18-20), He may have convicted the Pharisees and their disciples of
their sinful compromise with the oppressive Roman government. To merely hold a Roman coin was a convicting
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name "Caesar" left a bad taste in the mouth of a Jew. Jesus' would-be trappers may have realized they were
trapped. "Taken aback" by Jesus' reply, "they went off and left Him" (Mt 22:22).

Prayer: Father, on this World Mission Sunday, take me captive to do Your will so that I will escape the
devil's trap (2 Tm 2:26).

Promise: "Our preaching of the gospel proved not a mere matter of words for you but one of power."
-1 Thes 1:5

Praise: Praise to You, Lord Jesus Christ, King of endless glory!


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"Teacher, tell my brother to give me my share of our inheritance." -Luke 12:13


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AND ALL THE TRAPPINGS - One Bread, One Body, 10/18/2020

Sunday, October 18, 2020, 29th Sunday Ordinary Time

Isaiah 45:1, 4-6
1 Thessalonians 1:1-5
Psalm 96:1, 3-5, 7-10
Matthew 22:15-21

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AND ALL THE TRAPPINGS
"Then the Pharisees went off and began to plot how they might trap Jesus in speech." —Matthew 22:15

The disciples of the Pharisees tried to trap Jesus by asking Him the question: “Is it lawful to pay tax to the emperor or not?” (Mt 22:17) If Jesus would answer: “Pay taxes to Rome,” He would lose His popularity with the masses of simple people who comprised the great majority of His followers. These simple folks were Jews who naturally opposed their conquerors and oppressors, the Romans. The Pharisees encouraged Jesus to disappoint His followers by reminding Him that He didn’t court anyone’s favor or act out of human respect (Mt 22:16). But Jesus did not answer: “Pay taxes to Rome.”

On the other hand, if Jesus answered: “Don’t pay taxes to Rome,” He would keep His popularity with the masses but get in trouble with Rome. Jesus’ opposition to Roman taxation would then be dutifully reported to Roman officials by the Herodian sympathizers present for the occasion (see Mt 22:16). But Jesus did not answer: “Don’t pay your taxes.”

What did Jesus do? Did He evade the question? No. Instead, He became the Questioner rather than the questioned. Through His questions (Mt 22:18-20), He may have convicted the Pharisees and their disciples of their sinful compromise with the oppressive Roman government. To merely hold a Roman coin was a convicting experience for an orthodox Jew who considered the graven image on a coin idol worship. To simply say the name “Caesar” left a bad taste in the mouth of a Jew. Jesus’ would-be trappers may have realized they were trapped. “Taken aback” by Jesus’ reply, “they went off and left Him” (Mt 22:22).

Prayer: Father, on this World Mission Sunday, take me captive to do Your will so that I will escape the devil's trap (2 Tm 2:26).

Promise: "Our preaching of the gospel proved not a mere matter of words for you but one of power." —1 Thes 1:5

Praise: Praise to You, Lord Jesus Christ, King of endless glory!



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32 TIMES ALL EQUALS 100 - One Bread, One Body, 10/17/2020

Saturday, October 17, 2020, St. Ignatius of Antioch

Ephesians 1:15-23
Psalm 8:2-7
Luke 12:8-12
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32 TIMES ALL EQUALS 100
God "has made [Jesus]...Head of the church, which is His body." —Ephesians 1:22-23

As I write this, a speaker quoted a statistic that only thirty-two percent of registered Catholics in the USA attend Sunday Mass. Our Catholic Church is emaciated. Our spiritual arteries are blocked. Our lifeblood, that is, the Precious Blood of Jesus, is literally not circulating throughout the full body.

Jesus cares deeply about any wounded area of His body. He would leave the ninety-nine in the “wasteland” to save the one missing (Lk 15:4). We are in the 32% going to Sunday Mass. The word Mass means “sent.”  We are being sent to the 68% who are not coming to Mass (Mt 10:16).

Thirty-two percent won’t reach sixty-eight percent by a partial effort. If we insist on holding back anything from Jesus, then we’re like spiritual cholesterol that blocks the other 68% from receiving Jesus’ life. When we give less than all to Jesus, soon we’re down to 32%. It takes all-giving to be all-reaching. When we give to the full, we’ll see life to the full (Jn 10:10).

Repent of giving Jesus less than your all. He has given His all to you. Give your all to Him. Then distribute His life to the members of the Church (see Eph 1:18). Go to them, and “do not worry” about “what to say. The Holy Spirit will teach you at that moment all that should be said” (Lk 12:11-12).

Prayer: "May the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, grant you a spirit of wisdom and insight to know Him clearly" (Eph 1:17).

Promise: "Whoever acknowledges Me before men — the Son of Man will acknowledge him before the angels of God." —Lk 12:8

Praise: St Ignatius was a pillar of the early Church. He was the third Bishop of Antioch, St. Peter having been the first. While he traveled to Rome where he was martyred, he authored seven influential letters. As death neared, he said, "I prefer death in Christ Jesus to power over the farthest limits of the earth."

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BORN TO PRAISE - One Bread, One Body, 10/16/2020

Friday, October 16, 2020, St. Hedwig St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Ephesians 1:11-14
Psalm 33:1-2, 4-5, 12-13
Luke 12:1-7
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BORN TO PRAISE
"We were predestined to praise His glory by being the first to hope in Christ." —Ephesians 1:12

We are tailor-made for praising God. Our voices are for singing. Our hands, eyes, and hearts are made just right to be lifted up to the Lord. With our feet we can dance before the Lord (2 Sm 6:14). Our entire bodies can be offered “as a living sacrifice holy and acceptable to God, your spiritual worship” (Rm 12:1). Our minds and emotions can be trained and inspired to make music unto the Lord and to articulate our love for Him in words.

We are born to praise the Lord, or more precisely, re-born to praise Him. Almost all our other activities will pass away. Soon we will not be preaching, teaching, healing, working, and suffering. However, we will always be praising. Praise is the eternal activity.

So don’t be afraid to praise Him. “There is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, nothing hidden that will not be made known. Everything you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight; what you have whispered in locked rooms will be proclaimed from the rooftops” (Lk 12:2-3). Even the quiet, hidden workings of God will be proclaimed. You will be the one to proclaim them.

In the end, every knee will bend, and every tongue proclaim that Jesus Christ is Lord (Phil 2:10-11). So why wait? Praise Him now. Make praise your priority. Isn’t that what life, and eternal life, are all about? The Lord is worthy to be praised (Rv 5:12). The old spiritual says: “I don’t know what you came to do, but I came to praise the Lord.”

Prayer: By the power of the Spirit, may I bless the Lord at all times; may His praise be ever in my mouth (Ps 34:2).

Promise: "The hairs of your head are counted! Fear nothing, then. You are worth more than a flock of sparrows." —Lk 12:7

Praise: As Duchess of Silesia (now Poland), St. Hedwig never let the trappings of nobility affect her piety. Through gentle fortitude, she wielded much influence over secular affairs.



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