16th Week, Wednesday, July 22; St Mary Magdalene

16th Week, Wednesday, July 22; St Mary Magdalene 

Exodus 14:21 - 15:1 / Matthew 12:46-50
God saves his people; Moses stretched out his hand.

Jan 21; 2nd Week, Wednesday; Saint Agnes

2nd Week, Wednesday: Jan 21: Saint Agnes

1 Sam 17:32-33, 37, 40-51 / Mark 3:1-6

David demonstrates courage: David defeated Goliath.

28th Week, Saturday, Oct 19: Saint Paul of the Cross

Ephesians 1:15-23 / Luke 12:8-12

Paul prays for Christians: May God enlighten your innermost vision.

St. Therese of Child Jesus - Oct 1st

October 1 (Theresa) Isaiah 66:10-14 

Isaiah speaks in God's name; As a mother comfort you, so will I.

Lent 5th Sunday C: Woman Caught in Adultery

 

20 Sunday A: Jesus and the Canaanite Woman: Faith, Healing and Universality of Salvation

Gospel Text: Matthew 15:21-28

Michel DeVerteuil 
General Comments

This Sunday’s gospel passage is in two sections,
– an introduction in verse 21.
– the main story in verses 22-28
To get the significance of verse 21 we must look at the preceding passage which tells of the Pharisees’ continued hostility to Jesus. It was because he was rejected by the religious leaders then that Jesus decided to “leave that place” and “withdraw” to  a foreign environment, “the region of Tyre and Sidon”, ending up experiencing  a radically new dimension to his mission. So often  an experience of rejection leads to new possibilities being opened up. Our “region of Tyre and Sidon” turns out to be a place of new beginnings.

Lent 3rd Sunday A - The Samaritan Woman

3rd Lent A from Jaimelito Gealan

A Samaritan Woman Evangelist:

There is a Greek monastery at Mount Athos in which nothing female is allowed. Men can enter but not women, roosters but not hens, horses but not mares, bulls but not cows.  Armed guards patrol the border to insure that nothing feminine passes the gates.  It has been this way for more than 700 years. [Arnold Prater, The Presence, (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1993).]  Separate but definitely not equal: that has been the attitude toward women of many churches through the ages.  So, it's really remarkable that this particular Samaritan evangelist happens to be a woman.  She would be as surprised about it as anybody.  When she first met Jesus, she was surprised that even he talked to her.  Once converted, she became an evangelist, enthusiastically introducing Jesus to her fellow villagers. (Fr. Tony Kadavil)

29th Sunday C - Persistent Widow

29th sunday c from heartnoi2k

Michel de Verteuil
General Comments

5th Sunday of Lent C - Woman Caught in Adultery

5th Lent C from Jaimelito Gealan

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Gospel reading: John 8:1-11

Michel de Verteuil
General Comments
There are three people in today’s passage:
•  the woman;
•  the group called “scribes and Pharisees”;
•  Jesus.
As always, in your meditation you must let yourself enter the story from the viewpoint of one of the three.
•The woman was guilty of a sexual sin, but her story evokes any experience of having done something shameful in a moment of great vulnerability.

Sudha Murthy of Infosys - A Woman of Caliber and Goodness

Understandig Women - william Golding

Kerala Woman Gets Her Face covered with Honey Bees

Awesome: 81 Year old Woman Climbing an 85 foot Pole and more

Malala in Canada

A Polish Woman Describes her Experience of India

Girls - Training them to Assert

Amazing Woman of Faith and Skills with Arrows

Women need to sleep Longer than men

When 'cultural sensitivity' becomes 'cultural accommodation'

 Excluding women from the foot-washing ceremony on Holy Thursday betrays an understanding of Jesus' message of service.    

By Father Michael Kelly
Bangkok:  The decision by parts of the Catholic Church in India to differ with Pope Francis' decision to allow women to have their feet washed in the ceremony on Holy Thursday is puzzling to say the least.

Their reason given is simple. The inclusion of women in a ceremony where a man (the celebrant) washes the feet of a woman as one of the 12 people who participate in the re-enactment of Jesus actions on the first Holy Thursday would offend against "cultural sensitivities."

India's Sister Lucy Kurien: a life of self-less service

For nearly 20 year's her shelters have helped women and children desperately in need.

Indian President Pranab Mukherjee presents Sister Lucy Kurien with the Nari Shakti (women empowerment) award, March 8. (Photo courtesy of Sister Lucy Kurien)

New Delhi:  Be it the mentally challenged, HIV infected, old women or street children, Sister Lucy Kurien's homes are open for all.

Through her organization — called Maher (mother's home) — Sister Kurien assists destitute women and children irrespective of caste, creed or religion.

"The focus is always on the street, especially the women who are mentally challenged and those suffering from HIV," said Sister Kurien, who belongs to the Sisters of the Cross of Chavanod.