Humbly welcome the word that has been planted in you
and is able to save your souls.
James 1:21 #dailyingodsword
"May each one of us be able to make an interior passage, a pilgrimage of the heart, towards the divine “style” incarnated by Mary. May we do everything in littleness, and accompany others at close hand, with a simple and open heart." - Pope Francis
📷Statue of Mary, Mother of Compassion in our parish Prayer Garden
#saturdayswithmary
Saturday, Jul 24, 2021
MEMORIAL OF SHARBEL MAKHLŪF, PRIEST
A quiet mystic speaks to our age
Saint Sharbel Makhlūf (1828-98) was a Maronite monk and priest in Lebanon, renowned for his quiet holiness. On the occasion of his beatification in 1965, the Eastern Catholic hermit was described by Saint Pope Paul VI as “a new, eminent member of monastic sanctity,” who “through his example and his intercession is enriching the entire Christian people.” In the midst of busy, noisy life, make some time to hear the still, quiet voice. Recite the Jesus Prayer revered by the Eastern Church for centuries, now gaining adherents in the West, including Saint Pope John Paul II, who compared the meditative quality of the Jesus Prayer to the Rosary: "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner."
TODAY'S READINGS: Exodus 24:3-8; Matthew 13:24-30. “If you pull up the weeds you might uproot the wheat along with them. Let them grow together until harvest.” #takefiveforfaith
World day of Grandparents and the Elderly 7/25
Being a grandparent is about being in awe
www.ncronline.org
Papa Francis has announced a World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly to celebrate their importance in our lives. The first celebration is on July 25, then every year on the fourth Sunday of July, th...
Saturday, August 7th, 10:00AM-11:30AM Parish Center
Sacred Heart invites you to help sort and organize school supplies into 100 backpacks that will be distributed by Community Christian Service Agency (CCSA) to students in need in local San Diego.
ALL ARE WELCOME. This is a great service opportunity for families!
CCSA is an ecumenical Christian agency that provides emergency services to individuals and families in need in San Diego County.
No shopping necessary...just stop by and lend a hand ☺
For more information, email Deacon Kevin Murray kevin.m.murray@gmail.com, or call 619-435-3167 and leave a message.
Coffee and Donuts - sign up to help on a Sunday of your choice:
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We seldom notice how each day is a holy place
Where the eucharist of the ordinary happens,
Transforming our broken fragments
Into an eternal continuity that keeps us.
Somewhere in us a dignity presides
That is more gracious than the smallness
That fuels us with fear and force,
A dignity that trusts the form a day takes.
So at the end of this day, we give thanks
For being betrothed to the unknown
And for the secret work
Through which the mind of the day
And wisdom of the soul become one.
JOHN O'DONOHUE
Excerpt from 'The Inner History of a Day’; To Bless the Space Between Us
📷Nancy Owen
I looked into being a nun but there was an age cut off like the military. They may recruit more if they say all ages
Friday, Jul 23, 2021
MEMORIAL OF BRIDGET, RELIGIOUS
Love, embodied
It’s great to have a deep connection with another person no matter what kind of relationship it may be. Birgitta Petersson (later known as Saint Bridget of Sweden) found this in Ulf Gudmarsson, whom she married while both were very young. Early on in their relationship they were focused on raising a family of eight with each maintaining a job outside the home. Their relationship and love grew over time with each other and with God. A major bonding experience came when together they made a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, a popular religious destination in northwestern Spain. Years later when Ulf died, Birgitta reportedly said that she had “loved him like my own body.” Take time to strengthen the bonds of your own loving relationships.
TODAY'S READINGS: Exodus 20:1-17; Matthew 13:18-23. “The seed sown on rich soil is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit.” #takefiveforfaith
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Hear the parable of the sower.
The seed sown on the path is the one who hears the word of the Kingdom
without understanding it,
and the Evil One comes and steals away
what was sown in his heart.
The seed sown on rocky ground
is the one who hears the word and receives it at once with joy.
But he has no root and lasts only for a time.
When some tribulation or persecution comes because of the word,
he immediately falls away.
The seed sown among thorns is the one who hears the word,
but then worldly anxiety and the lure of riches choke the word
and it bears no fruit.
But the seed sown on rich soil
is the one who hears the word and understands it,
who indeed bears fruit and yields a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold.”
Matthew 13:18-23
#dailyingodsword
