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Follow me: Feast of Saint Andrew, Ap. (30th November, 2017).

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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Homily (Reflection) for the Feast of Saint
Andrew, Ap. (30<sup>th</sup> November, 2017) on the Gospel and the Feast</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Saint John the Baptist before following Jesus Christ (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jn 1:35-40</b>). He was mentioned several times in the gospels, was a
fisherman by profession (cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 4:18; Mk
1:16</b>), brought the Gentiles to Jesus (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jn
12:20-22</b>), and pointed out the boy with the loaves and the fishes used in
feeding the five thousand (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jn 6:8-9</b>).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We see in today’s gospel the call of Saint Andrew whose feast
we celebrate today. He and his brother immediately left their source of
livelihood and followed Jesus without any form of resistance or assurance of a
better pay, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 4:20</b>. James and
John, sons of Zebedee also left even their father and followed Jesus, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 4:22</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Remember that same Jesus who called Saint Andrew also called and
is still calling us today. Although we all must not leave our sources of
livelihood as Saint Andrew and his colleagues did but we all must live lives as
those who have been called out of the world, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jn 17:14-16</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Again, as Saint Andrew brought the Gentiles to Jesus, we are called
not just to be saved but especially to be channels through which others will know
Jesus. Bring as much people as possible to Christ through your words and your
actions. Remember that you are the light and salt of the earth, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 5:13-14</b>. Christians do not walk in
darkness and has no boundary with the evil one, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jn 8:12; 2Cor 6:15</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Let us pray: </span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Lord, we humbly ask you to help us
bring people to you through our words and actions today and forever – Amen.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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Follow me: Feast of Saint Andrew, Ap. (30th November, 2017).

Homily (Reflection) for the Feast of Saint Andrew, Ap. (30 th November, 2017) on the Gospel and the Feast Rom 10:9-18; Ps 18:2...

Although tough: Wednesday of the Thirty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time (I) (29th November, 2017).

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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Homily (Reflection) for Wednesday of
the Thirty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time (I) (29<sup>th</sup> November, 2017) on
the Gospel<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Dan 5:1-6.13-14.16-17.23-28;<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Dan 3:62-67. (R.v.59);<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Lk 21:12-19</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Topic: Although tough</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">In today’s gospel, Jesus said to His disciples, “...they will
arrest you and persecute you; they will hand you over to synagogues and
prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors because of my
name.” Furthermore, “You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers, by
relatives and friends; and they will put some of you to death. You will be
hated by all because of my name.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Whenever many read or hear these words of Jesus, they judge
them as something addressed to the people of old. However, when we read or hear
the ones we like, we claim them as addressed to us. This is ridiculous. We must
avoid deceiving ourselves. The words of Jesus are true for every age.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Although these words are really scaring but Jesus did not
stop there. He assures us, “So make up your minds not to prepare your defence
in advance; for I will give you words and a wisdom that none of your opponents
will be able to withstand or contradict.” Again, “But not a hair of your head
will perish.” We also read, “But even the hairs of your head are all numbered”
(<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 10:30, cf. Lk 12:7</b>).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Brothers and sisters, we must prepare our minds for the journey.
We must also shun all the false promises being made here and there all in the
name of Jesus. The assurance we received from Jesus Christ is salvation and
certainly that is the ultimate, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt
16:26; Lk 21:19</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Bible Reading</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">: </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">1Pt 4:12-19</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Thought for today:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> We must endure, cf. </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Lk 21:19; 2Tim 2:12</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Let us pray:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"> Lord, give us every grace that will
enable us accept the realities of our call – Amen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Although tough: Wednesday of the Thirty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time (I) (29th November, 2017).

Homily (Reflection) for Wednesday of the Thirty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time (I) (29 th November, 2017) on the Gospel Dan 5:1-6.13-14...

A must come: Tuesday of the Thirty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time (I) (28th November, 2017).

