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The young lad in the Gospel story is an image of innocent humility. He offers the little he has, five loaves and two fishes. It is the virtues of humility, meekness and patience that will enable the Body of Christ to maintain its unity, one body and one Spirit, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, under one God and Father of us all.
Every priest must reflect on the decisions he makes and that which he teaches — for he handles the things of the God for the people of God. When we stop reflecting on and seeking to be faithful to that which we have received and has been handed on by our forebears, then is the moment of greatest danger for the deacon, priest or prelate. “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!”
Most of us are not great in the eyes of the world, yet God has called us in Christ into the world to bear witness to his voice. What is it that will enable us like the prophets, saints and martyrs to continue to proclaim and to live the life of faith despite the difficulties, trials and persecutions we might face?
“He could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands upon a few sick people and healed them. And he marvelled because of their unbelief.”
In our Gospel reading we see Christ standing in the same tradition as the prophets before him. He is not only rejected here, but will eventually be abandoned by most of his disciples and be hung upon a tree. Christ marvels at the unbelief of those who have known him from his earliest years. It seems that they could not see what was in front of them.
Today
With the Gift of Piety we love God our Father. It inspires us to love and respect for His sake persons and things consecrated to Him. Join in the Pentecost Novena to the Holy Spirit on our website.
Pentecost Novena: Day 3: The Gift of Piety
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With the Gift of Piety we love God our Father. It inspires us to love and respect for His sake persons and things consecrated to Him.0 CommentsComment on Facebook
Tomorrow is the Seventh Sunday of Easter, the Sunday after Ascension. Join us for Mass celebrated according to Divine Worship at 11:30am at Christ the King Church. This week the Parish and Ordinariate Mass includes the First Holy Communion of a number of our children.
This Sunday falls in the space between the Ascension and Pentecost, when the Apostles and Our Lady “devoted themselves to prayer.”
“O God, the King of glory, who hast exalted thine only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph unto thy kingdom in heaven: we beseech thee, leave us not comfortless, but send to us thy Holy Spirit to comfort us, and exalt us unto the same place whither our Saviour Christ is gone before; who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen.”
Seventh Sunday of Easter (Sunday after Ascension)
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The Gift of Fear is the fear that is the beginning of wisdom, detaching us from worldly pleasures that could in any way separate us from God. Join in the Pentecost Novena to the Holy Spirit on our website.
Pentecost Novena: Day 2: The Gift of Fear
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The Gift of Fear is the fear that is the beginning of wisdom, detaching us from worldly pleasures that could in any way separate us from God.0 CommentsComment on Facebook
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