Greeting
Be holy, for I, the Lord, am holy. Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect. God turns those whom sin has made his enemies into his friends through forgiveness. May the Lord Jesus, who brought us God’s friendship be always with you.
Showing posts with label Love. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Love. Show all posts
7 Sunday C: True Christian Love - Radicality
Introduction: The readings today are linked
together by one main theme: the power of Christian love, when
exercised in unconditional forgiveness.
Easter 6 Sunday B: Love as I have Loved you
Starters from Fr. Tony Kadavil's Collection:
1) God’s love in action:
When Fr. Damien arrived in Molokai to assemble a prefabricated church for the lepers, he spent the first few weeks sleeping out under the trees, because he was unable to cope with the stench in the hovels of the lepers.
1) God’s love in action:
When Fr. Damien arrived in Molokai to assemble a prefabricated church for the lepers, he spent the first few weeks sleeping out under the trees, because he was unable to cope with the stench in the hovels of the lepers.
Father's Love Letter - The Verses are here
My Child,
You may not know me,
but I know everything about you.
Psalm 139:1
7 Sunday A - Liturgical prayers
Greeting
Be holy, for I, the Lord, am holy.?
Be perfect?
as your heavenly Father is perfect.?
God turns those whom sin has made his enemies?
into his friends through forgiveness.?
May the Lord Jesus, who brought us God’s friendship,?
be always with you.
Be holy, for I, the Lord, am holy.?
Be perfect?
as your heavenly Father is perfect.?
God turns those whom sin has made his enemies?
into his friends through forgiveness.?
May the Lord Jesus, who brought us God’s friendship,?
be always with you.
7 Sunday A: Love your Enemies
11 Sunday C - Much Love, Much Forgiveness
Introduction to the Celebration
Today is one of the very few times in the year when the actions of women towards Jesus are at the centre of our recollection. We recall that Jesus was supported and helped by women in his work as he moved around Palestine. We also recall the incident when an unnamed woman anointed his feet with oil, kissed his feet, and wiped away her tears with her hair. Her sins were forgiven because she had shown such love.
Easter 6 B - Love One Another
Starters from Fr. Tony Kadavil's Collection:
1) God’s love in action:
When Fr. Damien arrived in Molokai to assemble a prefabricated church for the lepers, he spent the first few weeks sleeping out under the trees, because he was unable to cope with the stench in the hovels of the lepers. He certainly wouldn't dare preach to them about God's love for them, because, as they saw it, that would be offensive. But slowly he opened his heart to the grace of God which enabled him to see the suffering Jesus in them. In no time, he was washing them, bandaging them, and burying them. He came to love them, and, through him, they came to believe that God loved them. He smoked a pipe to counteract the stench, but he soon was passing the pipe around for others to have a smoke. He ate food with them from a common bowl, out of which they scooped the food with hands that had no fingers. He caught the disease himself, and he was happy to be able to live and to die for them. Greater love than this no one has…
Easter 6 A - Homilies - Love and Communion in the Spirit
In the Footprints of Loneliness, the Servant of God Catherine DeHueck Doherty (d. 1985) wrote:
Loneliness is a terrible thing, and we must do something about it. It is here that tenderness, gentleness, and understanding helps us to live… Gentleness and tenderness assuage loneliness and make it possible to disappear…Tenderness is the ability to be present, extending the warmth of my heart to your heart.
Malappuram gynaecologist set to deliver a Guinness record
Laila Begum
Kozhikode: Once
while patrolling the streets during the wee hours, the Chemmad police
saw a man ‘chasing’ a woman on the highway. After a stiff tussle, the
team succeeded in holding back the man.
But to the embarrassment of the ‘heroes’, the woman started running back scolding the police. And she turned out to be Dr Laila Begum, a gynaecologist, who was rushing to the hospital followed by her aide to attend an emergency as her personal driver had failed to turn up.
But to the embarrassment of the ‘heroes’, the woman started running back scolding the police. And she turned out to be Dr Laila Begum, a gynaecologist, who was rushing to the hospital followed by her aide to attend an emergency as her personal driver had failed to turn up.
7 Sunday A - Be Holy, Be Perfect - Homilies
Note: Fr Bill Grimm's Video Message at the Bottom
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“He couldn't fight, either.”
One day a truck driver stopped at a restaurant for dinner and ordered a steak. Before he could eat it, in walked a motorcycle gang, with dirty leather jackets and long, unkempt hair. They took the man's steak, cut it into six pieces, and ate it. The driver said nothing. He simply paid the bill and walked out. One of the gang members said, "That man couldn't talk. He didn't say a word." Another one said, "He couldn't fight, either; he didn't lift a hand." A waiter added, "I would say that he couldn't drive either. On his way out of the parking lot, he ran over six motorcycles crushing all of them." Something in us loves that story, because we like retaliation. But in the Sermon on the Mount Jesus prescribes forgiving love as the Christian trump card.
One day a truck driver stopped at a restaurant for dinner and ordered a steak. Before he could eat it, in walked a motorcycle gang, with dirty leather jackets and long, unkempt hair. They took the man's steak, cut it into six pieces, and ate it. The driver said nothing. He simply paid the bill and walked out. One of the gang members said, "That man couldn't talk. He didn't say a word." Another one said, "He couldn't fight, either; he didn't lift a hand." A waiter added, "I would say that he couldn't drive either. On his way out of the parking lot, he ran over six motorcycles crushing all of them." Something in us loves that story, because we like retaliation. But in the Sermon on the Mount Jesus prescribes forgiving love as the Christian trump card.
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Thomas O’Loughlin
Introduction to the Celebration
Thomas O’Loughlin
Introduction to the Celebration
Friends in Christ, we — as the community of the baptised — are called by God to provide the world with an example of a different way of living life. Around us we hear every day of people waging war or getting ready to wage war or waging war to make peace or waging war to prevent war. We often hear the same language in our businesses and in our workplaces. The motto seems to be: grab, grasp, exploit. But we are called to wage peace. We are called not just to be peaceful, but to actively work in a way that builds up peace, honesty, respect for other and the creation. To say we are Christians is to say that we have volunteered to wage peace in our homes, in our work, and in our world.
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