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Cause of true joy: Saturday of the Twenty-Sixth Week in Ordinary Time (II) (06th October, 2018).

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the Twenty-Sixth Week in Ordinary Time (II) (06<sup>th</sup> October, 2018) on
the Gospel<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></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: Cause of true joy</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">.<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;">The seventy Jesus sent in the gospel we read two days ago (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lk 10:1-12</b>) returned rejoicing because
of the marvels God worked through them. Jesus cautioned them, “do not rejoice
at this, that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are
written in heaven” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lk 10:20</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;">Do you remember the last time you feel fulfilled? What caused
that fulfilment? Certainly, it is one earthly achievement or another. Provided
it is something good, that is not bad.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">However, it will be nice also to recall when last we lived
our lives truly as children of God. We must remember that fornication and all
impurity or covetousness must not even be named among us, as is fitting among
saints (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Eph 5:3</b>). What do we see
today?<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 in the Lord, no matter one’s achievement
in this world the main cause of joy ought to be in union with God. We read from
Saint Paul’s letter, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man
conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1Cor 2:9</b>). Jesus is asking each and every one of us, “...what does
it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lk 9:25</b>; cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mk 8:36</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;">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 are </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">children of God, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1Jn
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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 Jesus Christ, help us to live
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Cause of true joy: Saturday of the Twenty-Sixth Week in Ordinary Time (II) (06th October, 2018).

Homily (Reflection) for Saturday of the Twenty-Sixth Week in Ordinary Time (II) (06 th October, 2018) on the Gospel Job 42:1-3.5-...

God’s goodness: Friday of the Twenty-Sixth Week in Ordinary Time (II) (05th October, 2018).

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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jesus used very strong words against Chorazin, Bethsaida, and
Capernaum because they did not repent after miracles performed in them. He
warned, “But at the judgement it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon than
for” Chorazin, and Bethsaida. Again, that Capernaum “will be brought down to
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It is easier for us to condemn these cities for their
unrepentant spirit. However, the Psalm reads, “the LORD is good; his steadfast
love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ps 100:5</b>). Unequivocally, the Psalmist testified
that God has blessed us, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ps 67:6, 7</b>.
Saint Paul also testified that God “has blessed us in Christ with every
spiritual blessing...” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Eph 1:3</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;">Repentance is not something abstract. It can be seen and
felt. Hence, John the Baptist said to the crowds, “Bear fruits that befit
repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our
father’” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lk 3:8</b>). And for Saint
James, faith apart from works is dead, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jas
2:17</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 have seen miracles of which our life is the chief. But
just like the people of Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum, many have not
repented. God’s goodness demands positive response from us, the recipients.<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%;">Responding to His goodness.<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 live lives of
testimony to your goodness – Amen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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God’s goodness: Friday of the Twenty-Sixth Week in Ordinary Time (II) (05th October, 2018).

Homily (Reflection) for Friday of the Twenty-Sixth Week in Ordinary Time (II) (05 th October, 2018) on the Gospel Job 38:1.12-21;...

Instruments of Peace: Memorial of Saint Francis of Assisi, Rel., (4th October, 2018).

