A Shepherd Who Smells of His Sheep
Pope Francis' First Apostolic Visit Brings a New Take on World Youth Day
By Junno Arocho Esteves
Francis standing in line with other passengers carrying his own bag - on his way to Brazil. A Rare sight for a Pope!!!
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ROME, July 23, 2013 (Zenit.org) - As the Alitalia flight carrying Pope Francis landed in Rio de Janeiro, a palpable excitement filled the air as hundreds of thousands filled the streets of Brazil and millions following on TV and Internet, awaited the arrival of the first Latin American Pope in South America.
What the Bible Says About Money (Shocking)
Most people know Sean Hyman from his regular appearances on Fox Business, CNBC, and Bloomberg Television, but what they don’t know is that Sean is a former pastor, and that his secret to investing is woven within the Bible.
Perhaps that can explain why, despite his uncanny ability to predict precise moves in the stock market, Sean is often laughed at for his unique stance on investing.
Perhaps that can explain why, despite his uncanny ability to predict precise moves in the stock market, Sean is often laughed at for his unique stance on investing.
17 Sunday C - Teach us to Pray - Homilies
Thomas O’Loughlin
Introduction to the Celebration
Gospel Notes
Introduction to the Celebration
We are assembled here, not as a bunch of individuals, but as distinct members of a single body. This is something that we recall in a special way today when we read a story about the first disciples asking to be taught how to prayer together. We are the people who can call God our Father, who gather now to thank him and praise his name, who gather to ask him for our daily needs, and who ask him to forgive us as we forgive others. We need to pause now and recall our need of forgiveness for ourselves, and Jesus’s call to us to forgive others.
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Sean GoanGospel Notes
Staying with the important theme of prayer, this week’s extract from Luke brings the teaching on prayer that accompanied the giving of the Our Father. In Luke, Jesus teaches this prayer because the disciples have asked for his help. The form of the prayer is the short one, as opposed to the longer version in Matthew which was adopted by the church as the version for use in the liturgy. In its short form we see even more clearly how this simple prayer has all that we need. We praise God as Father, we acknowledge that we want what he wants and that we trust him to look after us. We also recognise our need for forgiveness and our willingness to forgive. Finally we ask that in the life of faith we will not have to endure anything that would cause us to lose that faith. In what follows, Jesus uses the images of the unwilling friend and the caring parent to make us think about the relationship with God that should lie behind our prayer. God is the loving Father and in giving us the Holy Spirit he is holding back nothing.
New Generation
Girl: Dad, I'm in love with a boy who is far away from
me. I am in Ghana
and he lives in UK.
and he lives in UK.
HR Manager in Heaven!!!
| One
day while walking down the street a highly successful Human Resources Manager
was tragically hit by a bus and she died. Her soul arrived up in heaven where
she was greeted by God himself. "Welcome to Heaven," said God. "Before you get settled in though, it seems we have a problem. You see, strangely enough, we've never once had a Human Resources Manager make it this far and we're not really sure what to do with you." "No problem, just let me in," said the woman. |
Angel of Death - Story
Its time we realize what is most important
When the angel of death came to Joe Smith, to accompany him to his real home, Joe dismissively responded “I am not ready to die as I have so much left to do. Do you mind coming back later?”
Better Management of Church Finances
Francis, Bishop of
Rome, has appointed an eight-member commission to study the function of the
Vatican Bank, and to suggest steps to be taken to improve not only its
functioning but also its integrity. For some years the Vatican Bank has been
functioning like ‘a den of thieves’ (Mk 11.17). When John Paul I became the
Bishop of Rome there was fear that he would go into the functioning of the
Vatican Bank. That was one reason why he was murdered. The eight-member
commission appointed by Francis has seven lay persons and only one cleric. The
president of this commission is a lay person. Can we learn something from
Francis?
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