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Very important in prayer: Thursday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time (I) (22nd June, 2017).

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the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time (I) (22<sup>nd</sup> June, 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;">2Cor 11:1-11;<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ps 110:1-4.7-8. (R. v.7);<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: Very important in prayer</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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As a result, before approaching anyone for assistance, one of the things people
get clear in their heads is how best to do the presentation. Sometimes people
meet either those close to the people or those whose requests were granted for
advice.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Saint John’s gospel reads, “No one has ever seen God; the
only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jn 1:18</b>). Again, “No one has ascended
into heaven but he who descended from heaven, the Son of man” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jn 3:13</b>). That only Son who knows the
way to the Father’s heart teaches us in today’s gospel, “When you are praying,
do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will
be heard because of their many words.” He emphasized, “Do not be like them....”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Do we follow this advice while praying today? What about
shouting as if God has some difficulty in hearing or hears more readily those
who shout more than others? Where is the difference between Christian prayers
and that of pagans, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1Kg 18:26-29</b>?
Jesus goes further, “... your Father knows what you need before you ask him.” <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 the prayers of the Pharisee and the tax collector.
The Pharisee heaped up empty phrases in the name of prayer, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lk 18:11-12</b>. On the other hand,
although the tax collector uttered just a sentence but God heard him, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lk 18:13-14</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;">Our help comes from the LORD, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ps 121:2</b>. He works for those who wait for him, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Is 64:4</b>. Let us wait for Him praying as
Christians and not Gentiles. He is our refuge, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ps 62:8</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, help us to pray always as you
have thought us – Amen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Very important in prayer: Thursday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time (I) (22nd June, 2017).

Homily (Reflection) for Thursday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time (I) (22 nd June, 2017) on the Gospel 2Cor 11:1-11; Ps 11...

God is the target: Memorial of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Rel. (21st June, 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 Memorial of
Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Rel. (21</span></b><sup><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">st</span></sup><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"> June, 2017) on the Gospel and the Memorial<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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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 Eleventh 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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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2Cor 9:6-11;<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ps 111:1-4.9. (R. v.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;">Matt 6:1-6.16-18</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Saint Aloysius Gonzaga (March 9, 1568 – June 21, 1591)
was an Italian aristocrat who became a member of the Society of Jesus after a
four-year contest with his father who wanted him to be a military hero. While caring
for the victims of an epidemic that struck Rome in 1591, he caught the disease
and died a student. He was beatified on October 19, 1605, by Pope Paul V and
canonized on December 31, 1726 by Pope Benedict XIII, all in Rome. He is the
patron Saint of young students, Christian youth, Jesuit scholastics, the blind,
AIDS patients, and AIDS care-givers.<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%;">Topic: God is the target</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;">Audience ought to determine the medium of communication. Think
of one whose target audience are old men and women in remote villages where
there is no electricity using the television to pass information or another
posting on the internet for people who do not have access to the internet.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Today’s gospel consists of Jesus’ teachings on almsgiving,
prayer, and fasting. His introduction summarized the whole teachings, “Beware
of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them: for then
you have no reward from your Father in heaven.” Whoever is giving alms, praying,
and fasting must remember that it is God who rewards and as a result use the
proper medium. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">God does not need any publicity. He knows everything, including
the secrets of the heart, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1Jn 3:20</b>;
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ps 44:21; Rom 2:16</b>. And He will judge
and reward all according to their deeds, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jer 25:14; Ezek 36:19; Rev 2:23</b>. We all must give account to Him,
cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Heb 4:13</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;">The best people can afford is to say good things of a person
and probably give awards that do not take one to anywhere, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1Cor 9:25</b>. Doing good works for others
to see is worse than going into a competition that worth millions of dollars
just to be hailed by people. We have much more in store, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1Cor 2:9</b>. Whoever wants to get the real
benefits of good works must channel them properly. Let us follow the example of
Saint Aloysius Gonzaga who washed and made the beds of patients irrespective of
status, colour, race, and so on.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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God is the target: Memorial of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Rel. (21st June, 2017).

Homily (Reflection) for the Memorial of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Rel. (21 st June, 2017) on the Gospel and the Memorial ( Wednesday of...

Emulate the Father: Tuesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time (I) (20th June, 2017).

