Mt 5:20-26 -- your righteousness -- il-ħajja tajba tagħkom ---&--- Anger - Il-korla -- Mk 7:14-23 ...Suppervja...rabja...don't help the devil - AGERE CONTRA !

John 8:44b ... the devil was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

 

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L-ibbuljar hu frott ix-Xitan, jgħid il-Papa Franġisku

Bullying is the devil’s work, says Pope Francis

http://thechurchinmalta.org/mt/posts/75094/l-ibbuljar-hu-frott-ix-xitan%2C-jghid-il-papa-frangisku

http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2018/01/09/bullying-is-the-devils-work-says-pope-francis/


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THE WORLD GIVES SO MUCH IMPORTANCE TO SKIN DEEP BEAUTY. S0… Just as you start to give in to the evil spirit of ANGER - go in front of a mirror to see for yourself - its ugly expressions ! 

 

 

 

 



The spirit of God is a spirit of peace, and also in the case of grave sin, it makes us feel tranquil sorrow, humble, confident, and this is due precisely to His mercy. The spirit of the demon, on the contrary, excites, exasperates, and makes us in our sorrow feel something like anger against ourselves, whereas our first charity must be to ourselves, and so if certain thoughts agitate you, this agitation never comes from God, who gives tranquillity, being the Spirit of Peace. 

Such agitation comes from the devil.

St. Pio of Pietrelcina

ONLY GOD FADES AWAY YOUR ANGER WRINKLES AND INSTILLS EXPRESSIONS OF JOY – free, without cosmetic surgery expenses - He fills you with the joy...not the instant joy that the world imposes on us AND that evaporates instantly, but the joy that you only experience when you come closer to Him.
THE LOVE OF JESUS FOR EACH ONE OF US, SHEDS TEARS OF JOY FROM OUR HEART....

July 31, 2016 - Pope Francis encourages young people gathered in Krakow for the World Youth Day closing Mass to go to confession and to trust in God's mercy.

In Santa Marta, pope warns those who plot evil against others and take advantage of trust - Published on Sep 19, 2016

We all need to pray to You Lord Jesus and to you Our Lady
for meekness and humility, clemency and mercy
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GOSPEL:

Mt 5:20-26 -- ...your righteousness ... - ...il-ħajja tajba tagħkom...

[Mt:5:20] "Ngħidilkom li, jekk il-ħajja tajba tagħkom ma tkunx ħafna aħjar minn dik tal-kittieba u l-Fariżej, ma tidħlux fis-Saltna tas-Smewwiet.

Il-korla
(Lq 12, 57-59)

[Mt:5:21] "Smajtu xi ntqal lin-nies ta' dari, 'La toqtolx.' Mela jekk xi ħadd joqtol ikun ħaqqu l-kundanna. [Mt:5:22] Imma jien ngħidilkom li  l-kundanna tistħoqq ukoll lil min jinkorla għal ħuh. Jekk imbagħad xi ħadd lil ħuh jgħidlu, 'Ġifa', ikun ħaqqu l-kundanna tas-Sinedriju; u jekk jgħidlu, 'Iblah', ikun ħaqqu n-nar ta' l-infern. [Mt:5:23] Mela jekk tkun qiegħed ittalla' l-offerta tiegħek fuq l-artal u hemm tiftakar li ħuk għandu xi ħaġa kontra tiegħek, [Mt:5:24] ħalli l-offerta tiegħek hemmhekk quddiem l-artal u mur l-ewwel irranġa ma' ħuk, u mbagħad ejja talla' l-offerta tiegħek. [Mt:5:25] Lil min ikun se jtellgħek il-qorti ħudu  bil-kelma t-tajba mill-aktar fis waqt li tkun għadek miegħu fit-triq, li ma jmurx jagħtik f'idejn l-imħallef, u l-imħallef f'idejn l-għassies, u hekk issib ruħek fil-ħabs. [Mt:5:26] Tassew ngħidlek, minn hemm ġew ma toħroġx qabel ma tkun ħallast l-aħħar tliet ħabbiet.

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The Three Levels of Anger
What is anger? Why is it a deadly sin? How can we keep from falling into sin with anger?







The Sin of Anger

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GOSPEL:

Mk 7:14-23 -- What comes out of a person is what defiles - X'inhu li jtabba' lill-bniedem

X'inhu li jtabba' lill-bniedem
(Mt 15, 10-20)