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of Assisi, Rel., (4<sup>th</sup> October, 2018) on the Gospel and the Memorial<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Saint Francis was born at Assisi in 1181. His mother
christened him Giovanni after John the Baptist but his father renamed him
Francesco because he never wanted any man of God in his son. He enjoyed a very
rich easy life growing up because of his father's wealth and the permissiveness
of the times. Francis led a crowd of young people who spent their nights in
wild parties. He saw the call for knights for the Fourth Crusade as an
opportunity to earn glory. However, he gave his suit of armour decorated with
gold to a poor knight and obeyed God’s call to return home. He started to spend
more time in prayer and Christ asked him to repair His Church that scandal and
avarice were working on from the inside while outside heresies flourished while
he was praying in the ancient church at San Damiano. He was ordained only a
deacon under his protest. He preached about returning to God and obedience to
the Church. Slowly companions came to him. He loved all God's creations and also
preached to all. He tried to make poverty holy and saw possessions as the death
of love. Francis' final years were filled with suffering as well as
humiliation. He received the stigmata. He died on 4<sup>th</sup> October, 1226.
Francis is considered the founder of all Franciscan orders and the patron saint
of ecologists and merchants.</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Fr.%20Moses/Desktop/Weekday%20Homilies/Daily%20Tonic%20for%20Year%20II%20(2017-2018)/Ordinary%20Time%20(II)%20(2018)/Twenty-Sixth%20Week%20in%20Ordinary%20Time%20(II)%20(2018).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 sent His disciples in today’s gospel to places He
intended to go with these words, “Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace
to this house!’” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lk 10:5</b>). Why must
‘Peace to this house!’ be the first thing? They were sent to bring the
unsearchable riches of Christ to the people (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Eph 3:8</b>); to preach Christ and not any other thing, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2Cor 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;">Their mission is all about both vertical and horizontal peace.
In the words of St. Paul, “he (Jesus) came and proclaimed peace to everybody” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Eph 2:17</b>). Christ is our peace. He came
and broke down the dividing wall of hostility among us and made us all one (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Eph 2:14</b>). But we keep building more walls.
“Peace to this house!” is the summary of their message, the gospel of peace (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Eph 6:15</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 peace we have in mind is True Peace which is of God, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1Cor 1:3; 14:33; 2Cor 1:2; Gal 1:3; Eph
1:2; 6:23</b>. Hence Jesus said to His disciples, “Peace I leave with you; my
peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jn 14:27</b>). Although peace is of God, we
must look for it. Borrowing the words of St. Paul, “Let us then pursue what
makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rom 14:19</b>). Anyone who wants peace must go to God, the source.
Being at peace with God and with others is a sign that God is with us for God
is not a God of confusion but of peace (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1Cor
14:33</b>). Saint John cautions, “Those who say, ‘I love God,’ and hate their
brothers or sisters, are liars; for those who do not love a brother or sister
whom they have seen, cannot love God whom they have not seen” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1Jn 4:20</b>). In the same vein, for one to
be at peace with God, he/she must be at peace with others. St. Paul has this
advice, “Mend your ways, heed my appeal, agree with one another, live in peace,
and the God of love and peace will be with you” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2Cor 13:11</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;">Christ brings peace to wherever He is welcomed. We must turn
away from evil and do right and seek peace and pursue it (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1Pt 3:11</b>). Without peace and holiness no one will see the Lord (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Heb 12:14</b>). Every Christian is called
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Where there is injury, pardon;</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Where there is doubt, faith;</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Where there is despair, hope;</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Where there is darkness, light;</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Where there is sadness, joy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">O Divine Master, grant that I may seek not so much to be
consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to
love; for it is in giving that we receive; in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life – Amen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Instruments of Peace: Memorial of Saint Francis of Assisi, Rel., (4th October, 2018).

Homily (Reflection) for the Memorial of Saint Francis of Assisi, Rel., (4 th October, 2018) on the Gospel and the Memorial Job 19...

Pope's Prayer Intention for OCTOBER 2018

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Neither mine nor yours: Memorial of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus, V. (3rd October, 2018).

