Kathryn Lopez
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Do we keep Jesus in one place so that He doesn't bother us too much? Do we have the courage to set Him free in our lives? #HomilyInATweet
— Sister Chelsea (@Chelsea_Moxley) May 12, 2015
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Why It's Better for Jesus to Go Away, so that we may receive the greatest gift of God most high – http://t.co/rlY955mI1M
— Fr. Roger Landry (@FrRogerLandry) May 12, 2015
4. From the Liturgy of the Hours today:
From a commentary on the psalms by Saint Augustine, bishop
(Ps 61, 4: CCL 39, 773-775)The sufferings of Christ are not in Christ alone
Jesus Christ is one man with head and body, the Savior of the body and the members of the body, two in one flesh, in one voice, in one passion, and, when wickedness has passed away, in one state of rest. The sufferings of Christ are therefore not in Christ alone; yes, but the sufferings of Christ are only in Christ.
If by Christ you mean both head and body, the sufferings of Christ are only in Christ. But if by Christ you mean only the head, then the sufferings of Christ are not in Christ alone. For if the sufferings of Christ are in Christ alone, how can the apostle Paul, as a member of Christ, say this: That I may fill up in my flesh what is lacking of the sufferings of Christ?
If then you are among the members of Christ, whatever human being you are, whoever you are that hears this, whoever you are that does not hear this (but if you are among the members of Christ you do hear this), whatever you suffer at the hands of those who are not among the members of Christ was lacking to the sufferings of Christ.
Your sufferings are added because they were lacking. You fill up a measure, you do not pour something that overflows. You suffer as much as needed to be added from your sufferings to the total suffering of Christ, who suffered as our head, and suffers in his members, that is, in ourselves.
Each one of us in his own measure pays his debt to what may be called this commonwealth of ours. In proportion to our store of strength we contribute as it were a tax of suffering. The final reckoning of all suffering will not take place until the world has come to an end.
Do not then imagine, brethren, that all the just who suffered persecution at the hands of the wicked, even those who were sent to foretell the coming of the Lord before he came, did not belong to the members of Christ. God forbid that one who belongs to the city which has Christ for king should not belong to the members of Christ.
In the blood of Abel, the just one, the whole city speaks, and so on until the blood of Zechariah. From then, it is the same city that goes on speaking in the blood of John, in the blood of the apostles, in the blood of the martyrs, in the blood of Christ’s faithful people.
RESPONSORY
Revelation 21:4; 7:16The Lord shall wipe away every tear from the eyes of his saints,
and there shall no longer be mourning,
nor crying, nor pain,
– for all that used to be has passed away, alleluia.They shall never again know hunger or thirst,
nor shall the sun and the dry winds beat down on them.
– For all that used to be has passed away, alleluia.CONCLUDING PRAYER
Let us pray.
Father,
we honor Saints Nereus and Achilleus for their courage
in dying to profess their faith.
May we experience the help of their prayers
at the throne of your mercy.
Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
– Amen.
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By his martyrdom at such a young age, Saint Pancras witnesses to the universal truth of Christ's paschal triumph. #HomilyTweet #Ordinariate
— Fr James Bradley (@FrJamesBradley) May 12, 2015
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Papal preacher says Christian churches are drawing closer together http://t.co/QSnP0rmDCF pic.twitter.com/552RMY5K33
— Catholic Herald (@CatholicHerald) May 11, 2015
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At the Shrine of Blessed Seelos. Statue of Our Lady in the church garden… https://t.co/rlu72VjqL3
— Sr. Julia Darrenkamp (@SrJuliaMary) May 13, 2015
8.
it's Tuesday, but it's not just an ordinary Tuesday. it's still Easter, and Pentecost is coming.
— Rachel Allen (@rachel_m_allen) May 12, 2015
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Keep your eyes on the #HolySpirit #homilytweet
— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) May 12, 2015
You will be delivered from the evil within you. Follow the #HolySpirit. #homilytweet
— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) May 12, 2015
Believe that the will of God is the best. Take it. Accept it. Obey Him. Desire this. #homilytweet
— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) May 12, 2015
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The Power of the Memorare – http://t.co/inSiVhl7jH
— Fr. Roger Landry (@FrRogerLandry) May 12, 2015
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