Prayer of the Day
Every tree, every growing thing as it grows, says this truth: You harvest what you sow. With life as short as a half-taken breath, don’t plant anything but love. Jelaluddin Rumi
Prayer of the Day
Great God,give us the kind of faith in youthat was the mainstay of those before uswho followed you fromGalilee to Jerusalem doing good,raising the dead to lifeand singing alleluia all the way.God of Conscience,God of Couragegive us whatever grace we needto work for the comingof the reign of Godnow, here and always. Amen. Joan Chittister,
Prayer of the Day
O Risen Christ You breathe your Holy Spirit on us and you tell us: “Peace be Yours.” Opening ourselves to your peace – letting it penetrate the harsh and rocky grounds of our hearts means preparing ourselves to be bearers of reconciliation wherever you may place us. But you know that at times we are
Gospel Reflection for September 29, 2024 – 26th Sunday Ordinary Time
Sunday Readings: Numbers 11.25-29; James 5.1-6; Mark 9.38-48 John said to Jesus, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us.” Jesus said, “Do not stop him. No one who does a deed of power in my name will be able soon afterward to
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Prayer of the Day
Holy Wisdom May Holy Wisdom, kind to humanity, steadfast, sure and free the breath of the power of God may she who makes all things new, in every age, enter our souls, and make us friends of God, through Jesus Christ. St. Hilda Community, England
Gospel Reflection August 25, 2024 – 21st Sunday Ordinary Time
Sunday Readings: Joshua 24.1-2, 15-17; 18 Ephesians 5.21-32; John 6.60-69 Many of Jesus’ disciples turned back and no longer went about with him. Jesus then said to the Twelve, “Do you also want to leave?” Peter replied, “Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and are convinced
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Gospel Reflection for August 18, 2024 – 20th Sunday Ordinary Time
Sunday Readings: Proverbs 9.1-6; Ephesians 5.15-20; John 6.51-58 ”I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh” (John 6.51). John’s gospel uses signs to express who Jesus is. It strains to
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Gospel Reflection for August 11, 2024 – 19th Sunday Ordinary Time
Sunday Readings: 1 Kings 19.4-8; Ephesians 4.30—5.2; John 6.41-51 The Jews began to murmur about Jesus because he said I am the bread that came down from heaven. It this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose mother and father we know? “How can he now say, “I have come down from heaven. …I am
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