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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 the Memorial
of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus, V. (3<sup>rd</sup> October, 2018) on the
Gospel and the Memorial<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Therese Martin (2<sup>nd</sup> January, 1873 – 30<sup>th</sup>
September, 1897) was the last of the children born to Louis and Zelie Martin.
Following her mother’s death when she was 4, her father and sisters babied
young Therese. She had a conversion on Christmas Eve in 1886. Therese entered
the Carmelite convent in Lisieux at the age of 15 and took the name Therese of
the Child Jesus and the Holy Face. She lived a hidden, simple life of prayer,
and she was gifted with great intimacy with God. Therese lived each day with an
unshakable confidence in God's love. She wrote, “What matters in life is not
great deeds, but great love.” Her spirituality is of doing the ordinary, with
extraordinary love. Through sickness and dark nights of doubt and fear, she
remained faithful to God, rooted in His merciful love. She died after a long
struggle with tuberculosis. Her last words were: “My God, I love You!” She was
canonized by Pope Pius XI on 17<sup>th</sup> May, 1925. Pope Saint John Paul II
declared her a Doctor of the Church in 1997.</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Fr.%20Moses/Desktop/Weekday%20Homilies/Daily%20Tonic%20for%20Year%20II%20(2017-2018)/Ordinary%20Time%20(II)%20(2018)/Twenty-Sixth%20Week%20in%20Ordinary%20Time%20(II)%20(2018).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;">Today’s gospel presented to us three categories of would-be
disciples of Jesus. Jesus replied the first who opted to follow Him, “Foxes
have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to
lay his head.” Yet Jesus said to another, “Follow me.” Despite his excuse, He
insisted, “...go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” And to the third who wanted
to bid farewell to those at his home first, Jesus said, “No one who puts a hand
to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of 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;">Every owner of property ought to have intention for his/her
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Psalmist writes, “Know that the LORD is God! It is he
that made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture”
(<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ps 100:3; cf. Eph 2:10</b>). Hence
Saint Paul tells us that we are God’s property, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1Cor 6:19</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 is God’s intention therefore that counts in our lives and
in whatever we do even when one thinks he/she has the best of intentions, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2Sam 7:5-7</b>. In today’s gospel, Jesus
literally turned down the intention of the person who volunteered to follow
Him. The one who thought it wise to bury his father first was charged to spread
the gospel instead. And the last who wanted to say goodbye to those he was to
leave behind was judged unfit. <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 our lives and in everything we do, it is neither my will
nor yours that counts. We ought to seek the will of God in everything just like
Saint Therese of the Child Jesus.<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;"> With God are enduring wealth and prosperity, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Prov 8:18</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, direct our hearts to follow
your will always – Amen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Neither mine nor yours: Memorial of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus, V. (3rd October, 2018).

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Our Guardian angels: Memorial of the Guardian Angels (02nd October, 2018).

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guide a particular person, group, church, kingdom, or country. They also present
prayers to God on behalf of the person/s they are assigned to. Belief in
guardian angels can be traced throughout all antiquity</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Fr.%20Moses/Desktop/Weekday%20Homilies/Daily%20Tonic%20for%20Year%20II%20(2017-2018)/Ordinary%20Time%20(II)%20(2018)/Twenty-Sixth%20Week%20in%20Ordinary%20Time%20(II)%20(2018).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><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Every individual soul has a guardian angel
commissioned to guard it from birth. This belief can be found even among the
pagans. In the Bible this doctrine is clearly discernible and its development
is well marked. The Old Testament conceived of God’s angels as His ministers
who carried out His behests, and who were at times given special commissions,
regarding men and mundane affairs, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Gen
28-29; Ex 12-13. 32:34, Ps 90:11; Dan 10</b>. In the New Testament, angels
served as intermediaries between God and man</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Fr.%20Moses/Desktop/Weekday%20Homilies/Daily%20Tonic%20for%20Year%20II%20(2017-2018)/Ordinary%20Time%20(II)%20(2018)/Twenty-Sixth%20Week%20in%20Ordinary%20Time%20(II)%20(2018).docx" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" 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;">[2]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">,
cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 4:11; Mk 1:13; Acts 12:6-11;
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We celebrate today the memorial of the (our) Guardian Angels.
As already explained above, they are those angels assigned to each person for
various reasons. <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 work of the guardian angels is well-rooted in the
scriptures. For instance, the Psalmist pointed out their role in God’s assured
protection on those who trust in Him in these words, “...he will command his
angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways. On their hands they will
bear you up, so that you will not dash your foot against a stone” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ps 91:11-12</b>). Jesus also made reference
to these angels in His warning in today’s gospel, “Take care that you do not
despise one of these little ones; for, I tell you, in heaven their angels
continually see the face of my Father in heaven” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 18:10</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;">However, for one to enjoy the full protection of these
guardian angels, he/she must realise their presence, have a good relationship
with the angel, and also be obedient. Hence, Pope Francis exhorts all in his
homily for the Feast of Holy Guardian Angels in 2014, “Do not rebel, follow his
advice!” He also described them as our travelling companions.</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Fr.%20Moses/Desktop/Weekday%20Homilies/Daily%20Tonic%20for%20Year%20II%20(2017-2018)/Ordinary%20Time%20(II)%20(2018)/Twenty-Sixth%20Week%20in%20Ordinary%20Time%20(II)%20(2018).docx" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" 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;">[3]</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;">Dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, these angels are
commissioned for our good. Discover them and have a good relationship with
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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%;">Ps 91</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%;">Your heavenly </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">escort is
always on guard, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ps 121:3-4</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%;"> May God help us remain continually
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Our Guardian angels: Memorial of the Guardian Angels (02nd October, 2018).

