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18th Sunday in Ordinary Time - August 3
Trust in God - as the Rock of our salvation, as the Lord who made us His chosen people, as our shepherd and guide. This should be the mark of our following of Jesus. Jesus calls the rich man a “fool” - a word used in the Old Testament for someone who rebels against God or has forgotten Him (see Psalm 14:1). http://www.salvationhistory.com |
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time, June 23
In light of these readings, Sunday’s Gospel is
poignant. Jesus asks his closest friends, ” who do you say that I am?”
Peter replies, “The Messiah of God.” Jesus then reveals to them, as
Zechariah had foretold, that the Messiah must be “thrust through” and
killed and mourned before the Spirit would come forth on Pentecost.
The day has indeed come. Yet still we long for its fullness, and so we pray to God in the Psalm: “for you I long! For you my body yearns; for you my soul thirsts, Like a land parched, lifeless, and without water. |
Pope Francis' General Audience: 5 June 2013
Dear Brothers and Sisters: Our Audience today coincides with World Environment
Day, and so it is fitting to reflect on our responsibility to cultivate and care
for the earth in accordance with God’s command (cf. Gen 2:15). We are
called not only to respect the natural environment, but also to show respect
for, and solidarity with, all the members of our human family. These two
dimensions are closely related; today we are suffering from a crisis which is
not only about the just management of economic resources, but also about concern
for human resources, for the needs of our brothers and sisters living in extreme
poverty, and especially for the many children in our world lacking adequate
education, health care and nutrition. Consumerism and a “culture of waste” have
led some of us to tolerate the waste of precious resources, including food,
while others are literally wasting away from hunger. I ask all of you to
reflect on this grave ethical problem in a spirit of solidarity grounded in our
common responsibility for the earth and for all our brothers and sisters in the
human family. |
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ, June 2,2013
Notice that He takes the bread,
blesses it, breaks it, and gives it to the Twelve. You find the precise
order and words in the Last Supper (see Luke 22:19) and in His
celebration of the Eucharist on the first Easter night (see Luke 24:30). The Eucharist fulfills the offering of Melchizedek. It is the daily miracle of the heavenly high priesthood of Jesus. It is a priesthood He conferred upon the Apostles in ordering them to feed the crowd, in filling exactly twelve baskets with leftover bread - in commanding them on the night He was handed over: “Do this in remembrance of Me.” Through His priests He still feeds us in “the deserted place” of our earthly exile. And by this sign He pledges to us a glory yet to come. For as often as we share in His body and blood. we proclaim His victory over death, until He comes again to make His victory our own. http://www.salvationhistory.com/ |
Year of Faith, Solemntiy of Corpus Christi 2013
On the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, the Holy Father will preside over a special Eucharistic adoration that will extend at the same time all over the world involving the cathedrals and parishes in each diocese. For an hour, at 5pm (Rome time), the whole world will be united in prayer and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. |
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