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September 19, 2015 Saturday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 1 Tm 6:13-16 Beloved:I charge you before God, who gives life to all things,and before Christ Jesus,who gave testimony under Pontius Pilatefor the noble confession,to keep the commandment without stain or reproachuntil the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christthat the blessed and only rulerwill make manifest at the proper time,the King of kings and Lord of lords,who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light,and whom no human being has seen or can see.To him be honor and eternal power. Amen. Responsorial Psalm PS 100:1b-2, 3,...

Pope Francis addressed the World Meeting for Young Consecrated Men and Women yesterday. Pope Francis has revealed that he keeps a small cross held by an Iraqi priest who was being beheaded for refusing to renounce his faith.The Pope began his general audience yesterday by referring to “our martyrs in Iraq and Syria, our martyrs of today”. He said: “A few days ago in [St Peter’s] Square, an Iraqi priest came up to me and gave me a small cross. It was the cross being held by the priest who was beheaded for not renouncing Jesus Christ,” he said....

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Character Studies From The Bible Esther 12 Before a young woman’s turn came to go in to King Xerxes, she had to complete twelve months of beauty treatments prescribed for the women, six months with oil of myrrh and six with perfumes and cosmetics. 13 And this is how she would go to the king: Anything she wanted was given her to take with her from the harem to the king’s palace. 14 In the evening she would go there and in the morning return to another part of the harem to the care of Shaashgaz,...

September 18, 2015   Friday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 1 Tm 6:2c-12 Beloved:Teach and urge these things.Whoever teaches something differentand does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christand the religious teachingis conceited, understanding nothing,and has a morbid disposition for arguments and verbal disputes.From these come envy, rivalry, insults, evil suspicions,and mutual friction among people with corrupted minds,who are deprived of the truth,supposing religion to be a means of gain.Indeed, religion with contentment is a great gain.For we brought nothing into the world,just as we shall not be able to take...

Pray For Our American Heroes and Our Nation Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the LORD your God, for He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and He relents from sending calamity. Joel 2:13 (NIV) ----

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Character Studies From The Bible Esther 2 Later when King Xerxes’ fury had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what he had decreed about her. 2 Then the king’s personal attendants proposed, “Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king. 3 Let the king appoint commissioners in every province of his realm to bring all these beautiful young women into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king’s eunuch, who is in charge of the women; and let...

Pray For Our American Heroes and Our Nation Stand Firm Romans 5:2-5 Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

September 17, 2015   Thursday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 1 Tm 4:12-16 Beloved:Let no one have contempt for your youth,but set an example for those who believe,in speech, conduct, love, faith, and purity.Until I arrive, attend to the reading, exhortation, and teaching.Do not neglect the gift you have,which was conferred on you through the prophetic wordwith the imposition of hands by the presbyterate.Be diligent in these matters, be absorbed in them,so that your progress may be evident to everyone.Attend to yourself and to your teaching;persevere in both tasks,for by doing so you will save...

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Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Character Studies From The Bible Esther 1 This is what happened during the time of Xerxes,[a] the Xerxes who ruled over 127 provinces stretching from India to Cush[b]: 2 At that time King Xerxes reigned from his royal throne in the citadel of Susa, 3 and in the third year of his reign he gave a banquet for all his nobles and officials. The military leaders of Persia and Media, the princes, and the nobles of the provinces were present. 4 For a full 180 days he displayed the vast wealth of his kingdom and the splendor...

Our oldest son, age 15, has struggled with asthma most of his life. He has worked hard and turned his body into a muscled, athletic machine. Tonight, though, he had the most severe asthma attack of his life. My husband rushed him to the clinic where they quickly treated him. Doctor was considering admitting him to the hospital, but as he responded well sent him home with guidelines about going to the ER tonight. Within an hour of returning home he needed a nebulizer treatment. If he gets another attack tonight, it's off to the ER. We've dealt with bad...

September 16, 2015   Memorial of Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs Reading 1 1 Tm 3:14-16 Beloved:I am writing you,although I hope to visit you soon.But if I should be delayed,you should know how to behave in the household of God,which is the Church of the living God,the pillar and foundation of truth.Undeniably great is the mystery of devotion, Who was manifested in the flesh,vindicated in the spirit,seen by angels,proclaimed to the Gentiles,believed in throughout the world,taken up in glory. Responsorial Psalm PS 111:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 R. (2) How great are the works of the Lord!I will...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Character Studies From The Bible Daniel 9 In the first year of Darius son of Xerxes[a] (a Mede by descent), who was made ruler over the Babylonian[b] kingdom— 2 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the Scriptures, according to the word of the Lord given to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years. 3 So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in sackcloth and ashes. 4 I prayed to the Lord my God and confessed: “Lord,...

I am captain of the host of the LORD; I am now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and bowed down, and said unto him: 'What saith my lord unto his servant?' And the captain of the LORD'S host said unto Joshua: 'Put off thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy.' Joshua 5:14-15

September 15, 2015   Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows Reading 1 1 Tm 3:1-13 Beloved, this saying is trustworthy:whoever aspires to the office of bishop desires a noble task.Therefore, a bishop must be irreproachable,married only once, temperate, self-controlled,decent, hospitable, able to teach,not a drunkard, not aggressive, but gentle,not contentious, not a lover of money.He must manage his own household well,keeping his children under control with perfect dignity;for if a man does not know how to manage his own household,how can he take care of the Church of God?He should not be a recent convert,so that he may not...

Exodus 14:13 Fear not; Stand still (Firm, Confident, Undismayed) And See the Salvation of the Lord which He will Work for you Today.

The Sanctus – A Far More Remarkable Prayer than You Might Imagine. A Reflection on a Teaching of Joseph Ratzinger Msgr. Charles Pope • September 13, 2015 • What we call the Sanctus, or the Holy, Holy, Holy of the Mass is not one prayer or one acclamation, but two. And this fact presents a teachable moment for us as well as providing a defense of a practice that is often scorned by modern liturgists.The two parts of the Sanctus are as follows: The Sanctus – Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Hosts. Heaven and Earth are full of your...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Character Studies From The Bible Daniel 6 [a]It pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom, 2 with three administrators over them, one of whom was Daniel. The satraps were made accountable to them so that the king might not suffer loss. 3 Now Daniel so distinguished himself among the administrators and the satraps by his exceptional qualities that the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom. 4 At this, the administrators and the satraps tried to find grounds for charges against Daniel in his conduct of government affairs, but they were...

would you please start a prayer thread for freeper shibumi; he is hospitalized with pneumonia. Then please ping me so I can ping the list.