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June 2008

  • Weekly Meditation
    Posted: 6/30/2008

    Pope Benedict XVI opened The Year of St. Paul with Evening Prayer on the Vigil of the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul in the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls -- a year-long observance of the 2000th anniversary of the birth of St. Paul.

    Pope Benedict hopes that Catholics around the world will grow in their knowledge of this great Evangelizer and will indeed be moved to follow his example. Evangelization can be described as fully living and freely sharing our faith in Jesus Christ. St. Paul did this himself so generously and so effectively, but as he said, ?by the grace of God.' He used his gifts and talents but knew it was "Jesus crucified and risen from the dead" who empowered him.
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  • Weekly Meditation
    Posted: 6/23/2008
    The disciples on one occasion asked Jesus to teach them how to pray. Jesus responded by giving them the words of the Our Father, the Lord's Prayer. We disciples say that prayer quite regularly and we do our best to do so with sincerity and awareness. Many saints have reflected on the meaning of the Lord's Prayer.
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  • Weekly Meditation
    Posted: 6/16/2008
    The International Eucharistic Congress is being held this week in Quebec, Canada, June 15-22. The congress will be a celebration of joyful praise and loving growth in a fuller understanding of this magnificent gift of the Holy Eucharist. As we know the Eucharist is the "source and summit" of our Catholic life and the continuing fulfillment of Jesus' promise.

    "I myself am the living bread come down from heaven. If anyone eats this bread he shall live forever; the bread I will give is my flesh for the life of the world...The man who feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him. (John 6:51, 56)
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  • Weekly Meditation
    Posted: 6/2/2008
    Last Friday we celebrated the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. The heart symbolizes love. This feast reminds us of God's profound love for us. God so loved the world that he gave us his only Son. Jesus so loves us that he offered himself for us and our redemption. All this challenges us to love as Jesus taught us and as he lived it himself.
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