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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg10kYBzf70Nfx-YpErK6ePsV6WJ1nOmjeSSFNcC-bDlKKXYEe_bZBIoKpcniL378u_d_g2kWdAj0tyeNgJlq4dzmBgSY-msTbbd4EVUdumd73uj7jZrx1hXlFc8NAJZO_lB_uOmYJECAs/s1600/28.11.2017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="136" data-original-width="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg10kYBzf70Nfx-YpErK6ePsV6WJ1nOmjeSSFNcC-bDlKKXYEe_bZBIoKpcniL378u_d_g2kWdAj0tyeNgJlq4dzmBgSY-msTbbd4EVUdumd73uj7jZrx1hXlFc8NAJZO_lB_uOmYJECAs/s1600/28.11.2017.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jesus said to those speaking about how the temple was adorned
with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God, “As for these things that you
see, the days will come when not one stone will be left upon another; all will
be thrown down.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Although they sought for signs of the inevitable destruction,
they were not offered any because it was not necessary. Jesus informed them
that many things will happen and that many will either claim to be He or knows
where He is. But in all these, He urged all to be unwavering.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Just like the temple of Jerusalem, people admire a lot of things
we received from God. However, the days will come when one stone will not be
left upon another in each and every one of us. What will save us is not in the
signs but in living out our call as Christians in every circumstance. Let us conclude
with a very good advice from Saint Peter:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The end of all things is near; therefore be serious and discipline
yourselves.... maintain constant love for one another without complaining. Like
good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one another with whatever gift
each of you has received (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1Pt 4:7-10</b>)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Bible Reading</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">: 1Pt 4:1-11.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Let us pray:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"> Lord, give us the grace to be ever
ready for you – Amen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">May God bless you all+<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>

A must come: Tuesday of the Thirty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time (I) (28th November, 2017).

Homily (Reflection) for Tuesday of the Thirty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time (I) (28 th November, 2017) on the Gospel Dan 2:31-45; ...

True size of gift/offering: Monday of the Thirty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time (I) (27th November, 2017).

thepulpitonline.com 0 Weekday Homilies 05:07

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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Homily (Reflection) for Monday of the
Thirty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time (I) </span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">(<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">27<sup>th</sup> November,
2017</b>)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> on the Gospel<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Topic: True size of gift/offering</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSJKBZdQKiCyMgZ2GLjD4I84a04vY-EUgNasWOJ0IrUKtdDYU5GGvSNC1WY-0fCWPl6GH7ctv1bkNGnKRNYcZxNEk8RhcsfSmVNmuM6BFUFQJ9l5hNVaLxEaqAWzehfLQ-GrMNiqkJWWs/s1600/08.11.2015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="129" data-original-width="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSJKBZdQKiCyMgZ2GLjD4I84a04vY-EUgNasWOJ0IrUKtdDYU5GGvSNC1WY-0fCWPl6GH7ctv1bkNGnKRNYcZxNEk8RhcsfSmVNmuM6BFUFQJ9l5hNVaLxEaqAWzehfLQ-GrMNiqkJWWs/s1600/08.11.2015.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We normally measure what one gives in relation to what others
give or even to what we are expecting. For instance, in a fundraising the
person who gives the highest amount is normally tagged the highest donor. But
in today’s gospel, Jesus praised the poor widow who put in “two small copper
coins” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lk 21:2</b>) other than the rich
people who put in large sums. The rich offered out of their abundance but the
poor widow out of her poverty offered everything. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Therefore, the true size of gifts/offerings can be established
in relation to what one has not in relation to what others give or what is
expected. To whom much is given much is also expected, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lk 12:48</b>. Hence, Tobit rightly admonished his son in these words, “If
you have many possessions, make your gift from them in proportion; if few, do
not be afraid to give according to the little you have” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Tob 4:8</b>).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">So, do not measure what people give with what you want or
what others give but with what the giver has if you can truly do this. Otherwise,
it is God who truly knows what each person gives and will reward everyone
accordingly, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 10:42</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Bible Readings</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">: </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Lk 12:41-48</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Thought for today:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">What do you use to measure gifts/offerings?</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Let us pray:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Lord, help us to give freely and also
to receive with gratitude – Amen</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">May God bless you all+<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>

True size of gift/offering: Monday of the Thirty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time (I) (27th November, 2017).

Homily (Reflection) for Monday of the Thirty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time (I) ( 27 th November, 2017 ) on the Gospel Dan 1:1-6.8...

Celebrating Christ the King: Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, (A) (26th November, 2017).

