Fun hiking excursion today with some of our ‘Open Hearts’ friends. Following the footsteps of the Kumeyaay and Fr. Juniper Serra. @ Grinding Rocks Trail #hecallsusfriends #exceptionalfamiliesministry
I had a really fun time there
#707 Youth Mass concluded with a special blessing by Fr. Michael Murphy and an outpouring of love and appreciation to Mrs. Abby Buckley who is retiring from Youth Ministry. We wish her every success in her new pursuits. Abby Buckley has been such a joy and a blessing to us all, but most especially to our youth, building faith and friendships (along with a lot of fun) that will long endure. ❤️🙏
WONDERFUL.
You have been a great gift in all our lives; you will remain a blessing to all of us forever🙏
Abby has been a blessing to our community!❤
Congratulations on the next step in your Journey Abby! You are a gift 💖
“I have told you this so that you might have peace in me.
In the world you will have trouble,
but take courage, I have overcome the world.” John 16:33
#dailyingodsword
PENTECOST NOVENA DAY 4
Invocation
Come, Holy Spirit.
Fill the hearts of your faithful, and enkindle in them the fire of your love.
Send forth your Spirit, and they shall
be created.
And you shall renew the face of the earth.
Amen.
Opening Prayer
Father, let your Spirit come upon us with power to fill us with his gifts. May he make our hearts pleasing to you and ready to do your will. We ask through our Lord Jesus Christ your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.
Scripture Reading
And so it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.
For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.
I came to you in weakness with great fear and trembling.
My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,
so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power.
1 Corinthians 2:1-5
Response
Breathe in me, O Holy Spirt,
that my thoughts may all be holy.
Act in me, O Holy Spirit,
that my work, too, may be holy.
Draw my heart, O Holy Spirit, that I love only what is holy.
Strengthen me, O Holy Spirit, to defend all that is holy.
Guard me, O Holy Spirit,
that I always may be holy.
St. Augustine of Hippo
From Servant of God Isaac Hecker
“The essential and universal principle which saves and sanctifies souls is the Holy Spirit ... The actual and habitual guidance of the soul by the Holy Spirit is the essential principle of all divine life.”
Spend some time asking for the gift of Counsel. (Quiet time follows.)
Closing Prayer
In times of doubt and darkness, let us know, O Holy Spirit, your steady presence. When we are pulled in directions that seem to tear us apart, hold us together, O Spirit of God. When we feel at a loss for what path to take, lead us, guide us and show us the way. Help us to keep our hearts fixed on you, Counselor of God, and on your abiding warmth. We pray this in the name of the one who sent you, Jesus Christ the Lord. Amen.
Sunday, May 16, 2021
SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Good things come from unlikely places
It may bring a smile to our lips to hear the argument for why we’re obliged to love others: because God loves us first.
This World Communications Day, Pope Francis invites us to consider how future-apostle Nathaniel once dismissed Jesus because of his origins: “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” To really love people, we have to begin by not categorizing them: by gender or race, nationality or religion, native language or political party. Even Nazareth holds surprises!
TODAY'S READINGS: Acts 1:15-17, 20a, 20c-26; 1 John 4:11-16; John 17:11b-19. “Beloved, if God so loved us, we also must love one another.”
#takefiveforfaith
The Word of God Remains Forever
The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God remains for ever” (Isaiah 40:8). The Word of God is powerful indeed. Not only the Jesus Prayer but many words from the Scriptures can reshape the inner self. When I take the words that strike me during a service into the day and slowly repeat them while reading or working, more or less chewing on them, they create new life. Sometimes when I wake up during the night I am still saying them, and they become like wings carrying me above the moods and turbulences of the days and weeks.
-Fr. Henri Nouwen
PENTECOST NOVENA DAY 3
Invocation
Come, Holy Spirit.
Fill the hearts of your faithful, and enkindle in them the fire of your love.
Send forth your Spirit, and they shall
be created.
And you shall renew the face of the earth.
Amen.
Opening Prayer
Father, help us to keep in mind that Christ our Savior lives with you in glory and promised to remain with us until the end of time. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.
Scripture Reading
My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ,
in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit and delight to see how disciplined you are and how firm your faith in Christ is. So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him,
rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
Colossians 2:2-8
Response
Breathe in me, O Holy Spirt,
that my thoughts may all be holy.
Act in me, O Holy Spirit,
that my work, too, may be holy.
Draw my heart, O Holy Spirit, that I love only what is holy.
Strengthen me, O Holy Spirit, to defend all that is holy.
Guard me, O Holy Spirit,
that I always may be holy.
-St. Augustine of Hippo
From Servant of God Isaac Hecker
“Religious instruction starts from a Pentecostal gift of the Holy Spirit. The guidance of the Divine Spirit has far-reaching and practical results, increasing individual action, liberty and energy and embracing in their view and actions the whole world.”
Spend some time asking for the gift of Understanding.
Closing Prayer
Lord, by the coming of your Spirit into our lives, erase the dullness of our minds, sharpen us to see the signs of your presence and power in our lives, awaken us to see those truths without which we cannot truly live. We pray this in the name of Christ our Lord. Amen
Brothers and sisters, live in a manner worthy of the calling
you have received,
with all humility and gentleness, with patience,
bearing with one another through love,
striving to preserve the unity of the Spirit
through the bond of peace:
one body and one Spirit,
as you were also called to the one hope of your calling;
one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
one God and Father of all,
who is over all and through all and in all. Ephesians 4:1-7,13
#Dailyingodsword
No, he’s not extreme social distancing, just a happy photo of the not too distant past, when Fr. Mike was walking the Camino! Happy Birthday Blessings to our pastor and fellow pilgrim as he shepherds us all on the “Good Way”.
Happy Birthday Father Mike! 😁 Have a wonderful day! Make a wish! 🙏 God bless you always and thank you for all you do for us! We are all so blessed to have you in our lives! 😁❤️🙏😎👍
Happy Birthday Father Mike🎉❤️
Have a double portion of blessings!
Happy Birthday Father Mike!!!
Have a great wonderful happy birthday. God bless you and thank you for all of your prayers.
Happy birthday Father Mike! We’re so blessed to have you as a pastor!
Happy Birthday Father Mike!
Happy birthday father Mike !!
Happy Birthday old friend!😃💕😇
Happy Birthday 🎈🎁🎂
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Happy birthday!
Happy Birthday Father Mike !
Happy Birthday Padres... and many happy returns of the day
Birthday greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪☘🌈
Happy Birthday Fr. Mike!!!!
Happy birthday Father Mike!!!
Happy and blessed birthday Father Mike 🥳🎁🎉💗
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Happy Birthday😇
A very happy and Blessed birthday Fr Mike
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