Daily Mass Gospel Reflection- Persevering In Prayer - No Matter What
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Word on Fire Ministry ^
| 08_09_2023 | Bishop Robert Barron
Matthew 15:21–28 Friends, the Gospel for today is the account of the persistent Canaanite woman. Like
all of the “hard” Gospel stories, it packs a spiritual punch.God’s salvific purposes are for the whole world. Israel was chosen so that it would be a vehicle for the salvation of all. Therefore, Jesus’ primary mission is indeed to his fellow Jews, but throughout the Gospels, there are hints that his ministry has a wider purpose.When Jesus enters a pagan territory, a Canaanite woman calls out, “Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is tormented by a demon.” She represents...
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Daily Mass Gospel Reflection - Stretching Desire Of Prayer
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Word on Fire Ministry ^
| 3.2.23 | Bishop Robert Barron
First Week of Lent Matthew 7:7–12Friends, today’s Gospel urges us to persist in prayer. The
Lord wants us to ask with persistence, even stubbornness.Now, we must not think of God as becoming exasperated by our prayer of petition, but the clear implication is that we will get what we want through persistence: "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you."How do we make sense of this? For me, the best explanation is offered by St. Augustine. He said that God doesn’t always give us immediately what...
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Daily Mass Gospel Reflection- Prayerful Persistence
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Word on Fire Ministry ^
| 11.12.22 | Bishop Robert Barron
Luke 18:1-8 Friends, today’s Gospel exhorts us to pray with persistence. This
command is everywhere in the Bible. We see it in Abraham’s steady petition on behalf of the people of Sodom. We see it in today’s account of the persistent widow. We hear it in Jesus’ extraordinary teaching: “Knock and the door shall be opened to you; seek and you will find; ask and it will be given to you.” One reason that we don’t receive what we want through prayer is that we give up too easily. What could be behind this rule of prayer? Augustine said that...
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Daily Mass Gospel Reflection- Humble Prayer
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Word on Fire Ministry ^
| 10.23.27 | Bishop Robert Barron
30th Week of Ordinary Time Luke 18:9-14 Friends, today Jesus tells us of the Pharisee and the tax collector—so, stereotypically righteous and unrighteous people—who both enter the temple to pray. But
what a world of difference in their manner of praying!The entire point of religion is to make us humble before God and to open us to the path of love. Everything else is more or less a footnote. Liturgy, prayer, the precepts of the Church, the commandments, sacraments, sacramentals—all of it—are finally meant to conform us to the way of love. When they instead turn us away from that...
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Catholic Daily Reflections: A Habit of Prayer - Wednesday, October 19, 2022- Catholic Caucus/Devotional
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My Catholic Life ^
| October 19, 2022 | My Catholic Life
"Jesus said to his disciples: “Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour when the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. You
also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.” Luke 12:39-40This Scripture offers us an invitation. It can be said that Jesus comes to us at an unexpected hour in two ways.First, we know that He will return one day in glory to judge the living and the dead. His Second Coming is real and we...
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Daily Mass Gospel Reflection- Persistence in Prayer
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Word on Fire Ministry ^
| 10.16.22 | Bishop Robert Barron
Luke 18:1-8 Friends, today’s Gospel exhorts us to pray with persistence. This
command is everywhere in the Bible. We see it in Abraham’s steady petition on behalf of the people of Sodom. We see it in today’s account of the persistent widow. We hear it in Jesus’ extraordinary teaching: “Knock and the door shall be opened to you; seek and you will find; ask and it will be given to you.”One reason that we don’t receive what we want through prayer is that we give up too easily. What could be behind this rule of prayer? Augustine said that God...
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Daily Mass Gospel Reflection- Faith in Prayer
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Word on Fire Ministry ^
| 10.06.22 | Bishop Robert Barron
Friends, our Gospel today is about prayer and the power of prayer. This
excerpt from Luke is filled with wisdom in regard to the proper attitude of prayer. What is prayer, and how should we pray? Prayer is intimate communion and conversation with God. Judging from Jesus’ own life, prayer is something that we ought to do often, especially at key moments of our lives. Well, how should we pray? What does it look like? You have to pray with faith. Have you noticed how Jesus says before working a miracle, “Do you believe I can do this?” Can you...
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Daily Mass Gospel Reflection- Ordered by Prayer
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Word on Fire Ministry ^
| 10.5.22 | Bishop Robert Barron
Friends, our Gospel for today gives us an opportunity to reflect on the great prayer that Jesus taught us. Think
how this prayer links us to all of the great figures in Christian history, from Peter and Paul to Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Francis of Assisi, John Henry Newman, G.K. Chesterton, John Paul II, and right up to the present day.A desire to pray is planted deep within us. This just means the desire to speak to God and to listen to him. Keep in mind that prayer is not designed to change God’s mind or to tell God something he...
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Daily Mass Gospel Reflection- Prayer Power
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Word on Fire Ministry ^
| 03.10.22 | Aux. Bishop R. Barron
First Week of Lent Matthew 7:7-12 Friends, today’s Gospel assures us of the power of prayer. When
some people ask in a spirit of trust, really believing that what they are asking for will happen, it happens. Just as Jesus suggests in the Gospel, "Everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened." The power of prayer is the confidence that we are being guided and cared for, even when that guidance and care are not immediately apparent. It is what allows someone to live in detachment from...
