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Friday 13 January 2017 Friday of week 1 in Ordinary Time   or Saint Hilary, Bishop, Doctor  Liturgical Colour: Green. Readings at Mass ________ Entrance Antiphon Upon a lofty throne, I saw a man seated, whom a host of angels adore, singing in unison: Behold him, the name of whose empire is eternal. ________ Collect Attend to the pleas of your people with heavenly care, O Lord, we pray, that they may see what must be done and gain strength to do what they have seen. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. ________ First reading Hebrews 4:1-5,11 Be careful: the promise of reaching the place of rest that God had for the Israelites still holds good, and none of you must think that he has come too late for it. We received the Good News exactly as they did; but hearing the message did them no good because they did not share the faith of those who ...

MOTHER TERESA SAYS    "Suffering is nothing by itself. But suffering shared with the passion of Christ is a wonderful gift, the most beautiful gift, a token of love."

Today's Verse “So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us work for the good of all, and especially for those of the family of faith.”- Galatians 6:10 As Christians we are on display for the world to see. We need to be an example of all that is good, because if we aren’t it is too easy for people to point out our faults, to make a mockery of God and all that entails. Being good is the way God wants us to live, and that is in accordance to His Word. Being gracious goes along with goodness, in that “gracious” means to show kindness. Let us show all His attributes by exhibiting our love for Him to others. Just think of the possibilities that could come of us setting an example of God’s goodness and graciousness. What a wonderful change in the world it would make. - Commentary by: Anna Pachaud Today's Prayer Lord, help me be a vessel to share Your love and goodness with everyone I meet. Whether it is in person, through commentaries lik...

Thursday 12 January 2017 Thursday of week 1 in Ordinary Time  About Today Year: A(I). Psalm week: 1. Liturgical Colour: Green. Other saints: St Aelred of Rievaulx (1110 - 1167) England: 12 Jan Hexham & Newcastle: 11 Jan Aelred was born in Hexham in around 1109. His family was well connected and at an early age he was sent into the service of King David of Scotland. There he rose to the position of Master of the Royal Household. In time he became attracted to the religious life, but he was also much attached to the life he lived at court and to King David himself. It took a considerable personal struggle for him at the age of 24 to give up his secular pursuits and to enter the newly founded Cistercian monastery of Rievaulx in Yorkshire in 1133. At 34 he moved from there and took charge of a new foundation in Lincolnshire. But within four years he had returned to Rievaulx as Abbot where he remained for the rest of his life. He died in 1167.     Aelre...

Thursday 12 January 2017 Thursday of week 1 in Ordinary Time  Liturgical Colour: Green. Readings at Mass ________ Entrance Antiphon Upon a lofty throne, I saw a man seated, whom a host of angels adore, singing in unison: Behold him, the name of whose empire is eternal. ________ Collect Attend to the pleas of your people with heavenly care, O Lord, we pray, that they may see what must be done and gain strength to do what they have seen. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. ________ First reading Hebrews 3:7-14 The Holy Spirit says: If only you would listen to him today; do not harden your hearts, as happened in the Rebellion, on the Day of Temptation in the wilderness, when your ancestors challenged me and tested me, though they had seen what I could do for forty years. That was why I was angry with that generation and said: How unreliable these peop...

Mother  Teresa Says  "I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things."

Wednesday 11 January 2017 Wednesday of week 1 in Ordinary Time  Liturgical Colour: Green. Readings at Mass ________ Entrance Antiphon Upon a lofty throne, I saw a man seated, whom a host of angels adore, singing in unison: Behold him, the name of whose empire is eternal. ________ Collect Attend to the pleas of your people with heavenly care, O Lord, we pray, that they may see what must be done and gain strength to do what they have seen. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. ________ First reading Hebrews 2:14-18 Since all the children share the same blood and flesh, Christ too shared equally in it, so that by his death he could take away all the power of the devil, who had power over death, and set free all those who had been held in slavery all their lives by the fear of death. For it was not the angels that he took to himself; he took to himself d...

Tuesday 10 January 2017 Tuesday of week 1 in Ordinary Time Liturgical Colour: Green. Readings at Mass ________ Entrance Antiphon Upon a lofty throne, I saw a man seated, whom a host of angels adore, singing in unison: Behold him, the name of whose empire is eternal. ________ Collect Attend to the pleas of your people with heavenly care, O Lord, we pray, that they may see what must be done and gain strength to do what they have seen. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. ________ First reading Hebrews 2:5-12 God did not appoint angels to be rulers of the world to come, and that world is what we are talking about. Somewhere there is a passage that shows us this. It runs: What is man that you should spare a thought for him, the son of man that you should care for him? For a short while you made him lower than the angels; you crowned him with glory and sp...

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