The Feast Meant for Everyone – Sarah Hart & Tom Booth, featuring PJ Anderson [Official Lyric Video]
Friday, Sep 17, 2021
MEMORIALS OF ROBERT BELLARMINE, BISHOP, DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH AND
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN, VIRGIN, DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH
Listen to your doctors
Jesus’ ministry was simple: He went from town to town telling people that they were loved. The mantle, picked up by the doctors of the church, including those we honor today, was to interpret Jesus’ message for subsequent generations. Saint Robert Bellarmine’s Catechism clarified the Catholic understanding of faith and reason, and Saint Hildegard of Bingen’s songs, such as “O virtus sapientie,” helped unlock the mysteries of Divine Love and the Trinity. The Good News is meant for you. Find a way to hear it.
TODAY'S READINGS: 1 Timothy 6:2c-12; Luke 8:1-3. "Jesus journeyed from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God."
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Pursue righteousness, devotion,
faith, love, patience, and gentleness.
Compete well for the faith.
Lay hold of eternal life,
to which you were called.
1 Timothy 6:10-12
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A new outlook on confession, the sacrament of joy - Vatican News
A new outlook on confession, the sacrament of joy - Vatican News
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At the center of forgiveness, there is God who embraces us, not the list of our sins and our humiliation.
The cross is not easy to grasp intellectually. The deeper things in life, love, fidelity, morality, and faith are not mathematics, but mysteries whose unfathomable depths always leave room for more still to be understood. We never quite arrive at an adequate understanding of them.
But that doesn’t mean that we don’t know them. Knowing is different than understanding and we intuit a lot more than we can intellectually imagine or express.
- Ron Rolheiser OMI
Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,
and I will give you rest, says the Lord.
Alleluia, alleluia.
Matthew 11:28
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Meditation and Contemplation
Listening to James Finley is always enriching. Consider signing up for this Zoom workshop October 2nd, 10:00am-1:00pm
Meditation & Contemplation: Practice of Intentional Consciousness | Mary & Joseph Retreat Center
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*Remote Via Zoom* Spirituality Series Part 14: Are Prayer and Meditation important to you? Do you have a daily practice? Are you confused about Prayer, Meditation, Mindfulness, Contemplation and Centering Prayer ~ what are they and how to do them? Would you like to learn about each of these through....
Wednesday, Sep 15, 2021
MEMORIAL OF OUR LADY OF SORROWS
She’s with him
Being a strong companion or having great compassion is essential for discipleship. Mary had both. Notice the “com-” prefix of those qualities, which means “with.” Under the title Our Lady of Sorrows, Mary is the first witness of the church and stood with Jesus through his pain and glory—his life, death, and Resurrection. The church uses “sorrows” here not so that we would be sad and weighed down but to lift up what it means to really be “with” another person and to share deeply their joy and sorrow. Mary continues to stand alongside us. How do you experience Mary’s companionship and compassion in your own life?
TODAY'S READINGS: 1 Timothy 3:14-16; John 19:25-27 or Luke 2:33-35. “Woman, behold, your son.”
#takefiveforfaith
Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother
and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas,
and Mary Magdalene.
John 19:25
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Art by Julie Lonneman
Tuesday, Sep 14, 2021
FEAST OF THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS
Lift high the cross
After ending Christian persecutions in 313, Constantine sent his mother, Helena, to the Holy Land where her team is said to have unearthed Christ’s tomb. Here, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre was built. Excavations also reportedly unearthed the three crosses of Mount Calvary, the wood of the “True Cross” being the instrument of Jesus’ Crucifixion and associated with miraculous healings. Whether it’s the crucifix, the Jerusalem cross, Maltese cross, Celtic cross—or countless others—no other symbol represents Christian faith better. And so we pray: “We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you, because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.”
TODAY'S READINGS: Numbers 21:4b-9; Philippians 2:6-11; John 3:13-17. “He humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross.”
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