thepulpitonline.com 0 Solemnities and Feasts, Sunday homilies 06:34

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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Homily (Reflection) for the Solemnity of
Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, (A) (26</span><sup><span style="font-size: small;">th</span></sup><span style="font-size: large;"> November,
2017) on the Gospel and the Solemnity<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Ezek
34:11-12.15-17;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Ps 22:1-3.5-6 (R.
v.1);</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 25:31-46</b>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">This Sunday is known
by various names for various reasons: 34</span><sup><span style="font-size: small;">th</span></sup><span style="font-size: large;"> Sunday of the year
because it is the Sunday after the 33</span><sup><span style="font-size: small;">rd</span></sup><span style="font-size: large;"> Sunday, last Sunday of the
Year because it is the last Sunday of the Church’s Liturgical Year, the
Solemnity of Christ the King because today, the Universal Church celebrates the
Solemnity of Christ the King. Again, in this part of the world because the
Solemnity of Corpus Christi falls in the rainy season, the Eucharistic
procession that accompanies it is shifted to the Solemnity of Christ the King.</span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxzpApVBNi0Fhzm7Clt6X6FCfsXORA_l_l7z2oR0ZOrp0RbTkUxscjrHtgQCEv6zn1Jh9-eC-Z-nA2TN3gVbHKidX6A5iL5Ij6zK6yU5qPBRyMUCJM5KQ7ruthIKoTx32ao-llVytphc8/s1600/26.11.2017.jpe" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="209" data-original-width="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxzpApVBNi0Fhzm7Clt6X6FCfsXORA_l_l7z2oR0ZOrp0RbTkUxscjrHtgQCEv6zn1Jh9-eC-Z-nA2TN3gVbHKidX6A5iL5Ij6zK6yU5qPBRyMUCJM5KQ7ruthIKoTx32ao-llVytphc8/s1600/26.11.2017.jpe" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">The Solemnity of
Christ the King was established in 1925 by Pope Pius XI as an antidote to the
secularism in the world. Just as today, people live their lives irrespective of
what God wants. Hence, what we profess today is our belief in the kingship of
Christ as a God the Word Incarnate, Redeemer and Judge of the living and the
dead. His kingdom is supreme, universal, eternal and spiritual.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Celebrating Christ the King</b>.<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">In more developed countries, the citizens
are bothered with what they will do for their countries. But in the less
developed countries, the reverse seems to be the case; people look forward to
seeing what the country will do for them. With this in mind, as we celebrate
the solemnity of Christ the universal King, what bothers you as Christ’s
subject – what Christ will do for you or what you can do for Him? There is no
doubt that we come to Christ the King today with our burdens just as we
normally do all the time after all he told us: “Come to me, all who labour and
are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 11:28</b>). But in the gospel, we saw the picture of how the
judgement day will be. It reads:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">All the nations will
be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another as a
shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, and he will put the sheep at his
right hand and the goats at his left (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt
25:32-33</b>).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">One might wonder: who are the sheep to be kept on the right?
We read from the gospel what the king (God) will say to them: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Come, you that are blessed by my
Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for
I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to
drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me
clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited
me (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 25:34-36</b>).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">You that are accursed, depart from
me into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was
hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink,
I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not give me
clothing, sick and in prison and you did not visit me (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 25:41-43</b>).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">As we can see the separation will not be based on any other
thing other than how much we are ready to give back to God. Probably one might
wonder like the nations that will be gathered how they could give something to
God. We can only achieve this by being helpful to our brothers and sisters.
Hence, we also read: “... Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the
least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 25:40, cf. Matt 25:45</b>).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Through the prophet Malachi God is asking us:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>“A son honours his father, and a servant his
master. If then I am a father, where is my honour? And if I am a master, where
is my fear? says the LORD of hosts ...” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mal
1:6</b>). God expects our gifts today as we celebrate Christ’s kingship. As we
consider what and how to offer to Christ our universal King let us read from
the address of Saint Andrew of Crete: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Let us greet him, not with olive
branches, but with the good deeds of mercy shown to one another. Let us strew
beneath his feet like garments the desires of our hearts, that he may walk in
us and dwell wholly in us, that he may reveal us whole in himself and himself
whole in us.... (In The Divine Office: The liturgy of the hours according to
the Roman rite, III, p. 770). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">So as we celebrate the solemnity of Christ the King we
should focus more on what we will do for God in our lives and in the lives of
our brothers and sisters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Bible Reading</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">: </span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Is 58:1-14; 59:1-21; Tob 4:5-19; Matt
5:38-48; Lk 6:27-36.</span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Thought for today:</b> <span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Is
Christ your King? If yes, what do you offer Him and if not, who is your King?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Let
us pray</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">: </span>God, as we
celebrate Christ your Son as the universal King, may we always be submissive to
His rule especially in all we do – Amen. </span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You are
free to share this reflection with others if you consider it worthy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">For more
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Celebrating Christ the King: Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, (A) (26th November, 2017).

Homily (Reflection) for the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, (A) (26 th November, 2017) on the Gospel and the ...

Rising from the dead: Saturday of the Thirty-Third Week in Ordinary Time (I) (25th November, 2017).

