St. Christopher Magallanes, Priest & Companions, Martyrs
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"My teaching and message were not delivered with skillful wo rds... but with convincing proof of the power of God's Spirit." ~ 1 Cor inthians 2:4
TV celebrity Malcolm Muggeridge interviewed Mother Tere sa of Calcutta. The verdict of the videotaped interview was that it was har dly usable. Mother Teresa's delivery was halting and her accent was thick. One BBC official, however, felt that the interview had a mysterious power and decided to air it on a Sunday night. Response to the program was amazi ng - both in terms of mail and contributions. What came through was not "sk illful words" but "the power of God's Spirit" speaking through Mother Teres a - the same power that Paul talks about in today's Bible reading. ~ Mark L ink, S.J.
Can you recall a time when the Spirit seemed to strengthe n and guide our Council in some situation?
"As the earth can prod uce nothing without the energizing power of the sun, so we can do nothing without the energizing power of the Spirit....
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St. Rita of Cascia, Religious
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St. Bede the Venerable, Priest & Doctor of the Church; St. Gregor y VII, Pope; St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, Virgin
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"As you enter a house, wish it peace. If the house is worth y, let your peace come upon it; if not, let your peace return to you. Wh oever will not receive you or listen to your words - go outside that house or town and shake the dust from your feet." ~ Matthew 10:12-14
S chool children were cutting across the lawn of an elderly couple, wearing an ugly path in it. At first this only annoyed the couple. But soon annoyan ce turned into anger. The couple knew something had to be done. The situati on was wrecking their peace of mind. The couple's solution was beautiful. T hey put crushed gravel on the path, lined it with flowers, and set a benc h next to it. Then one afternoon, as when school let out, they sat on the bench and greeted the children. The children responded wonderfully. They t hanked the couple for the path and sat and chatted with them. ~ Mark Link, S.J.
Maybe we can't preach the gospel by word, but we can preach i t by example as the elderly couple did. How do we ha...
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"Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so cl osely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us." ~ Hebrews 12:1
Catholic faith continually reminds us that we are not chess players in a dark room lit by a single light bulb, absolutely al one with God, but rather that we are being cheered on and helped by a huge heavenly stadium full of saints, virgins, martyrs and ordinary blokes wh o "fought the good fight" and "finished the race" under circumstances just like ours. Frustrated with your job? So were a million saints who soldiered through to heavenly glory. In pain, lonely, frightened, confused? They' ve been there too and they are shouting to you from the stands, "You can m ake it! We did! And we know you can too! God will save you as he saved us!" So run the race with perseverance and drop all the discouraging junk the w orld hands you. God will be with you every step of the...
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St. Philip Neri, Priest
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6:00am-7:00am
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Ave Maria Catholic Church, 9056 E Parker Rd, Parker, CO 80138, USA
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Hot breakfast at 5:45 am followed by discussion. Please join
us. For more information contact Brad Riddell at 303-548-
6184 or Bill Was serman at 954-817-5706.
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All day event
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"But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you." ~ Matthew 6:33
One day a sm all opening appeared on a cocoon As the butterfly struggled to bust through the tiny hole, a man sat waiting to see the butterfly appear. As a show o f compassion, he took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then emerged easily - but it had a swollen bo dy and small, shriveled wings. The man continued to watch the butterfly ex pecting, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand. Neither happe ned. The butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swolle n body and shriveled wings. What the man did not understand is that the res trictive cocoon and the struggle required of the butterfly are nature's way of forcing fluid from its body into its wings. That way, it would be read y for flight once it achieved freedom from the cocoon. Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our lives. If we went...