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 […]
Gospel Reflection for August 11, 2024 – 19th Sunday Ordinary Time Read More »
Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect any praise or reward. If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace. If you let go completely, you will know complete peace and freedom. Your struggles with
We ask you for bread and peace, and your answer, God, is Jesus Christ, your son. He is bread for the life of the world, our hope and our peace. We pray that he may be powerful here in our midst and that we may find gladness in him, whom you have given us here
It is not you that shapes God, it is God who shapes you. If then you are the work of God, await the hand of the artist who does all things in due season. Offer God your heart, soft and tractable, and keep the form in which the artist has fashioned you. Let your clay
Grant a resting place to the souls of the faithful in the arms of our ancestors, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Feed them in a fertile land and by the waters of comfort, in a paradise of joy and in that place from which the broken heart, sorrow and sighing have flown. Make them rest in
Walk. Get moving. Keep moving. Find your path by walking it. Dear God, be with me on my journey.
A Celtic Blessing May God the Father bless us in all that we do this day. May Jesus, beloved Son of the Father, bless us as we go our way. May God’s Holy Spirit bless us in every thought, in every deed, in every word we say, May Blessed Mary, Mother of Jesus, bless us,
If there is to be peace in the world, There must be peace in the nations. If there is to be peace in the nations, There must be peace in the cities. If there is to be peace in the cities, There must be peace between neighbors. If there is to be peace between neighbors,
Dearest Lord, teach me to be generous; teach me to serve you as you deserve; to give and not count the cost, to fight and not to heed the wounds, to toil and not seek for rest, to labor and not to seek reward, save that of knowing that I do your will. St.