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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Sadducees who say there is no resurrection asked Jesus whose
wife a woman who was married in turns according to Moses’ law to seven brothers
will be on the day of resurrection. Jesus told them that marriage is for those
who belong to this age. Because,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">...those who are considered worthy of a place in that age and
in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.
Indeed they cannot die anymore, because they are like angles and are children
of God, being children of the resurrection.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The issue of rising from the dead is a common belief
especially among Christians. But to what extent we are aware that whoever wants
to rise into everlasting life must prepare for it is a thing of worry. The
lives many of us live contradict what we say loudly that we believe in, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Phil 3:18</b>. Rising from the dead into
everlasting life starts now by rising from sin. Whoever refuses to rise from
sin will end up into shame and everlasting contempt, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Dan 12:2</b>. In the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, those who do not make
everlasting life shall “be thrown into hell, where their worm never dies, and
the fire is never quenched” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mk 9:48</b>).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Let us pray</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">: God, give us the grace that will
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Rising from the dead: Saturday of the Thirty-Third Week in Ordinary Time (I) (25th November, 2017).

Homily (Reflection) for Saturday of the Thirty-Third Week in Ordinary Time (I) (25 th November, 2017) on the Gospel ( B.V.M. on Satu...

Your temple is marked: Memorial of Saint Andrew Dung Lac, P, & Comps, Mm. (24th November, 2017).

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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">(<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Friday of the Thirty-Third Week in Ordinary
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Through the missionary efforts of various religious
families beginning in the sixteenth century and continuing until 1866, the
Vietnamese people heard the message of the gospel, and many accepted it despite
persecution and even death. On June 19, 1988, Pope John Paul II canonized 117
persons martyred in the eighteenth century. Among these were ninety-six
Vietnamese, eleven missionaries born in Spain and belonging to the Order of
Preachers, and ten French missionaries belonging to the Paris Foreign Mission
Society. Among these saints are eight Spanish and French bishops, fifty priests
(thirteen European and thirty-seven Vietnamese), and fifty-nine lay people.
These martyrs gave their lives not only for the Church but for their country as
well.</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Fr.%20Moses/Desktop/Weekday%20Homilies/Daily%20Tonic%20for%20Year%20I/Ordinary%20Time%20(I)/Thirty-Third%20Week%20in%20Ordinary%20Time%20(I).docx" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: #2e7061;">[1]</span></span></span></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jesus entered the temple in today’s gospel and drove out
those selling things in the temple. He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house
shall be a house of prayer’; but you have made it a den of robbers.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Jews were extorting so much money from the pilgrims. As a
result of the material gain, they turned the temple into a den of robbers contrary
to the divine decree.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In John’s account of Jesus’ cleaning of the temple, when the
Jews demanded for a sign, Jesus said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in
three days I will raise it up” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jn 2:19</b>).
They were shocked because the temple had been under construction for forty-six
years. However, He was speaking about His body, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jn 2:20-21</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jesus’ cleansing of a temple made by human hands in today’s
gospel ought to bring our minds to the real temple made by God Himself. Saint
Paul queried, “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit
within you, which you have from God? You are not your own” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1Cor 6:19</b>). Again, “...we are the
temple of the living God; as God said, ‘I will live in them and move among
them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people’” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2Cor 6:16</b>). He sternly warned, “If any
one destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and
that temple you are” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1Cor 3:17</b>). <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Let us pray:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"> God give us the grace always to be
aware that our body is sacred and the grace to keep it holy as we ought – Amen
(<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2Thess 3:16</b>).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Saint Andrew Dung Lac &
Companions – Pray for us</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Your temple is marked: Memorial of Saint Andrew Dung Lac, P, & Comps, Mm. (24th November, 2017).

Homily (Reflection) for the Memorial of Saint Andrew Dung Lac, P, & Comps, Mm. (24 th November, 2017) on the Gospel and the Memoria...

Recognising the time: Thursday of the Thirty-Third Week in Ordinary Time (I) (23rd November, 2017).

