REPOSSESSION - One Bread, One Body, 10/10/2025

Friday, October 10, 2025,

Joel 1:13-15; 2:1-2
Psalm 9:2-3, 6, 16, 8-9
Luke 11:15-26

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REPOSSESSION
"Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste. Any house torn by dissension falls." —Luke 11:17

It may seem like the devil’s grip on this world is ironclad. However, his time is running out (see Rv 12:12). The Lord destroys the wicked (Ps 9:6); even wicked designs and wicked plots eventually backfire (Ps 9:16-17). Jesus is stronger than Satan (Lk 11:22). As Jesus chips away relentlessly at Satan’s strongholds, Satan’s grip is loosened.

Because of original sin, there are strongholds in our hearts, wounded places inside us which continually work to hold us captive. The good news is that Jesus, when we invite Him into our heart through faith and Baptism, is stronger than these strongholds of the kingdom of darkness (Lk 11:22). Jesus came “to destroy the devil’s works” (1 Jn 3:8). He is always at work to reclaim that captured territory for the kingdom of God.

Let us ask Jesus to take full control of all divisions in our heart (see Heb 4:12). As more of these dark strongholds are conquered by the Lord, our hearts become more united and infused with His grace. Jesus is preparing a place for His kingdom in your heart (see Jn 14:2). Give Him full permission to re-possess your life.

Prayer: Jesus, be the Lord of all the kingdoms of my heart.

Promise: "The Lord sits enthroned forever; He has set up His throne for judgment." —Ps 9:8

Praise: For over a dozen years, Ben has attended Eucharistic Adoration between 1-3AM on Wednesdays. Although he is weary at that time, Jesus renews his strength each week (Is 40:29, 31).

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PRAYER THAT IS ALWAYS ANSWERED - One Bread, One Body, 10/09/2025

Thursday, October 9, 2025, St. Denis & Companions
St. John Leonardi

Malachi 3:13-20
Psalm 1:1-4, 6
Luke 11:5-13

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PRAYER THAT IS ALWAYS ANSWERED
"Ask and you shall receive." —Luke 11:9

If by our persistence we can get someone to give us something (Lk 11:8), “how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him” (Lk 11:13). Because of God the Father’s perfect, infinite love for us, we can be sure that we will receive what we ask for in prayer — or better than what we ask (Eph 3:20; see Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2737).

However, the writer of the book of James teaches: “You ask and you do not receive because you ask wrongly, with a view to squandering what you receive on your pleasures” (Jas 4:3). The Lord always answers true prayer, that is, prayer coming from love of Him and not from selfishness. Yet, because of our fallen nature, we are selfish. Does that mean that our prayer is necessarily sabotaged?

The Spirit “helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how to pray as we ought” (Rm 8:26). When we let the Spirit guide us in prayer (see Jn 16:13), we pray not to inform God of our needs or persuade Him to help us. God knows everything. Moreover, He is Love (1 Jn 4:8,16), so He does not need to be persuaded to love us. But we need information, persuasion, revelation, and transformation. Prayer in the Holy Spirit does not try to help God respond or try to change Him. Prayer in the Spirit praises God for Who He is, while it changes us. Praying in the Holy Spirit, we crucify our flesh and selfishness (Gal 5:24), and therefore prayer in the Spirit is always answered.

Prayer: Father, may I pray heart-wrenching, life-changing prayers.

Promise: "For you who fear My name, there will arise the sun of justice with its healing rays." —Mal 3:20

Praise: St. Denis traveled far to share the Good News. He gladly gave his life for the Faith.

(For a related teaching on Lord, Teach Us to Pray, listen to, download or order our AV 57-3 or DVD 57 on our website.)

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SELFISH JUSTICE IS UNJUST - One Bread, One Body, 10/08/2025

Wednesday, October 8, 2025,

Jonah 4:1-11
Psalm 86:3-6, 9-10
Luke 11:1-4

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SELFISH JUSTICE IS UNJUST
"This is why I fled at first to Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger, rich in clemency, loathe to punish." —Jonah 4:2

Jonah at first refused to call the Ninevites to repentance because he refused to forgive them for the atrocities they had committed against his people. Jonah’s attitude of unforgiveness would have been viewed by most Israelites of his time as a cry for justice, not seeing that it was actually masking Jonah’s selfishness.

The Lord unmasked Jonah’s selfishness by sending a worm to wilt the plant that gave Jonah cool shade (Jon 4:7). Jonah became so upset about losing his “air conditioner” that he wished he was dead (see Jon 4:8). Jonah cared more about his own comfort than about the lives of 120,000 Ninevites (see Jon 4:10-11).

God is just (see Dt 32:4). Therefore, His followers must stand up for justice. However, sometimes our cries for justice are deceptive. What we call justice may be an excuse for indulging our selfishness, our unforgiveness. For example, many people promote capital punishment as an expression of justice. However, if we have not forgiven even the worst offenders 70x7 times (Mt 18:22), our cries for justice may be excuses for selfishness. This is fundamentally unjust.

Prayer: Father, may Your love break the spell of selfishness in my life.

Promise: "Forgive us our sins for we too forgive all who do us wrong." —Lk 11:4

Praise: Alice's non-Christian parents put her in Catholic school to receive a good education. In second grade, the children recited the Rosary. Alice asked her parents to pray it with her at home, so she could learn it better. Decades later, her parents are now Catholic, Alice is a religious sister, and is principal of a Catholic school.

