CHRIST STANDS NEAR ME

POINTS TO PONDER

1. Withdraw your heart from the world before God takes your

body from it.- St. John of Avila.

2. A reporter asked Sister Theresa of Calcutta:   Why do you

 Catholics consider Mary so important?

She replied: No Mary No Jesus. 

Her response was along the lines of, “It’s really quite simple: Mary is the mother of Jesus; without her he wouldn’t have been born. No Mary, no Jesus.”


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MEANING OF THE SIGN OF THE CROSS

GOD'S LOVE

 

If Jesus had not established the Eucharist we would have forgotten the crucifixion. It would have faded into the past and we would have forgotten that Jesus loved us. There is a saying that to be far away from the eyes is to be far away from the heart. To make sure that we do not forget, Jesus gave us the Eucharist as a memorial of His love.



—Bl. Mother Teresa of Calcutta

GOD

 

 Hungry for God? God is thirsting for you! Come to Him and give Him your heart. He will satiate your every desires. Only God can fill you, heal you, and love you the way you should be truly loved!

COME AS YOU ARE

God  already knows everything. Come as you are.
There is no need to put off receiving God's gift of salvation. Start behaving better, or anything of the sort before you can become follower of Christ. You can take the first step right now.

Open your heart to God and receive Him.  He is ready to receive you.

7TH SUNDAY YEAR A ORDINARY TIME

 This Sunday Christ reminds His people must think not of their rights but of their duties as His followers.

 The most difficult words we pray today and every day, are those words found in the Lord's Prayer: "Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us." 

Christianity is a radical way of life.

Jesus is not saying that we ought to allow ourselves to be abused. We should retain the moral high ground and rise above the fray. This, therefore, is not so much about inviting further injury as refraining from retaliation, not perpetuating a disagreement.

Jesus' way of non-resistance to the evil man is not dreamy idealism.  It is part of His call to a complete love - a perfect love that includes even our enemies. We cannot achieve that love on our own power, but only by his grace which is showered upon us by prayer and receiving the sacraments.