列印 "Fortunate are you..."
"Fortunate are you when people hate you, when they reject you
and insult you and number you among criminals,
because of the Son of Man. Rejoice in that day and leap for joy."
1st Reading: Colossians 3:1-11
So then,
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St. Peter Claver, priest
“To love God as He ought to be loved, we must be detached from all temporal love.
We must love nothing but him, or if we love anything else, we must love it, only for his sake.”
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Colossians 2:6-15
If you have accepted
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St. Gregory the Great, pope and doctor
“God is within all things but not included: outside all things but not excluded.
God is above all things but not beyond their reach.”
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Colossians 1:1-8
Paul, apostle of Christ Jesus,
列印 The cost of love is sacrifice, This is the way of the Lord.
Focusing on the Depth of Christ's Love for Us
the cost of his love was himself—his life.
""Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends."
To love is to choose suffering for the sake of another. Jesus has loved you this way.
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Wisdom of Solomon 9:13-18b
Indeed,
列印 “In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.
This light is the presence of God Himself, made flesh in Jesus Christ,
who has come to illuminate the path for us and to dispel the darkness in our hearts.
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1 Thessalonians 5:1-6, 9-11)
列印 Most Jews who observe Shabbat regard it as having been instituted as a biblical covenant.
Sabbath desecration was cause for cutting off from the assembly.
Shabbat in Judaism is a weekly day of rest observed from sundown on Friday
until the appearance of three stars in the sky on Saturday night.
Blessed Virgin Mary
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Colossians 1:21-23
You yourselves
列印 “Today this Scripture is fulfilled,”
Jesus declares that he is that prophet, that he has been “anointed” by the Spirit and sent
by the Father, particularly to four categories of people:
the poor, the captives, the blind, and the oppressed.
His mission is to “proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour,” that is, a Jubilee!
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1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
Brothers and sisters,
列印 Now all of us are here in the second estate of our journey of progression toward a kingdom of glory
as part of God’s great plan of salvation and exaltation.
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Colossians 1:15-20
He is the image of
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" Do not choose the best seat."
Jesus observed guests trying to take places of honor at a banquet and told a parable advising against it.
Anyone who exalts themselves will be humbled, and anyone who humbles themselves will be exalted.
“Christ took the lowest place in the world—the Cross—and by this radical humility he redeemed us” (Benedict XVI)
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Sirach 3:17-18, 20, 28-29
My son,
列印 "Put out into deep water and lower your nets for a catch."
When we listen to God and act on His word,
committing ourselves to His will in a radical and deep way,
He will produce an abundant catch of souls.
Jesus performs this miracle to awaken faith in Simon.
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Colossians 1:9-14
Because of this,
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In the parable, Each of us has a vocation which no one else has been given.
now, by sharing in his work. We are created to be co-workers
with the Lord and sharers in his mission to build up the Kingdom of God.
「Good and faithful servant, you have been faithful over a little;
I will set you over much. Come and share in the joy of your master.」
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1 Thessalonians 4:9-11
Regarding mutual love,