Homily (Reflection) for the Memorial of the Guardian Angels ( 02 nd October, 2018 ) on the Gospel and the Memorial Job 3:1-3.11-...

Consecrated to Mary: Solemnity of Our Lady, Queen and Patroness of Nigeria (1st October, 2018).

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of Our Lady, Queen and Patroness of Nigeria (1<sup>st</sup> October, 2018) on
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbcgnUlG97oTMiJAvAAb0lyZnCSY8LSEQjyLCHKWcho2jfexlidcCVxxll_ftCJVxDOaTUl2EqcUlCRq6-HsJi6IodtyAUsvMtNa25ekjbFa-aTLSXaS624Qx-HLvuJEkwKxihfCF-7ck/s1600/01.10.2016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="259" data-original-width="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbcgnUlG97oTMiJAvAAb0lyZnCSY8LSEQjyLCHKWcho2jfexlidcCVxxll_ftCJVxDOaTUl2EqcUlCRq6-HsJi6IodtyAUsvMtNa25ekjbFa-aTLSXaS624Qx-HLvuJEkwKxihfCF-7ck/s1600/01.10.2016.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Today, the Universal Church celebrates the Memorial of
Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus, but in Nigeria, this memorial is celebrated
on 3<sup>rd</sup> October. The Church in Nigeria celebrates today the Solemnity
of Our Lady, Queen and Patroness of Nigeria in commemoration of the
consecration of Nigeria to the Blessed Virgin Mary soon after the Independence
in 1960. Pope Saint John Paul II led the Church in Nigeria in the consecration to
Mary during his visit to Nigeria in 1982. Today also is Nigeria’s independence.<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, after the wise men had left, an angel of
the Lord said to Joseph, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to
Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child,
to destroy him.” He did exactly as the angel instructed him and they remained
there until the death of Herod. Then the angel of the Lord appeared again and
told him to take the child and his mother back to the land of Israel. The fear
of Archelaus, Herod’s son who took over from his father coupled with the
warning he received made them to settle at Nazareth.<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 Joseph being the husband of Mary and foster father of
Jesus Christ was among other things charged with the responsibility of
protecting the duo. Hence, in obedience to the angel, he took them to Egypt to
save them from Herod’s fierce anger. This in a loosely sense portrays the importance
of being consecrated.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">On 14<sup>th</sup> February 1982, in Kaduna, Nigeria, while
leading in the consecration, The Holy Father prayed in part, “O Mother of all
individuals and peoples...I desire to consecrate and entrust to you, Mother of
the Church, in a special way, the Church in the land of Nigeria....”</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Fr.%20Moses/Desktop/Weekday%20Homilies/Daily%20Tonic%20for%20Year%20II%20(2017-2018)/Ordinary%20Time%20(II)%20(2018)/Twenty-Sixth%20Week%20in%20Ordinary%20Time%20(II).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><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
By this consecration, we pledged to be obedient to Mary. Certainly these words
jangle in some ears. But everything Mary wants from all her children is simple:
“Do whatever he tells you” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jn 2:5</b>).
It is important to remind ourselves that everyone who does God’s will is a
child of Mary, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rev 12:17</b>. And the
love she has for all her children is unparallel, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jn 2:3</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;">Our country Nigeria is bedevilled by various kinds of evils
right from her independence. They are far deeper than all the medicines already
applied, and the ones being applied today. Hence, no positive result so far. Often,
those who said that they look for others to cure are in worse condition than
the ones they said that they are curing or want to cure. We need to run into
the maternal protection of Our Lady, Queen and Patroness of Nigeria now more
than ever. The evils that bedevilled this country really need divine intervention.<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><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Jn 2:1-11</span></b><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, we pray through the powerful
intercession of our mother to look kindly upon Nigeria that is bedevilled by so
many evils – Amen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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