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the Thirty-Third Week in Ordinary Time (I) (23<sup>rd</sup> November, 2017) on
the Gospel</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgqM1EGAQ_bUnmB4gwZCfGclcJCdu74qA4jNomP88Nj6g65sO6xjLMVdnrgdG6peqNHfONg1hrWsANaBD8FirG3jNe_rFfGUGq7c6mqxme_NGA7Vj6z8I6GZw_tVSPDR0FTsVlAkdIvLM/s1600/23.11.2017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="136" data-original-width="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgqM1EGAQ_bUnmB4gwZCfGclcJCdu74qA4jNomP88Nj6g65sO6xjLMVdnrgdG6peqNHfONg1hrWsANaBD8FirG3jNe_rFfGUGq7c6mqxme_NGA7Vj6z8I6GZw_tVSPDR0FTsVlAkdIvLM/s1600/23.11.2017.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jesus wept over Jerusalem in today’s gospel because she
failed to recognise the things that make for peace. He prophesied that the days
would come when her enemies would set up ramparts around her, surround her, hem
her in on every side, and crushed her and her children to the ground. They
would not leave within her a stone upon another. All because she did not
recognise the time of her visitation from God.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Equally, many till today do not recognise often the time of their
visitation from God. They spend time searching for it, keep procrastinating the
time they will do this good or that. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In the second letter of Saint Paul to Corinthians we read, “Behold,
now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2Cor 6:2</b>). And whoever wants to be
acceptable to God must serve Christ (disciple), cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rom 14:18</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dear friends, why delay? We ought to make hay while the sun shines.
Procrastination is very deadly. Tomorrow may be too late.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Bible Reading</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">: 2Cor 6:14–7:1.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Let us pray: </span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Lord, give us the grace to make the
best out of every moment we have – Amen.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">May God bless you all+<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>

Recognising the time: Thursday of the Thirty-Third Week in Ordinary Time (I) (23rd November, 2017).

Homily (Reflection) for Thursday of the Thirty-Third Week in Ordinary Time (I) (23 rd November, 2017) on the Gospel 1Macc 2:15-29...

That third slave: Memorial of Saint Cecilia, V.M., (22nd November, 2017) .

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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">(<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Wednesday of the Thirty-Third Week in
Ordinary Time (I)</b>)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpGhHWyrxAQbvWwxiSZXjkBoodjx2Pq6OCZLnr33R_s5E3XyYqc5wUPEx3b4r4qHgsMcME44NtGcISAFm1u-5IYlONUnjub8w002xGpHcfQUk8sWHbP4ks2UpAFAZNE5lx_PunyqDZ-pY/s1600/22.11.2016.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="251" data-original-width="201" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpGhHWyrxAQbvWwxiSZXjkBoodjx2Pq6OCZLnr33R_s5E3XyYqc5wUPEx3b4r4qHgsMcME44NtGcISAFm1u-5IYlONUnjub8w002xGpHcfQUk8sWHbP4ks2UpAFAZNE5lx_PunyqDZ-pY/s200/22.11.2016.png" width="160" /></a><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Saint Cecilia was born in Rome to an extremely rich
family and was given in marriage to a youth named Valerian. When she told
Valerian that she had taken a vow of virginity and had an angel protecting her,
he asked to see the angel. Following his baptism as instructed by Cecilia as a
condition, he returned and found an angel at her side. The angel crowned
Cecilia with a chaplet of rose and lily and when Valerian's brother, Tibertius,
heard of the angel and his brother's baptism, he also was baptized and together
they were burying the saints murdered by the prefect of the city, Turcius
Almachius. They were arrested and executed. Cecilia was also later arrested and
condemned. After unsuccessful trial to suffocate her in the baths, she was
struck three times on the neck. She bled for three days preaching or praying.
Saint Cecilia’s body was found in 1599 to be incorrupt and was transferred to
Cecilia's titular church in Trastevere and placed under the high altar. She is
the patroness of music and the first of all incorrupt saints.</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Fr.%20Moses/Desktop/Weekday%20Homilies/Daily%20Tonic%20for%20Year%20I/Ordinary%20Time%20(I)/Thirty-Third%20Week%20in%20Ordinary%20Time%20(I).docx" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: #2e7061;">[1]</span></span></span></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Topic: That third slave</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jesus told those listening to Him a parable in which a
nobleman before going to a distant country to get royal power for himself
shared ten pounds to his slaves for business. On his return, the first slave came
with extra ten pounds. The second also came with more five pounds. These were
praised and given ten cities and five cities respectively to rule as rewards.
However, the third slave came forward and reported,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Lord, here is your pound. I wrapped it up in a piece of
cloth, for I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man; you take what you
did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Take the pound from him and give it to the one who has ten
pounds.... I tell you, to all those who have, more will be given; but from those
who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A good number of people like the third slave do not invest
their talents/gifts for various reasons especially for the fear of the unknown.
Just like the slaves in today’s gospel, each and every one of us must give
account of every single talent/gift we have been blessed with. And just like in
the case of the third slave, fear is not and can never be an excuse. Saint Cecilia
is a very good example not even death could deter her.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Bible Reading</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">: </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Rom 2:1-16</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Thought for today:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> Every gift must be accounted for</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Let us pray:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"> Lord, help us to realise all you
have blessed us with and to put them into good use – Amen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Saint Cecilia – Pray for us</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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