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Daily Mass Gospel Reflection - God Given Prayer
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Word on Fire Ministry ^
| 03.08.22 | Aux. Bishop R. Barron
FIRST WEEK OF LENT MATTHEW 6:7-15 Friends, the Gospel for today is of great significance, for in it the Son of God teaches us to pray. We
hear from not just a guru, a spiritual teacher, or a religious genius, but from the very Son of God. This is why the Our Father, the Lord’s Prayer, is the model of all prayer. The Lord’s Prayer is the prayer for the Christian journey which has been offered up consistently for the past two thousand years. Think for a moment how this prayer links us to all of the great figures in...
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'Everybody's Not Muslim Here': NJ Mosque Daily Prayer Calls Anger Paterson Man
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New Jersey 101.5 ^
| 3/2/22 | Erin Vogt
PATERSON — A city resident seen on video cursing about the public call to prayer at a local mosque is facing charges for an incident being investigated as a possible bias crime. Edward
Wright, 57, was arrested Feb. 22, stemming from the encounter at the Islamic Congregation of North Jersey two months earlier, according to the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office as first reported by NorthJersey.com. Video posted to YouTube by the New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, shows surveillance footage of the man entering the mosque on Preakness Avenue in Paterson on Dec. 23. The full video...
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Daily Mass Gospel Reflection - Prayerful Healing
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Word on Fire Ministry ^
| 02.21.22 | Aux. Bishop R. Barron
SEVENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME MARK 9:14-29 Friends, today in the Gospel, Jesus demonstrates the power of the prayer of faith. Have
you noticed how Jesus, time and again, says to people before working a miracle, “Do you believe I can do this?” Once, Matthew tells us, Jesus was unable to perform many miracles because he was met with so little faith among the people. Lots of people today, especially in the healing ministry, seem able to reproduce what Jesus did, precisely because of the purity of their faith. Is part of our problem simply a lack of faith? We...
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Daily Mass Gospel Reflection- Prayer is the Fuel
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Word on Fire Ministry ^
| 10-18-21 | Aux. Bishop R. Barron
Feast of Saint Luke, Evangelist Luke 10:1-9 Friends, our Gospel shows us what Jesus wants his followers to be doing and how they ought do it. We
are a missionary church. We are sent by the Lord to spread his word and do his work. The Gospel is just not something that we are meant to cling to for our own benefit; it is seed that we are meant to give away. Prayer is not incidental to ministry. It is not decorative. It is the lifeblood of the Church’s efforts. Without it, nothing will succeed; without it, no ministers will...
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Daily Mass Gospel Reading - Timeless Prayer
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Word on Fire Ministry ^
| 10-06-2021 | Aux. Bishop R. Barron
TWENTY-SEVENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME LUKE 11:1-4 Friends, our Gospel for today gives us an opportunity to reflect on the great prayer that Jesus taught us. Think
how this prayer links us to all of the great figures in Christian history, from Peter and Paul to Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Francis of Assisi, John Henry Newman, G.K. Chesterton, John Paul II, and right up to the present day. A desire to pray is planted deep within us. This just means the desire to speak to God and to listen to him. Keep in mind that prayer is not designed to change...
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What We Need: Daily Bread...prayer 7
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https :// billrandles . wordpress . com / 2021 / 04 / 02 / what - we - need - daily - bread - prayer - pt - 7 / ^
| 04-03-21 | Bill Randles
Give us this day our Daily bread…(Luke 11)We have been learning prayer, according to none less than Jesus. He is the best qualified to teach us to pray, having a perfect and complete knowledge of God; what He requires and desires of men, and of man; His needs, limits, weakness, and our
deepest longings. According to the LORD’s prayer, man’s needs are fourfold. We need to pray for our daily bread, as well as to pray for the forgiveness of Sin, and along with that, we must forgive any who have offended us. Finally we must pray for deliverance from...
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The Scapegoat | Give Him 15: Daily Prayer with Dutch |
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03/03/2021 9:33:41 AM PST
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by Maudeen
Dutch Sheets Ministries ^
| March 3, 2021 | Dutch Sheets
A good listen and might just bring tears to your eyes. Click
on The Scapegoat - March 3.
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History Makers - Give Him 15: Daily Prayer with Dutch Sheets - Feb. 14, 2021 [Black History Month Emphasis]
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Dutch Sheets - Give Him 15 History Makers ^
| 2/14/2021 | Dutch Sheets
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Catholic Caucus: Daily Mass Readings, 01-21-2021, Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children
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Universalis ^
| 22 January 2021 | God
January 22 2021 Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, Assisi, Italy Lectionary 315Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First readingHebrews 8:6-13 ©The first covenant is already oldWe have seen that Christ has been given a ministry of a far higher order, and to the
same degree it is a better covenant of which he is the mediator, founded on better promises. If that first covenant had been without a fault, there would have been no need for a second one to replace it. And in fact God does find fault with them;...
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Beware of the Disinformation Campaign - Give Him 15: Daily Prayer with Dutch - Day 68
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Dutch Sheets Ministries ^
| 1/12/2021 | Dutch Sheets
Link: An alert to be discerning of disinformation.
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Three Dreams About the Headwaters of the Allegheny River Give Him 15: Daily Prayers with Dutch
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Dutch Sheets ^
| 11/19/2020 | Dutch Sheets
Join me each day as we pray for our nation until the election crisis has resolved. I’ll
be reading the daily Give Him 15, making comments, and then we will pray together. Let's Appeal to Heaven for America.
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