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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jesus asks us to love our enemies and pray for those who
persecute us. By doing this we become the true children of our Father whose sun
rises and rain falls for all. He went further and queried,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwsZwFdt7_J98N75lEyr9SgGWiGoP1JraOotF0L1necd2gbTt0wAl7Gh5vbtUHOgFVB3ArqzRQtL4z9OJ-BSXrsRYK-5qbYcJXyDNXRAlISzcMUq1LUPdsbjfh6FURsiaeQw9bDr7sy78/s1600/20.06.2017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="129" data-original-width="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwsZwFdt7_J98N75lEyr9SgGWiGoP1JraOotF0L1necd2gbTt0wAl7Gh5vbtUHOgFVB3ArqzRQtL4z9OJ-BSXrsRYK-5qbYcJXyDNXRAlISzcMUq1LUPdsbjfh6FURsiaeQw9bDr7sy78/s1600/20.06.2017.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have?
Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet only your brothers
and sisters, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do
the same?<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 Jesus was quoted to have said that previously it was
“You shall love your neighbour and hate your enemy”, but we have these passages
in the Old Testament: “If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; and if
he is thirsty, give him water to drink” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Prov
25:21</b>). Again, “Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart
be glad when he stumbles” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Prov 24:17</b>).
In the book of Exodus we also read,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">When you come upon your enemy’s ox or donkey going astray,
you shall bring it back. When you see the donkey of one who hates you lying
under its burden and you would hold back from setting it free, you must help to
set it free” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ex 23:4-5</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;">Love of one’s enemies is not entirely a new law. We must
follow the example of our heavenly Father to be perfect as He is. He does not
despise anybody, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Job 36:5</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, help us see beyond the physical
being that hurts us to the real person you created in your image and likeness –
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;">You are free to share this reflection
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Emulate the Father: Tuesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time (I) (20th June, 2017).

Homily (Reflection) for Tuesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time (I) (20 th June, 2017) on the Gospel 2Cor 8:1-9; Ps 145:...

It is as it was: Monday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time (I) (19th June, 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 Monday of the
Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time (I) </span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">(<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">19<sup>th</sup> June,
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-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It is a common belief that the old law was, “An eye for an
eye and a tooth for a tooth” (cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ex.
21:24-25</b>). In today’s gospel Jesus gave us “new” law,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the
right cheek, turn the other also; and if anyone wants to sue you and take your
coat, give your cloak as well; and if anyone forces you to go one mile, go also
the second mile. Give to everyone who begs from you, and do not refuse anyone
who wants to borrow from you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Strikingly, this law is not as new as we often think because
the Old Testament also has these, “You shall not take vengeance or bear any
grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbour
as yourself: I am the LORD” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lev 19:18</b>).
Why did He say this? God said, “Vengeance is mine, and recompense...” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Deut 32:35</b>). And God has set a day of
vengeance, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Is 34:8</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;">It must be the stubbornness of the people that mutilated
God’s message, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 19:8</b>. Saint
Paul rightly admonished us, “Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to
the wrath of God” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rom 12:19</b>). We
are certain of Him who said, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay.” And again, “The
Lord will judge his people” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Heb 10:30</b>).
Let us leave everything to God as He commanded us from the beginning.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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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 12:9-21</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%;">Let us pray:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"> Lord, strengthen us to remain your
children even in the face of all difficulties – Amen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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It is as it was: Monday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time (I) (19th June, 2017).

Homily (Reflection) for Monday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time (I) ( 19 th June, 2017 ) on the Gospel 2Cor 6:1-10; Ps 9...

Unless you eat and drink, cf. Jn 6:53: Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ (A) (18th June, 2017).

