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Pope Benedict's Prayer Intentions For July
General :Justice in Elections: That elections in every
nation may be carried out with justice, transparency, and
honesty, respecting the free decisions of citizens.
Mission: Urban Culture. That Christians may strive to
promote everywhere, but especially in our cities,
education, justice, solidarity, and peace.
General :Justice in Elections: That elections in every
nation may be carried out with justice, transparency, and
honesty, respecting the free decisions of citizens.
Mission: Urban Culture. That Christians may strive to
promote everywhere, but especially in our cities,
education, justice, solidarity, and peace.
Seventeenth Sunday in
Ordinary Time
The Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary
Time begins with a reading from
Genesis. Abraham pleads for
compassion for those few innocent
people of Sodom and Gomorrah. Jesus
teaches us to pray in the reading from
Luke's Gospel, using the familiar
words, "Father hallowed be your name."
He urges us to be persistent in our
prayer.
Monday is the Memorial of St.
Joachim and St. Anne parents of the
Blessed Virgin Mary. Thursday is the
Memorial of St. Martha. Saturday is
the Memorial of St. Ignatius of
Loyola, who founded the Society of
Jesus.
The first readings this week continue to
be from the Book of the Prophet
Jeremiah. Jeremiah delivers God's
messages about the laxity of rulers. It is
a powerful call to conversion for all of us
today.
We continue to read from Matthew's
Gospel this week, entering into sayings
of Jesus about the Kingdom of God.
God's reign is like mustard seeds and it
is like yeast. It's coming and growth is
small and slow. It may be compared to a
field where an enemy sowed weeds
among the good seed. Jesus knows the
world is full of both the children of God,
and also the children of the Evil-One
mixed together. It is God who will judge
at the end of time. The Kingdom is like a
buried treasure or a merchant's search
for a really fine pearl. It is worth
investing all we have in it. The Kingdom
is like the net used for fishing which
gathers everything in it. At the end of
time God will gather all to separate the
good from the evil. We hear that Jesus
could not work miracles in his home
town, because of their lack of faith in
Him. They thought they knew Him and
therefore took Him for granted. Herod
arrested John because John's
preaching was bothering his
conscience. He had John beheaded to
honor a drunken promise to his niece
and an oath to impress his guest.
The week begins with the Eighteenth
Sunday in Ordinary Time. The first
reading from Ecclesiastes offers a
powerful caution about focusing too
much on the things of this world. In
Luke's Gospel, Jesus tells the parable
of the rich man storing up treasures for
the future.
Ordinary Time
The Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary
Time begins with a reading from
Genesis. Abraham pleads for
compassion for those few innocent
people of Sodom and Gomorrah. Jesus
teaches us to pray in the reading from
Luke's Gospel, using the familiar
words, "Father hallowed be your name."
He urges us to be persistent in our
prayer.
Monday is the Memorial of St.
Joachim and St. Anne parents of the
Blessed Virgin Mary. Thursday is the
Memorial of St. Martha. Saturday is
the Memorial of St. Ignatius of
Loyola, who founded the Society of
Jesus.
The first readings this week continue to
be from the Book of the Prophet
Jeremiah. Jeremiah delivers God's
messages about the laxity of rulers. It is
a powerful call to conversion for all of us
today.
We continue to read from Matthew's
Gospel this week, entering into sayings
of Jesus about the Kingdom of God.
God's reign is like mustard seeds and it
is like yeast. It's coming and growth is
small and slow. It may be compared to a
field where an enemy sowed weeds
among the good seed. Jesus knows the
world is full of both the children of God,
and also the children of the Evil-One
mixed together. It is God who will judge
at the end of time. The Kingdom is like a
buried treasure or a merchant's search
for a really fine pearl. It is worth
investing all we have in it. The Kingdom
is like the net used for fishing which
gathers everything in it. At the end of
time God will gather all to separate the
good from the evil. We hear that Jesus
could not work miracles in his home
town, because of their lack of faith in
Him. They thought they knew Him and
therefore took Him for granted. Herod
arrested John because John's
preaching was bothering his
conscience. He had John beheaded to
honor a drunken promise to his niece
and an oath to impress his guest.
The week begins with the Eighteenth
Sunday in Ordinary Time. The first
reading from Ecclesiastes offers a
powerful caution about focusing too
much on the things of this world. In
Luke's Gospel, Jesus tells the parable
of the rich man storing up treasures for
the future.
Daily Prayer This Week.
"This week we can grow in a sense of
what we most deeply desire. If we let
Sunday's Gospel open our hearts we might
find ourselves asking God for what we
need.
We can let the daily gospels renew our
hope. We can get in touch with what is
discouraged in our hearts and let the
courage the Lord is offering us renew us.
Jesus remind us to place our trust in Him.
Our own hearts might be full of weeds, but
the Lord doesn't want us ripping ourselves
apart. He is full of mercy and healing
reconciliation. God is patient and God
alone will judge.
Throughout the day let these powerful
scriptures interact with the daily events
and relationships with which we are
involved.
The readings provide a compass for our
daily journey, but it is the continual
practice at connecting with our Lord that
carries us through the day. By
remembering to say "thank you" every
night we will gradually be transformed and
will be given more courage and hope.
From the Prayer Ministry at Creighton
University.
"This week we can grow in a sense of
what we most deeply desire. If we let
Sunday's Gospel open our hearts we might
find ourselves asking God for what we
need.
We can let the daily gospels renew our
hope. We can get in touch with what is
discouraged in our hearts and let the
courage the Lord is offering us renew us.
Jesus remind us to place our trust in Him.
Our own hearts might be full of weeds, but
the Lord doesn't want us ripping ourselves
apart. He is full of mercy and healing
reconciliation. God is patient and God
alone will judge.
Throughout the day let these powerful
scriptures interact with the daily events
and relationships with which we are
involved.
The readings provide a compass for our
daily journey, but it is the continual
practice at connecting with our Lord that
carries us through the day. By
remembering to say "thank you" every
night we will gradually be transformed and
will be given more courage and hope.
From the Prayer Ministry at Creighton
University.
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