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Wisdom from widows
Two of today’s readings contain stories of widows in desperate life circumstances.
These stories teach essential lessons in recognizing and reaching for abundant and lasting life.
Come and find out.
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Is God too demanding to require us to love Him with ALL our hearts, ALL our souls and ALL our strength?
Modern people are multi-tasking. It is impossible to love God with ALL our strength. But nothing is impossible for God. Jesus is able to power up our mustard-seed like faith to move mountains. So, Jesus is able to charge up our 0.1% strength to love Him. Amen.
Do you agree? Come and share.
Readings for this week: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/110324.cfm
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Let your faith bring you hope and grace.
We are used to thinking that all people qualify for discipleship. This is true. However, today's readings teach that we must respond with Faith for the hope and grace to come. Come join us so that you too may partake in God's
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Entrusted with the Mission.
Pope John Paul II, addressing thousands of young people at the 8th World Youth Day in Denver, USD said, "Do not be afraid to go out on the streets like the first apostles who preached Christ and the Good news of salvation in the squares of cities, towns and villages."
How do you profess the good news?
Click here to download the Mission Sunday Readings.
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Following Jesus
Go, sell what you have, and give to the poor...then come, follow me."
Today’s readings focus on the demands of radical discipleship. Following Jesus which involves non-attachment to material things appears impossible to us. But let us remember, all things are possible for God.
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Harmony
God created the universe as a harmonious assembly to sustain and nurture life. This Sunday's readings focus on the relationship within the human family, men, women and the children of course. After all, Jesus says we all belong to God and we are his brother and sister. Come my family.
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Our God is a God who embraces all and has a special predilection for the smallest and the poorest. In Jesus, his Son, God continues to call us to experience and share this universal love.
Download Sunday reading: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/092924.cfm
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The liturgy for this Sunday invites us to consider the true wisdom of following Jesus in the path of servanthood and childlikeness. Let us ask God's Spirit to grant us this wisdom that we may overcome all craving for false greatness and worldly values.
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Who do you say I am?
Jesus asks. This Sunday's readings invite us to reflect on the theme of right commitments. Life is full of choices. A believer must have a firm base and stand by the choices he or she has made. If you recognize Jesus as the Son of God, will you bear his cross with him?
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God's favor.
The readings of this Sunday are on the theme of God's grace. God wants us to open our eyes and ears to receive his healing grace. His only request is for us to be faithful.
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The Lord's words this Sunday challenge us to look deeply into our hearts, where the spirit of the law resides deeply. Are we ready to do this and make our act of worship consistent with our life?
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As we reach the end of John 6 which we have been reading for the past 4 Sundays, we are challenged to make a decision: shall we 'remain with Jesus' even if his teaching is hard to understand and to live out? May the Spirit help us accept the challenge of faithful discipleship.
Reading for this week: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/082524.cfm
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Receiving Divine Nourishment to gain wisdom
Receiving divine nourishment is all about receiving Jesus. He wants to remain in us and us in him. This will provide us with the wisdom to practice our faith together as a community so that we can all receive eternal salvation. Won't you join us please to taste the goodness of the Lord?
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Nourishment for life
3rd Sunday of a 5 Sunday series on the bread of life.
1st week was how just 5 Barley loaves and 2 fish filled the crowd. 2nd week was the wrong breads will not satisfy your hunger. 3rd week Jesus reminds us his nourishment will give us eternal life. Therefore, anything we do we must do it with the love of Christ in mind.
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Looking for the Wrong Bread of Life.
2nd Sunday of a 5 Sunday series on the bread of life.
Last week, we began to understand the nourishment of the 5 barley loaves and 2 fish. This second Sunday, in the bread of life sequence, discloses the alarming possibility of looking for the wrong type of nourishment, and seeking sustenance for life from the wrong sources. Sound familiar?
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Nourishing one another.
For the next five Sundays, the readings will follow a sequence of readings based on the "bread of life" from Chapter 6 of the Gospel of John. The unifying theme is that of Jesus, sustaining believers through the provision of special nourishment. This Sunday, let's start with five barley loaves and two fish.
Readings for this week: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072824.cfm
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Come home to God
Sunday's readings focus on gathering of that which has been scattered. This original God intended harmony was lost plunging the world and the human community into disunity. God will not allow his design to be disfigured. He is calling you to gather to restore harmony with each other and him.
How will you respond?
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Our lady the best disciple
This Sunday, our church of OLMC celebrates the feast of OLMC. The readings are all in honor of our lady who teaches us to open to God and his will without fear; always have faith, hope and love; and to pray to find God in all that happens around us.
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Strength in weakness, is it possible?
This Sunday we reflect on this theme. In our society, strengths and weaknesses are usually considered in opposition to one another. However, in the biblical understanding, they are often presented as complementary. We are weak but strengthened by the Grace of Christ.
Come gather!
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Generosity from the heart
Sunday's liturgy calls for a reflection on one of the most important human virtues that connect us to others in our communities - generosity.
Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/063024.cfm
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