September 17th 24th Sunday in ordinary time.
Oh Jesus, this week we see the wonder of Your call and the effect of Your word.
You told Matthew to follow You, and he left everything and did just that.
Jesus, please continue to call us as You did through our parents to become Your
children through baptism.
And now Jesus, as adults let us all hear Your call again, and be willing to give up
any earthly pursuit and come and follow You.
Let Your presence in the eucharist be our guiding light and focus to worship You in
all of our endeavors in life.
Let our life, and life's work give You honor, and praise, and let others see in us
the Christ that guides us to everlasting life.
Jesus, let us be as the apostles became, totally Yours.
Thank you Jesus, for the gift of faith.
Amen and Amen.
Thank You Lord, for loving us totally.
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One Bread, One Body
This weeks readings and reflections
Sunday FALSE FORGIVENESS
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"My heavenly Father will treat you in exactly the same way unless each of you forgives his
brother from his heart." -Matthew 18:35
Many Christians don't forgive others because they have been deceived into thinking they have
already forgiven. This deception about forgiveness results in our being handed over to the
torturers (Mt 18:34) and not being forgiven ourselves (Mt 6:12). Therefore, we are doomed if
we are deceived about having forgiven.
One of the best indicators of false forgiveness is anger. Before and after the writer of
Sirach commands us to forgive (Sir 28:2), he teaches us that "wrath and anger are hateful
things" (Sir 27:30) and that anger prevents us from being healed (Sir 28:3, 5). We may not
even feel angry with the persons who have hurt us, yet anger in any area may be an indication
of unforgiveness toward someone.
Another indication of false forgiveness is not being very aware of the impossibility of human
beings forgiving. The old saying is absolutely true: "To err is human; to forgive is divine."
We cannot forgive; only God can forgive. Humanly speaking, we have a bear-hug on anger and
unforgiveness (see Sir 27:30). We will never break this hold by our own power. By the Lord's
power, however, we can forgive everyone for everything.
Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal any false forgiveness in your life. Ask the Spirit to pour out
His love in your heart (Rm 5:5) so you have His power to forgive.
Prayer: Father, may forgiveness mean for me what it means for You.
Promise: "None of us lives as his own master and none of us dies as his own master. While we
live we are responsible to the Lord, and when we die we die as His servants." -Rm 14:7-8
Praise: Praise the risen Jesus, our Peace! (Eph 2:14)
Monday THE HOLY ORDERS
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"I too am a man who knows the meaning of an order." -Luke 7:8
Tuesday SERIOUS BUSINESS
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"In the same way, deacons must be serious." -1 Timothy 3:8
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Please pray for me and my family to be saved, protected and delivered from all evilic
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soul.Pray for the sick, poor, old age, broken hearted, disturbed families, priests, nuns,
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deceased family members souls and the souls in purgatory to grant them eternal peace.
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radical, all pervasive, ever deepening permanent healing of everything together with a
divine iron clad dome of totally and truly effective protections, defenses in the form of
an impregnable immune system so that not even the tiniest vestige(s) of cancer nor tumors
ever, ever, ever appear again in her.
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Thank you Lord for another week. Father help me to build my life and my husband on a solid
rock of Jesus, help us to grow spiritual, fill us with your truth and wisdom,direct our
path to your way,in Jesus name we pray Amen.
(Naa, , 9/16/2017 1:48:48 AM)
Lifting up every single one of my spiritually adopted kids and including their spouses,
significant others, parents, inlaws and their progeny thru 9 generations and at every
generation these various same relations: especially Andrew, Theresa M., Rick, JD, Ryan,
Chip, Brain, Matt, FM & fam. Kevin, Krytsten, Casey, Steve & Laura L, Chris & Katie, Ann,
Ernie, Page, McKenzie, Jasmine, Loren, Shannon, Crystal etc a) For all of their various
needs fully met in Christ thru Mary, b) implant, infuse, nurture, nourish & flourish an
ever deepening love, desires for, hungers for the absolute fullness of the Faith, purity
of heart, mind, soul, imaginations, eucharistic love, humility, meekness, & openness to the
reality of the risen Christ Jesus and the awesome unfathomable love of an
Abba Father,daddy God
(Anonymous, , 9/16/2017 12:45:43 AM)
Greetings Brothers and Sisters and Friends of Saints Francis and Clare: Lifting up my dear
friend, Ann who just had a double masectomy and reconstruction surgery: Asking for your
wonderful prayers for: Complete,radical,all pervasive,ever deepening permanent healing of
everything together with a divine iron clad dome of totally and truly effective protections,
defenses in the form of an impregnable immune system so that not even the tiniest vestige(s)
of cancer nor tumors ever, ever, ever appear again in her. 2) For all of her needs and those
of her wonderful husband, Mark-met in Jesus thru Mary.
(Anonymous, , 9/16/2017 12:30:02 AM)
Please heal my son
(Barbara , Fond du Lac, Wi, United States, 9/16/2017 12:21:21 AM)
For victory over repeat habits of sin. for the triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary to be
hastened, for the days of tribulation to be shortened. for all sinners, especially my friends
and family
(Ellen, , 9/15/2017 11:06:58 PM)
Please pray for me to have a safe journey to another state for a medical situation. I pray
that all the people here who seek medical healing receive hope and miraculous healing through
Jesus. Blessed Mother Mary, full of grace, pray for all of us. St. Christopher, pray for me
as I travel.
(Mary, United States, 9/15/2017 10:24:03 PM)
Thank You Lord, for giving me today.
(Henry, Illinois, , 9/15/2017 9:23:06 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
WORLD DAY OF THE POOR
LEARN FROM THE POOR
... Let us welcome them as honored guests at our table; they can be teachers who help us to
live the faith more consistently. With their trust and readiness to receive help, they show
us in a quiet and joyful way, how essential it is to live simply and to abandon ourselves to
God's providence.
PRAYER OF THE POOR
Let us not forget that the Our Father is the prayer of the poor. Our asking for bread expresses
our entrustment to God for our basic needs in life. Everything that Jesus taught us in this
prayer expresses and brings together the cry of all who suffer from life's uncertainties and
the lack of what they need.
"POWERFUL APPEAL"
This ... Day ... should become a powerful appeal to our consciences as believers, allowing us
to grow in the conviction that sharing with the poor enables us to understand the deepest truth
of the Gospel. The poor are not a problem: they are a resource from which to draw as we strive
to accept and practice in our lives the essence of the Gospel.
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