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the Body and Blood of Christ (A) (18</span><sup><span style="font-size: small;">th</span></sup><span style="font-size: large;"> June, 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;">We celebrate with the universal Church the solemnity of the
Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi). In some parts of the world like Europe,
this solemnity is accompanied by Eucharistic procession but because it falls
during the rainy season in this part of the world, the Eucharistic procession is
shifted to be part of the solemnity of Christ the King. </span></div>
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Jn 6:53</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.<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;">When the people of God (Israelites)
were moving from Egypt (the land slavery, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Gen 47:20-26; Ex 1:8-11</b>) to the Promised Land (the land of freedom,
cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2Cor 3:17; Gal 5:13</b>), God sustained
them by giving them food and drink, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ex
15:22-17:7</b>; <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jn 6:31</b>. Again while
Elijah was fleeing from Jezebel, God sent His angel to feed him twice. With the
strength of that food he travelled forty days and forty nights to Horeb the
mount of God, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1Kg 19:5-8</b>. The
movement of the Israelites from Egypt to the Promised Land is a prefiguration
of our journey from this world to the true Promised Land (heaven). And for our
sustenance on this journey, Jesus has given us true food and drink (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jn 6:32; 15:1</b>), his body and blood, cf.
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 26:26-28</b>. Hence, the Catechism
of the Catholic Church (CCC) calls the Holy Eucharist (the Body and Blood of
Christ) “… the sacrament of passing … from this world to the Father” (n.1524).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">The Holy Eucharist is the Sacrament of sacraments because
all the other sacraments are ordered to it as their end (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CCC 1211</b>). It reads further: “The Eucharist is ‘the source and
summit of the Christian life.’ ‘The other sacraments, and indeed all
ecclesiastical ministries and works of the apostolate, are bound up with the
Eucharist and are oriented toward it. For in the blessed Eucharist is contained
the whole spiritual good of the Church, namely Christ himself, our Pasch” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CCC 1324</b>). Hence, sharing in the Holy
Eucharist is partaking in the Lord’s Supper, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1Cor 11:20</b>. And the scripture calls those who are called to partake
in this meal blessed and we remind ourselves this in every Eucharistic
celebration, (cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rev 19:9)</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">There is a story in Fr Tomi Thomas’ work, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Spice
up your homilies</i></b>. In a religion class, the teacher asked the children:
“Tell me, at Mass, whose body do we eat?” One boy raised his hand and when
given the opportunity, he said: “Father Reilly’s body” according to him
whenever he goes to Mass, Father Reilly will raise the Host and say “This is my
body”. It is Christ’s body and blood that we receive. Priests only obey the
injunction given by Christ at the institution of this great sacrament when he
said: “… This is my body which is for you. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Do
this in remembrance of me</b> … In the same way also the cup, after supper,
saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me</b>” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1Cor 11:24-25</b>). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">The offering of His body and blood freely is one thing and
another for those to whom it was given to accept. Jesus came that we may have
life, and have it abundantly, yet we refuse to come to him that we may have
life, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jn 5:40</b>. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">10:10</b>. We read from the gospel: “I am
the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will
live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my
flesh” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jn 6:51</b>). Many today do not
believe in the Holy Eucharist. Some who believe do not receive. And others who
believe receive unworthily. Even those who first heard about the body and blood
of Christ found it too hard to accept. But despite the seeming difficulty,
Jesus did not change the message, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jn
6:60-69</b>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">No matter the argument and reasons we have either
individually or collectively for or against the Holy Eucharist, it seems Jesus
has given the conclusion: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">…Very truly, I tell you, unless you
eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Those
who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them up
on the last day; for my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jn 6:53-55</b>). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">So it is left for us to either save ourselves by eating the life-giving
food or abstain from it and die. And if anyone dies he or she will be
responsible for his or her death, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ezek
33:8-9</b>.</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-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">1Kg 19:1-8; Mk 14:22-24; Jn 6:22-50; 1Cor 11:23-32</span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">.</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-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Do
you believe and accept this Jesus’ life-giving gift?</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><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">May our Lord in the Holy Eucharist help us not just
to receive him but to always receive him worthily – Amen</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; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">May the body and
blood of Christ bring us to life everlasting – Amen!</span></span></b></div>
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Unless you eat and drink, cf. Jn 6:53: Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ (A) (18th June, 2017).

Homily (Reflection) for the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ (A) (18 th June, 2017) on the Gospel and the Solemnity Deut 8:...

Christian’s word: Saturday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time (I) (17th June, 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;">Our Lady of Saturday, Opt Mem.</b>)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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today’s gospel Jesus commands us in His teaching concerning oaths, “Do not
swear at all.... Let your word be ‘Yes, Yes’ or ‘No, No’; anything more than
this comes from the evil one” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt
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genuineness? Saint Paul in his letter to Philippians urges us to “be blameless
and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and
perverse generation, in which you shine like stars in the world” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Phil 2:15; cf. Matt 5:14; 2Cor 4:6</b>). In
his second letter to Corinthians he pointed out how worldly people make their
plans, “Was I vacillating when I wanted to do this? Do I make my plans like a
worldly man, ready to say Yes and No at once?” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2Cor 1:17</b>)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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is telling us to be children of the Father that we are in reality because in
Him, it is always Yes, cf. </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">2Cor 1:19</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hence,
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Saint John tells us how to identify the children of God, and
the children of the devil, “whoever does not do right is not of God, nor he who
does not love his brother” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1Jn 3:10</b>).
And from the gospel of Saint John we read, “But to all who received him, who
believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jn 1:12</b>). We are called to be real and not
to confuse people with our lies in the name of taking oath.<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%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">2Cor 1:12-22</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;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">You are the light of the world (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt
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Christian’s word: Saturday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time (I) (17th June, 2017).

Homily (Reflection) for Saturday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time (I) (17 th June, 2017) on the Gospel ( Our Lady of Saturday, Opt...

Beyond actions: Friday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time (I) (16th June, 2017).

