“Holy Mary, we entrust our lives to you. Teach us to live in peace. Inspire us to act justly, to revere all God has made, to include all God’s children in the way of Love. Root peace firmly in our hearts and in the world. Amen."
#saturdayswithmary
215. “Life, for all its confrontations, is the art of encounter”.[204] I have frequently called for the growth of a culture of encounter capable of transcending our differences and divisions. This means working to create a many-faceted polyhedron whose different sides form a variegated unity, in which “the whole is greater than the part”.[205] The image of a polyhedron can represent a society where differences coexist, complementing, enriching and reciprocally illuminating one another, even amid disagreements and reservations. Each of us can learn something from others. No one is useless and no one is expendable. This also means finding ways to include those on the peripheries of life. For they have another way of looking at things; they see aspects of reality that are invisible to the centres of power where weighty decisions are made.
Excerpt: FRATELLI TUTTI
Pope Francis Encyclical
On Fraternity and Social Friendship
*Part of a sequential daily series to read and reflect on this new encyclical.
Life of the Saints:
MEMORIAL OF MARIANNE COPE, RELIGIOUS
Cope, Mother Marianne - National Women’s Hall of Fame
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Barbara Koob was born in Heppenheim, Germany. In 1839, her family immigrated to the United States and settled in Utica, NY. As soon as she completed school, she supported her family from 1853 – 1862. She then entered the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis in Syracuse, NY and became known as...Saturday • January 23, 2021
MEMORIAL OF MARIANNE COPE, RELIGIOUS
Remarkable, two times over
Imagine leaving all that is familiar to minister in a far-off land. Now imagine doing it twice! German-born Marianne Cope came to the United States as a young woman and, as a member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Syracuse, New York, became a founding leader of St. Joseph’s Hospital in the city, one of the first general hospitals in the country. Then in 1883 she relocated with six other sisters to Hawai’i to care for persons suffering leprosy and to help develop the medical infrastructure of the island chain. Pray today for an ounce of the courage and sacrifice she modeled for us all.
Today's readings: Hebrews 9:2-3, 11-14; Mark 3:20-21
“Jesus came with his disciples into the house.” #takefiveforfaith
Alleluia
See Acts 16:14b
Open our hearts, O Lord,
to listen to the words of your Son.
Alleluia, alleluia.
#dailyingodsword
January 22 2020
8am Friday Mass
2nd week in Ordinary Time
- Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children
The importance of prayer is reflected in Evangelium vitae (100), which says, “A great prayer for life is urgently needed, a prayer which will rise up throughout the world. Through special initiatives and in daily prayer, may an impassioned plea rise to God, the Creator and lover of life, from every Christian community, from every group and association, from every family and from the heart of every believer” (Evangelium vitae 100). May that prayer arise in our hearts today and each day forward until every human being is protected in law and welcomed in love.
213. The dignity of others is to be respected in all circumstances, not because that dignity is something we have invented or imagined, but because human beings possess an intrinsic worth superior to that of material objects and contingent situations. This requires that they be treated differently. That every human being possesses an inalienable dignity is a truth that corresponds to human nature apart from all cultural change. For this reason, human beings have the same inviolable dignity in every age of history and no one can consider himself or herself authorized by particular situations to deny this conviction or to act against it.
Excerpt: FRATELLI TUTTI
Pope Francis Encyclical
On Fraternity and Social Friendship
*Part of a sequential daily series to read and reflect on this new encyclical.
Friday, Jan 22, 2021
Embracing your inner apostle
How many apostles did Jesus call? If you said 12, well, you are sort of correct. Indeed, Jesus appointed 12 followers to be his close companions, to learn from him, and to preach the Good News. But it doesn’t stop at 12. Jesus continues to call forth apostles in the church. We have bishops who continue the mission via the tradition of apostolic succession. We also have every single person in the church, including you! “The whole church is apostolic, in that she remains . . . in communion of faith and life with her origin: and in that she is ‘sent out’ into the whole world,” says the Catechism of the Catholic Church. How will you respond to your call to apostleship?
TODAY'S READINGS: Hebrews 8:6-13 Mark 3:13-19.
“Jesus went up the mountain and summoned those whom he wanted and they came to him.”
#takefiveforfaith
