"I was sick and you took care of me, in prison and you visi ted me...whenever you did this for one of the least important of these foll owers of mine, you did it for me!" ~ Matthew 25:26, 40
T ip O'Neil was a member of Congress for 34 years. He was speaker of the Hous e for ten years, the longest consecutive term for any speaker in the Histo ry of Congress.
On the wall of his office hung these words from the last speech that Hubert Humphrey ever gave. Tip said they summed up his own philosophy and values.
"The moral test of government is how it t reats those who are in the dawn of life, the children...in the twilight of their life, the aged....in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped." ~ Mark Link, S.J.
How might our assemb ly witness to our special concern for the sick, the needy, the handicappe d and our nation's homeless veterans?
"By having reverence for li fe, we enter into a spiritual relationship with the wo...
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"If I have no love, I am nothing." ~ Corinthians 13:2 Talk show hostess, Oprah Winfrey, has a wonderful way with her gues ts. Her honesty relaxes them, and it's not rare for her to cry with them r ight on the show. Her great compassion comes from the fact that she suffere d greatly in her early life.
To the graduation class of Spelman Coll ege, she said from the heart: "Stop wasting time being mundane.... We are daughters of God - here to teach the world how to love... It doesn't matter what you've been through, where you come from, who your parents are... W hat matters is how you choose to love, how you choose to express that love through... what you have to give to the world. Be a queen. Own your power and your glory!" ~ Mark Link, S.J.
What is your power and your glor y? What tends to keep you from claiming it - and expressing it lovingly?
"Love is a fabric which never fades, no matter how often it is was hed in the water of adversity and grief." ~ E....
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St. Fabian, Pope & Martyr, St. Sebastian, Martyr
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"For freedom, Christ set us free: so stand firm and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery." ~ Galatians 5:1
On this da te in 1961, President John F. Kennedy, himself a Knight of the Fourth Deg ree, delivered this inaugural address:
In the long history of th e world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending fr eedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibili ty - I welcome it.... The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it - and the glow from that fire can truly light the world....
Most Am ericans are familiar with his famous phrase: "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what can you do for your co untry." But the long forgotten conclusion of his address was this:
< i>My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, b ut what together we can do for the freedom of man.&n...
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Ave Maria Catholic Church, 9056 E Parker Rd, Parker, CO - Dwyer Hall
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Officers and Directors meeting at 6:00 PM, Rosary beginning at 6:30 PM, dinner and the meeting to follow around 7:30 PM in Dwyer Hall.
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"When, LORD, did we ever see you... a stranger and welcome you in our homes, or naked and clothe you? ... The King will reply, "I t ell you, whenever you did this for one of the least important of these.... you did it for me." ~ Matthew 25:37, 40
In 1952, Mother Teres a saw an abandoned woman in the street, literally, being eaten by bugs. S he carried the unfortunate victim to a hospital, but it wouldn't accept he r.
Next, Mother Teresa carried the woman to city officials, demand ing she be helped. When this didn't work, she demanded a shelter where she could care for the woman and other victims like her. Glad to be rid of the problem, they led her to an abandoned shelter, once used by Hindu pilgri ms. Thus began Mother Teresa's first home for the destitute and the dying. ~ Mark Link, S.J.
How are we as Knights becoming more involved in h elping people who cannot help themselves?
Service is nothing but love in work clothes. ~ E. C. McKenzie
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St. Agnes, Virgin & Martyr
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"Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls a round like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour." ~ 1 Peter 5:8
On this date in 1973, the Supreme Court ruled on the matter of Roe v. Wade. But the madness began years earlier with the mother of the sexual revolution and Planned Parenthood, Margaret Sanger. In an effort t o sterilize the Black population, she wrote: "(we propose to), hire three or four colored ministers....with engaging personalities. The most success ful educational approach to the Negro is through religious appeal... We do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population... (Margaret Sanger, letter to Clarence Gamble, October 1939)." She advocat ed limiting the immigration of "Slavs, Hebrews, and Latins (Margaret Sang er, "Racial Quotas in Immigration", Birth Control Review, August 1920)," because of their lower intelligence. She championed the sterilizat ion of those who are ill-suited to propagate the race, ...
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Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children
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St. Vincent, Deacon & Martyr; St. Marianne Cope, Virgin
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"Do your best to preserve the unity which the Spirit gives." ~ Ephesians 3:3-5
In early 1984, the Olympic flame was flown f rom its home in Olympia, Greece, to New York City. Runners then carried i t to Los Angeles.
As it went from city to city, something beautiful began to happen. Towns greeted the runners ringing church bells and blowin g fire sirens. Tears flowed down people's cheeks and spontaneous singing br oke out.
One elderly lady spoke fro many when she said to a runner, "Thank you, son, for making me feel like this again."
When the to rch reached the Coliseum, 93,000 people stood and cheered wildly. It clim axed and experience of unity that few Americans will ever forget. ~ Mark Li nk, S.J.
What can I personally do to nourish unity in our Council?< br> "The strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the W olf is the Pack." ~ Rudyard Kipling, The Second Jungle Book
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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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"When you have done all you have been told to do, say, 'We are ordinary servants; we have only done our duty." ~ Luke 17: 9-10 Everett Alvarez Jr. made John Wayne cry when they met at a White Hous e dinner. Alvarez was the first American pilot shot down over North Vietnam . For many Americans he symbolized the suffering of all who served i n Vietnam. Alvarez spent 8 years as a POW. He was fed dead birds, rice cra wling with roaches, and sewer-water soup to make him sick and weak. In a s mall yard outside his cell, he scratched the outline of a cross in the pai nted stucco. Later he would add the words, "LORD, I am not worthy, but o nly say the word and my soul shall be healed." To stay focused on survival , Alvarez re-enacted daily all that he could recall of the Mass as an altar boy. When he was put with other POWs, Alvarez found strength in teamwork. The very few Americans who chose not to be part of the group were more int erested in themselves and ultimately collaborated wit...
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St. Francis De Sales, Bishop & Doctor of the Church