Kathryn Lopez
1.
Intense love does not measure, it just gives. Bl. Teresa of Calcutta
— Fr. Patrick Brennan (@Pathound) June 18, 2015
2. Do not forget the Father’s mercy. From St. Cyprian in the Liturgy of the Hours today:
As the Lord’s Prayer continues, we ask: Give us this day our daily bread. We can understand this petition in a spiritual and in a literal sense. For in the divine plan both senses may help toward our salvation. For Christ is the bread of life; this bread does not belong to everyone, but is ours alone. When we say, our Father, we understand that he is the father of those who know him and believe in him. In the same way we speak of our daily bread, because Christ is the bread of those who touch his body.
Now, we who live in Christ and receive his eucharist, the food of salvation, ask for this bread to be given us every day. Otherwise we may be forced to abstain from this communion because of some serious sin. In this way we shall be separated from the body of Christ, as he taught us in the words: I am the bread of life which has come down from heaven. Anyone who eats my bread will live for ever and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world. Christ is saying, then, that anyone who eats his bread will live for ever. Clearly they possess life who approach his body and share in the Eucharistic communion. For this reason we should be apprehensive and pray that no one has to abstain from this communion, lest he be separated from the body of Christ and be far from salvation. Christ has warned of this: If you do not eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood you will have no life in you. We pray for our daily bread, Christ, to be given to us. With his help, we who live and abide in him will never be separated from his body and his grace.
After this we ask pardon for our sins, in the words: and forgive us our trespasses. The gift of bread is followed by a prayer for forgiveness. To be reminded that we are sinners and forced to ask forgiveness for our faults is prudent and sound. Even while we are asking God’s forgiveness, our hearts are aware of our state! This command to pray daily for our sins reminds us that we commit sin every day. No one should complacently think himself innocent, lest his pride lead to further sin. Such is the warning that John gives us in his letter: If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, the Lord is faithful and just, and will forgive our sins. His letter includes both points, that we should beg for forgiveness for our sins, and that we receive pardon when we do. He calls the Lord faithful, because he remains loyal to his promise, by forgiving us our sins. He both taught us to pray for our sins and our faults, and also promised to show us a father’s mercy and forgiveness.
3.
Today's homily: the Sermon on the Mount teaches us to be Lovers and not just seek justice
https://t.co/iy8gpZhe0t
— Fr Lawrence Lew OP (@LawrenceOP) June 18, 2015
4. From Magnificat today in a meditation from the late Jesuit Father Alfred Delp, S.J., titled: “Hallowed Be Thy Name”:
How little there is to say once we have said this. And how much that is said is mere cant. We have so many pious phrases that are utterly without genuine reverence for God. Religious chastity and silence go well together.
Let us resume the practice of giving names to life and to things. I have been a mere number long enough to know what it means to be nameless and what effect it has on life. As long as life itself has no name, or at least none that it honors, people and things will continue to lose their identity in the dreadful regimentation and anonymity into which we have sunk.
Life has a sensitive nervous system through which everything is connected. Since the name of God is no longer the first and foremost of all names in the land and the voice of the people, then everything else that was once previous and prized has lots its name and been subjected to false and falsifying labels. The cliché, the label, the uniform, the slogan, the “dominant trend of the masses”—these are our rulers. And pity the one who dares to differ, to proclaim his own thoughts or use his own name.
Prayer is our way to freedom, and education in the method of prayer ios the most valuable service that can be given to humankind. It makes it possible for the temple and the altar to occupy again their rightful place, and for humanity to humble itself and measure its resposnibilities in the name of God.
5.
Living on God’s Every Word: Sacred Scripture in a Plan of Life – http://t.co/gVFi846NeD
— Fr. Roger Landry (@FrRogerLandry) June 16, 2015
6.
Do not forget God! Do not forget man! Do not forget Creation, as it is from the Creator, who created us. http://t.co/iQ8QzqPG1k #LaudatoSi
— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) June 18, 2015
7.
"True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice". Saint Francis of Assisi pic.twitter.com/VgwlUIUH3v
— FrSteveGrunow (@FrSteveGrunow) June 18, 2015
8.
Nothing we come up with ourselves even comes close to the creation of God! #LaudatoSi #encyclical pic.twitter.com/2IGfVafJD2
— USCCB Marriage (@MUR_USCCB) June 18, 2015
9.
What wondrous love is this O my soul! pic.twitter.com/ifFIUAFpiD
— FrSteveGrunow (@FrSteveGrunow) June 18, 2015
10.
St Ephraem the Syrian (18 June EF)
"He shone with the splendour of all virtues"
«Omnium virtutum spendore entuit» pic.twitter.com/4EWeuJtP3k
— Fr Brad Sweet (@BradBradsweet) June 18, 2015
Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In