(For a related teaching on The Book of Forgiveness, view, download or order our booklet on our website.)

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ARE THE GREATEST CONVERSIONS COMING? - One Bread, One Body, 10/07/2025

Tuesday, October 7, 2025, Our Lady of the Rosary

Jonah 3:1-10
Psalm 130:1-4, 7-8
Luke 10:38-42

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ARE THE GREATEST CONVERSIONS COMING?
"The people of Nineveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast and all of them, great and small, put on sackcloth." —Jonah 3:5

Before the Great Jubilee, Pope St. John Paul II prophesied that the Lord wanted to bring about “manifold conversions” in the year 2000 (Toward the Third Millennium, 14). Today, the Lord also intends to quickly bring about amazing conversions in great numbers. In our skeptical world, some people find this hard to believe. Nevertheless, we should look at the 120,000 people of wicked Nineveh who repented in one day (Jon 3:5; 4:11) or the eight million people converted in seven years through the ministry of Our Lady of Guadalupe. There were even greater harvests of souls in some African countries, China, and South Korea. Jesus bears fruit abundantly and more abundantly (see Jn 10:10).

Expect Jesus to manifest His divine love by converting, in a short time, millions or even billions of people. Jesus promised: “I — once I am lifted up from earth — will draw all men to Myself” (Jn 12:32). Be converted; be a witness for Jesus (Acts 1:8); be part of Jesus’ greatest works of salvation.

Prayer: Father, may I live and die to lead people to Jesus.

Promise: "She had a sister named Mary, who seated herself at the Lord's feet and listened to His words." —Lk 10:39

Praise: It was through praying the Rosary that Fr. Don received a greater outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

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LISTENING TO EVERYBODY BUT... - One Bread, One Body, 10/06/2025

Monday, October 6, 2025, St. Bruno
Bl. Marie-Rose Durocher

Jonah 1:1—2:2, 11
Jonah 2:3-5, 8
Luke 10:25-37

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LISTENING TO EVERYBODY BUT...
"This is the word of the Lord that came to Jonah." —Jonah 1:1

Jonah is both strikingly similar and dissimilar to Jesus. Jonah and Jesus are the only two people in the Bible who fell asleep in a boat during a storm (Jon 1:5; Mk 4:38). Jonah’s storm was stopped by “sacrificing” him, throwing him overboard (see Jon 1:14-15). By Jesus’ sacrificial death on Calvary, the storms of sin and death were stopped for those who believe in Him. As Jonah spent three days in the belly of a fish (Jon 2:1), Jesus spent three days buried in the earth (Mt 12:40).

In contrast to these amazing similarities, Jonah was directly opposite to Jesus in other ways. Jonah fled from the will of God the Father; Jesus obeyed the Father. Jonah was guilty; Jesus was innocent. Jonah was vindictive; Jesus was and is forgiving and merciful.

Ironically, Jonah was, at least originally, more quantifiably successful than Jesus. All 120,000 Ninevites converted in one day when Jonah reluctantly said “Repent” (see Jon 3:5; 4:11). However, Jesus also repeatedly said and says “Repent,” but few listen to Him. The Ninevites will remark on this at Judgment Day: “For at the preaching of Jonah [we] reformed, but you have a greater than Jonah here” (Lk 11:32).

Listen to Jesus more than you listen to any person, government, boss, celebrity, superstar, or business. Repent!

Prayer: Father, enable me to repent totally and immediately.

Promise: "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself." —Lk 10:27

Praise: St. Bruno devoted his life to deep prayer and solitude in order to be one with God.

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FOREST FIRES OF THE SPIRIT? - One Bread, One Body, 10/05/2025

Sunday, October 5, 2025, 27th Sunday Ordinary Time

Habakkuk 1:2-3; 2:2-4
2 Timothy 1:6-8, 13-14
Psalm 95:1-2, 6-9
Luke 17:5-10
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FOREST FIRES OF THE SPIRIT?
"How long, O Lord? I cry for help but You do not listen!" —Habakkuk 1:2

Many of us are praying and complaining, as did the prophet Habakkuk, that our prayers are not being answered, that God is not helping us, and that we cannot continue in this way much longer. One of God’s most frequent answers to this complaint is: “I remind you to stir into flame the gift” of the Holy Spirit (2 Tm 1:6).

We don’t need the circumstances outside us to change as much as those inside. We have grieved the Holy Spirit through our sins (Eph 4:30). We have quenched the Spirit by giving in to fears (1 Thes 5:19), although “the Spirit God has given us is no cowardly spirit” (2 Tm 1:7). We must repent and live our Baptisms (Acts 2:38). Then we will see the smoldering remains of our life in the Spirit blaze into a blast furnace or even a forest fire of life-changing grace and world-renewing love.

What the world needs is Christians fully alive in the Holy Spirit. We need a new Pentecost. We need Christians docile to the Holy Spirit. We need Marian Christians who will invite the Spirit into their lives by saying: “I am the servant of the Lord. May it be done to me as you say” (Lk 1:38). Stop complaining (see Phil 2:14). Stir into flame the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Prayer: Lord, "increase our faith" (Lk 17:5).

Promise: "Guard the rich deposit of faith with the help of the Holy Spirit Who dwells within us." —2 Tm 1:14

Praise: Praise our risen Lord Jesus, Who holds "the keys of death and the nether world" (Rv 1:18).

(For a related teaching on Don't Stifle the Spirit, listen to, download or order our AV 56-1 or DVD 56 on our website.)

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