4 Sunday A - Blessed Are you ....

Gospel Text: Matthew 5:1-12
  

 
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Michel DeVerteuil 
General comments
On this Sunday the “continuous reading” of St Matthew’s gospel (see last week’s “guidelines”) leads us to the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus’ long discourse which runs from chapters 5 to 7 and has always been recognised as a summary of all his teaching.

Jan 27- Feb 1: 3rd Week - Reflections

Jan 27 Monday (Angela Merici Virgin, 

https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-angela-merici/ ): Mk 3:22-30: 22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul, and by the prince of demons he casts out the demons.” 23 And he called them to him, and said to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan? 24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. 26 And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but is coming to an end. 27 But no one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods unless he first binds the strong man; then indeed he may plunder his house.

Conversion of St. Paul: Reflection & Liturgy

Acts 22:3-16 or Acts 9:1-22 / Mark 16:15-18

Jesus reveals himself to Paul: “I am Jesus, whom you persecute.”

We sometimes hear people say, “I believe in God, and I believe in Jesus, but I don’t believe in the Church.” When we hear people say this, we want to cry out: “But there’s no Jesus apart from the Church. Ever since Pentecost, Jesus and his Church have formed one body.” Trying to separate Jesus from the community of his followers is like trying to separate one’s head from one’s body.

3 Sunday A - Be a Light for Those in Darkness

3rd Sunday A from heartnoi2k

From The Connections:
‘My Monastery Is a Minivan’

When asked our religion, most of us would describe ourselves as “Catholic” or “Christian.”  But we would tend to back away from daring to call ourselves “disciple” or “follower.”  That description rightly belongs to the great heroes of our faith: the apostles and holy men and women of the Gospel, the saints and martyrs, the Francises of Assisi, the Mother Teresas, the Thomas Mertons, the Dorothy Days, the Albert Schweitzers.  Our lives are too ordinary, our professions too worldly to dare imagine that we are doing the work of the Gospel Jesus.

Jan 20-25: Daily Reflections

Jan 20 Monday (St. Fabian, Pope and Martyr, 

https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-fabian/ and St Sebastian, Martyr) 

https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-sebastian/ :

Mk 2:18-22: 18 Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting; and people came and said to him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?”

Muslim Invasion of UK

TAKE OVER of Britain who to blame for passively succumbed to the Muslim invasion?
Mayor of London ... MUSLIM
Mayor of Birmingham ... MUSLIM
Mayor of Leeds ... MUSLIM
Mayor of Blackburn ... MUSLIM
Mayor of Sheffield ... MUSLIM
Mayor of Oxford ... MUSLIM
Mayor of Luton ... MUSLIM
Mayor of Oldham ... MUSLIM
Mayor of Rockdale ... MUSLIM.

Steve Gouves dies a billionaire

Steve Gouves dies a billionaire, with a fortune of $7billion, at the age of 56 from pancreatic cancer, & here are some of his last words:

CYCLE A: HOMILIES AND STORIES

CYCLE A: CLICK ON THE TITLES:

ADVENT-1	ADVENT-2	ADVENT-3	ADVENT-4	CHRISTMAS
H. FAMILY	N.Y. -MARY	EPIPHANY	BAPTISM	2 SUNDAY
3 SUNDAY	4 SUNDAY	5 SUNDAY	6 SUNDAY	7 SUNDAY
8 SUNDAY	ASH WED	LENT 1	LENT 2	LENT 3
LENT 4	LENT 5	PALM SUN	H.THURSDAY	G. FRIDAY
EASTER	EASTER-2	EASTER-3	EASTER-4	EASTER-5
EASTER-6	ASCENSION	PENTECOST	H. TRINITY	BODY BLOOD
10 SUNDAY	11 SUNDAY	12 SUNDAY	13 SUNDAY	14 SUNDAY
15 SUNDAY	16 SUNDAY	17 SUNDAY	18 SUNDAY	19 SUNDAY
20 SUNDAY	21 SUNDAY	22 SUNDAY	23 SUNDAY	24 SUNDAY
25 SUNDAY	26 SUNDAY	27 SUNDAY	28 SUNDAY	29 SUNDAY
30 SUNDAY	31 SUNDAY	32 SUNDAY	33 SUNDAY	C. KING
PRESENTATIO	SEP 8: MONTI	SEP 15	ALL SOULS	TEACHERS’D
MOTHERS’ D	FATHERS’ D	THANKSGIVING	TRANSFIGUR	LENT - GEN
TEMPTATION	LENT-EXOD	PASSION	EASTER VIGI
CHRISTMAS-IL	FAMILY

Jan 13-18: 1st Week - Daily Reflections

Jan 13: Monday (St. Hilary, Bp, Dr)

 https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-hilary/:

Mk 1: 14-20: 14 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, 15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and believe in the gospel.” 16 And passing along by the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net in the sea; for they were fishermen. 17 And Jesus said to them, “Follow me and I will make you become fishers of men.” 18 And immediately they left their nets and followed him.19 And going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, who were in their boat mending the nets. 20 And immediately he called them; and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants and followed him. USCCB video reflections: 

Baptism of the Lord, Year A

Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7 / Acts 10:34-38 / Matthew 3:13-17

As a matter of fact, about 70% of the earth’s surface is covered with water. That is quite a lot of water.