Thu November 06 2008
I come to you because I need your prayers for my priest. One more time... I plead you "The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the ma...
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I come to you because I need your prayers for my priest. One more time... I plead you "The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his
harvest." Mt 9,35 This prayer will help you to undestand more what I am saying... Did you ever really consider the catholic priesthood and understand what it is to be a priest? Did you ever
consider&he...
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I come to you because I need your prayers for my priest. One more time... I plead you "The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his
harvest." Mt 9,35 This prayer will help you to undestand more what I am saying... Did you ever really consider the catholic priesthood and understand what it is to be a priest? Did you ever
consider… o That not even the Most Holy Virgin can do what a priest does? o That not even the angels, the archangels including Michael, Gabriel, or Rafael, or any of those who conquered
Lucifer, can do what a priest does? Did you ever consider…. o That our Lord Jesus Christ carried out a greater miracle at the Last Supper than was done at the creation of the entire universe,
even with all the splendors of the universe? The miracle that He performed at the Last Supper was converting the bread and the wine into His Body and His Blood so that the world may be fed and not be
hungry. This miracle, this wonder, is one before which angels and mankind kneel, and which can be made a reality every day by a priest. Did you ever consider…. o That humanity has been
redeemed and that the world subsists because there are men and women that are able, every day, to eat His redeeming Body and Blood, and that only a priest can carry out the transformation of the
bread and wine into body and blood? o That a priest has a dignity infinitely greater than a king when he celebrates at the altar, and when a priest is at the altar, he is not a symbol, or even
Christ's ambassador? Rather, when a priest celebrates at the altar, he is one with Christ working God’s greatest miracle. Did you ever consider… o That a priest is needed more than a
king, more than a military general, more than a banker and more than a teacher because a priest can substitute for all of them but no one can substitute for a priest? Did you ever consider…. o
That this miracle, the greatest miracle, can be lacking when there is a scarcity of saintly and vigorous priestly vocations; and if this were to happen, if there were no priests to perform this
miracle, then the heavens and the earth would be shaken, and people would clamor from hunger and anguish; they would want the bread, but there won't be anyone to give it to them; they will request
absolution for their faults, but there won't be anyone to absolve them? When one takes all this into consideration, you can begin to understand the immense necessity of forming priestly vocations.
You will understand the eagerness with which families used to desire for their sons to become priests. Once you take all this into consideration, you will understand… o The immense respect
that the towns’ people had for priests, which was reflected in their laws. You will understand… o The worst crime that someone can commit is to impede or discourage a vocation. o That if
a father or a mother obstructs a son’s priestly vocation, it is as if they are choosing to give up a title of incomparable nobility. You will understand o That to raise or maintain a Seminarian
or a Novice is to multiply the births of our Redeemer. When you understand what the priesthood is, you will understand o That to give to a priest is to receive more than all the dignities of the
world because a priest is the same as Christ when he offers Christ’s Body and Christ’s Blood for the world to eat. o That to give towards the studies of a youth moving toward the
priesthood is to pave the road to the altar to where he must arrive and from where you will be fed. Lyrics: Tell me what do you believe in Does your life have rhyme or reason Something in your heart
that makes you care I hope that you don't mind me asking But I have got a burning passion I need to know forever you'll be there I can't make it clearer Put it any other way If you can't see the
simple truth I do Then there's nothing in this world that's left to say But jesus loves you I know I don't have all the answers And I have wasted many chances To prove to you a faith that lives
inside I'm praying there will be a breakthrough Cause I can't be the one to save you God knows how many times I've tried I can't explain But I can't deny So many times for you I've cried And to see
you on your knees tonight I cant make it clearer Put it any other way To know you know simple truth I do And to know that your forever has been changed Cause jesus loves you
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Sun October 12 2008
A journey home to God God's reconciling work in us doesn't happen in an instant. Reconciliation is often a long, sometimes painful process. It is a jo...
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A journey home to God God's reconciling work in us doesn't happen in an instant. Reconciliation is often a long, sometimes painful process. It is a journey not confined to, but completed in,
sacramental celebration. It is a round-trip journey away from our home with God and back again that can be summed up in terms of three C's: conversion, confession and celebration—and in that
order. In th...
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A journey home to God God's reconciling work in us doesn't happen in an instant. Reconciliation is often a long, sometimes painful process. It is a journey not confined to, but completed in,
sacramental celebration. It is a round-trip journey away from our home with God and back again that can be summed up in terms of three C's: conversion, confession and celebration—and in that
order. In the past the order was different: Receiving the sacrament meant beginning with a recitation of sins (confession). Then we expressed our sorrow with an Act of Contrition, agreed to make some
satisfaction for our sins by accepting our penance, and resolved to change our ways (conversion). Celebration was seldom, if ever, part of the process. The Parable of the Prodigal Son can help us
understand the stages in our journey to reconciliation—and the order in which they occur. This helps us see why the theology of the new Rite of Reconciliation suggests a reordering in the
pattern that we were familiar with in the past. The journey for the young man in the parable (and for us) begins with the selfishness of sin. His sin takes him from the home of his parents—as
our sin takes us from the shelter of God and the Christian community. His major concern in his new self-centered lifestyle—as is ours in sin—is himself and his personal gratification.
None of the relationships he establishes are lasting. When his money runs out, so do his "friends." Eventually he discovers himself alone, mired in the mud of a pigpen, just as he is mired in sin.
Then comes this significant phrase in the story: "Coming to his senses at last...." This is the beginning of the journey back, the beginning of conversion. Come on! what are you waiting for? He is
waiting for that hug! ...The rest of this meditation is in: http://stmarysvacaville.com/index.cfm?page=subcontent&id=27&sub=174 Lyrics: Living on my own, thinking for myself Castles in the
sand, temporary wealth Walls are falling down, storms are closing in Tears have filled my eyes, here I am again Chorus: And I've held out as long as I can Now I'm letting go and holding out my hand
Daddy, here I am again, will you take me back tonight I went and made the world my friend, and it left me high and dry I dragged Your name back through the mud That You first found me in Not worthy
to be called Your son Is this to be my end? Daddy, here I am Here I am again Curse this morning sun, drags me in to one more day Of reaping what I've sown, of living with my shame Welcome to my
world, and the life that I have made Where one day you're a prince, the next day your a slave Chorus x 2
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