AD SENSE

Incredible chase of Cheetah-Gazelle ends into a Toyota


THE PEARL NECKLACE!!!

There was this pretty 8 year-old girl who was checking out at a store with her mother and saw a plastic pearl necklace. She wanted that necklace very badly and when she asked her mother if she would buy it for her, her mother said, "Well, it is a pretty necklace, but it costs an awful lot of money. I'll buy you the necklace provided when we get home you can clean up your room & your bed. Okay?"

Discipleship in Luke's Gospel: 11 Sundays Readings

1. First the disciples witness the Lord's mission:
    a. Raising the dead (Sunday 10 C)
    b. Mercy on the woman in Simon's house (Sunday 11 C)
2. Then they recognize him as the Messiah (Peter) (12C)
3. Now he calls them, asking them to leave behind everything else - all attachments (13 C)
4. They are ready now to be sent out with a mission. They go in pairs with a mission. (14C)
5. Their mission is to be a neighbour to all. Who's my neighbour? Jews and gentiles, men and women, whites and blacks, saints and sinners. (15 C)
6. As disciples, we need to balance between our work and worship, action and contemplation. Mary and Martha. (16 C)

We reap what we sow: Violence and Faith Expressions

Billy Graham's  daughter was interviewed on the  Early Show and  Jane Clayson asked her "How could God let  something like this happen?" (regarding the  attacks on Sept. 11).  Anne Graham gave  an extremely profound and insightful  response. She said "I believe God is deeply saddened by  this, just as we are, but for years we've been  telling God to get out of our schools, to get  out of our government and to get  out of our  lives.  And being the  gentleman He is, I believe He has  calmly backed out. 
 

16 Sunday C - Hospitality & Contemplation

Greetings
To us is proclaimed in this assembly
the mystery of God.
That mystery is Christ among us.
He speaks his word of wisdom to us.
May we listen to his words
and may Christ our Lord be with you.
R/ And also with you.
Introduction by the Celebrant
A. Jesus, Our Host And Guest 
How hospitable to people are we in reality? How many people are there about whom we say: I will never allow this person to set foot in my home? And when people are my guests, do I just fuss about them, stuffing them with all sorts of good things but having no time to listen to them? Let's look at our host Jesus in this Eucharist and listen to what he says about hospitality.

16 Sunday C: Mary and Martha: Work and Worship


Gospel Text: Luke 10:38-42
Jesus & Martha
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Michel de Verteuil
General Textual Comments
Here is another very famous story which you must meditate on personally, letting yourself be guided by your feelings.
The passage has given rise to deep and sometimes mystical interpretations, but at root it is a simple story of human relationships and your meditation must start there.
You may like to focus on Jesus. See him as a model human being, receiving the hospitality of the sisters, accepting the love of Mary, teaching Martha wisdom, kindly but firmly.

15th Sunday C- Liturgy

1. The Law Is in Your Heart 2. Prove Yourself a Neighbor Greeting (See Second Reading)

May the Word of God be very near to us in our mouths and in our hearts, and may Jesus, the living Word and our Lord, always be with you. R/ And also with you.


Introduction by the Celebrant

15 Sunday C::Good Samaritan


  the-good-samaritan
Michel de VerteuilGeneral Textual Comments
The gospel text for the Sunday is taken mainly with the parable of the Good Samaritan, one of the most famous of all of Jesus’ parables.