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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Today’s gospel is comprised of two teachings (parts): on
adultery (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 5:27-30</b>) and on
divorce (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 5:31-32</b>). It is a continuation
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In the first part, beyond “You shall not commit adultery” as
demanded of the ancients, Jesus said, “But I say to you that everyone who looks
at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” Sin
comes from the heart (cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 15:18-20</b>)
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">...is an offence against reason, truth and right conscience;
it is failure in genuine love for God and neighbour caused by a perverse
attachment to certain goods.... It has been defined as ‘an utterance, a deed or
desire contrary to the eternal law’ (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CCC1849</b>).
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The effects of sin are enormous. Borrowing the words of the Psalmist,
“There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; there is no
health in my bones because of my sin” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ps
38:3</b>). Again, “When I declared not my sin, my body wasted away through my
groan all day long” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ps 32:3</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;">Sins can be classed “as sins in thought, word, deed or
omission” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CCC1853</b>). And in today’s
gospel, Jesus draws our minds beyond sinful actions to sinful thoughts. He also
warns us to forfeit anything that will lead to sin because it ultimately leads
to hell fire. <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, if only we can say yes to God today and turn
away from our sins of thought, word, deed and/or omission, He will graciously
forgive us all our sins, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Is 45:22; Jer
33:8; 1Jn 1:9</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Beyond actions: Friday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time (I) (16th June, 2017).

Homily (Reflection) for Friday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time (I) (16 th June, 2017) on the Gospel 2Cor 4:7-15; Ps 115:10-...

The cut-off mark: Thursday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time (I) (15th June, 2017).

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must exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees to make the kingdom of heaven. The
ancients were forbidden to commit murder but Jesus said that whoever is angry with
a brother or sister is liable to judgement, whoever insults will be liable to
the council, and whoever calls another a fool will be liable to hell of fire.
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">So when you are offering your gift at the altar, if you
remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift
there before the altar and go; first reconcile to your brother or sister, and
then come and offer your gift (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 5:23-24</b>).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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kingdom of heaven than of the old. One wonders, ‘If Jesus is to teach afresh today,
what could He possibly expect of us?’ Surely, being angry with others,
insulting or calling others all sorts of names make no sense today. Again, what
about leaving one’s offerings before the altar? Many things leave churches
daily when their real owners are still in the churches. Only God knows where any
offering kept before the altar will be when the person who kept it returns.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It is true that things keep falling apart but Jesus has not
changed the cut-off mark He gave. Therefore whoever would make the kingdom of
heaven must cross the cut-off mark not minding how irrelevant we might consider
some of them today.<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 in our struggle to
make the kingdom of heaven – Amen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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The cut-off mark: Thursday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time (I) (15th June, 2017).

Homily (Reflection) for Thursday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time (I) (15 th June, 2017) on the Gospel 2Cor 3:15–4:1.3-6; Ps...

Towards only one: Wednesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time (I) (14th June, 2017).

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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In the Jewish culture, another name for the Scripture (Old
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the
prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfil. For truly I tell you, until
heaven and earth pass away, not one letter, not one stroke of a letter, will
pass from the law until all is accomplished.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">God who gave the Law through Moses and the prophecies through
the prophets is same who spoke in the gospel. As a result, Jesus came not to
destroy but to make whole (fulfil), cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Acts
3:18; Lk 24:44</b>. We read from Saint Paul, “All scripture is inspired by God
and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in
righteousness” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2Tim 3:16</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;">Many incumbents seem to have set the agenda of condemning their
predecessors. Probably, they think that by doing so they will deceive the
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Just as the God who spoke through the Law and the prophets is
the same God we listen to in the gospels, it is the same God who made us all, cf.
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mal 2:10; Matt 23:9</b>. He has His
purposes for each of us and also fulfils them, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ps 138:8. 57:2</b>. And He makes out the best out of everything for
those who love him, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rom 8:28</b>. Christ
came to fulfil and not to destroy. We ought to use our positions to fulfil and never
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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 make others better and
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Towards only one: Wednesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time (I) (14th June, 2017).

Homily (Reflection) for Wednesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time (I) (14 th June, 2017) on the Gospel 2Cor 3:4-11; Ps 98:5...

Very important in prayer: Thursday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time (I) (22nd June, 2017).

God is the target: Memorial of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Rel. (21st June, 2017).

Emulate the Father: Tuesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time (I) (20th June, 2017).

It is as it was: Monday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time (I) (19th June, 2017).

Unless you eat and drink, cf. Jn 6:53: Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ (A) (18th June, 2017).

Christian’s word: Saturday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time (I) (17th June, 2017).

Beyond actions: Friday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time (I) (16th June, 2017).

The cut-off mark: Thursday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time (I) (15th June, 2017).

Towards only one: Wednesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time (I) (14th June, 2017).

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