[Mk:7:14] Raġa' sejjaħ in-nies lejh u qalilhom: "Isimgħuni, intom ilkoll, u ifhmuni! [Mk:7:15] Ma hemm xejn minn barra li meta jidħol fi bniedem itebbgħu; imma dak li joħroġ minn ġol-bniedem, dak hu li jtabba'  lill-bniedem."
[Mk:7:17] Meta ħalla n-nies u daħal id-dar, id-dixxipli tiegħu staqsewh fuq il-parabbola. [Mk:7:18] U hu qalilhom: "Intom ukoll daqshekk bla moħħ? Ma tifhmux li xejn ma jista' jtabba' lill-bniedem minn dak li jidħol ġo fih minn barra, [Mk:7:19] la darba dan mhux fil-qalb imur, iżda fl-istonku, biex imbagħad jintrema fil-ħofra?" B'hekk wera li  l-ikel kollu hu safi. [Mk:7:20] U qalilhom: "Dak li joħroġ minn ġol-bniedem, dak hu li jtabba' lill-bniedem. [Mk:7:21] Għax hu minn ġewwa, mill-qalb tal-bniedem, li joħorġu l-ħsibijiet il-ħżiena, żína, serq, qtil ,[Mk:7:22] adulterju, regħba, ħażen, qerq, libertinaġġ, għira, malafama, suppervja u bluha. [Mk:7:23] Dal-ħażen kollu minn ġewwa joħroġ u jtabba' lill-bniedem."

Fr. Mark Goring - don't help the devil - agere contra!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is-Suppervja    ( in one part only)
(Fr. Hayden Williams OFM Cap)






Ezercizzi 2016: Is-Suppervja - Fr Hayden  





 

Proverbes - 9:8 - Proverbji 

 

 

Homily: Pray for Wisdom - Fr. Ignatius on the need for humility in order to be wise. We must accept the foolishness and humiliation of the Cross of Christ. This is only done through prayer.

Mass: Thursday in the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time - Wkdy
Readings:
1st: 1 Cor 3:18-23
Resp: Psalm 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 0
Gsp: Luke 5:1-11



A heart full of love or a heart of stone ?...
Pope Francis:Mercy is a gift - Published on Sep 21, 2016








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HOLY SPIRIT WE WELCOME YOU - by Chris Bowater

simple guitar chords

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Pope Francis in Czestochowa: God loves getting involved in our daily lives

JESUS MAKES US CONSCIOUS OF THE BEAUTY IN
THE DIGNITY TO BE HUMBLE & FORGIVING -
PREFERING PEACE, COMPASSION AND UNITY, INSTEAD OF HATRED AND REVENGE !

Pope after Auschwitz: "How is it possible that humans created in God's image are capable of this?"


WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WORLD GOD CREATED FOR ALL OF US, IN OUR JOURNEY TOWARDS HEAVEN - THE REASON HE CREATED US FOR.

 

 

 

 

 

Middle East Christians at WYD, POLAND, 2016
Pilgrims from the Middle East bear witness to other Christians at World Youth Day in Krakow.





...TO BE ATTRACTED BY POWER, BY GRANDEUR, BY APPEARANCES, IS TRAGICALLY HUMAN -
It is a great temptation that tries to insinuate everywhere...

But to give oneself to others, eliminating distances, dwelling in littleness and living the reality of one's everyday life: THIS IS EXQUISITELY DIVINE...


 Pope Francis in Czestochowa: God loves getting involved in our daily lives - Published on Jul 28, 2016

JULY 26 - SAINTS ANNE AND JOAQUIM (JOACHIM) - parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, grandparents of Jesus

World Day of Grandparents: Vatican grants plenary indulgence for visiting the elderly on July 28
(4th Sunday in July 2024)
https://scd.org/news/world-day-grandparents-vatican-grants-plenary-indulgence-visiting-elderly-july-28

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Quddiesa f'Jum in-Nanniet u l-Anzjani mill-Kappella ta' Sant'Anna, il-Qrendi - 28 ta' Lulju 2024

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Quddiesa mill-Isqof ta' Għawdex, Anton Teuma għall-Anzjani u n-Nanniet - 26.07.2024, fil-Festa ta' Sant'Anna u San Ġwakkin, quddiem il-Kappella ta' Sant'Anna, id-Dwejra Il-Ġimgħa 26 ta' Lulju 2024, fis-7.00pm 

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Readings for the Memorial of
Sts. Joachim and Anne
Parents of Mary
July 26

https://www.liturgies.net/saints/annjoachim/readings.htm

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World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, celebrated on the 4th Sunday in July

26 July 2022 - The 2nd World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly - From Edmonton, Canada, Holy Mass presided over by Pope Francis in Commonwealth Stadium

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Quddiesa mill-knisja ta' Sant' Anna, Wied il-Għajn - 25 ta' Lulju, 2021 - fil-Festa ta' Sant Anna omm il-Verġni Marija. 

Fl-Ewwel Jum Dinji tan-Nanniet u l-Anzjani mwaqqaf mill-Papa Franġisku - Iċċelebrata fir-raba' Ħadd ta' Lulju

Jum in-Nanniet u l-Anzjani (laikos.org)

kull sena fir-raba' Ħadd ta' Lulju

https://www.laikos.org/jum_nanniet.htm

Omelija tal-Isqof Galea Curmi - 26.07.2021

Mill-Quddiesa u Rużarju mill-Kurja tal-Arċisqof - 26 ta' Lulju 2021 --- https://youtu.be/Wc8m_1pJcWw

 

 Pope Francis: Don't abandon the elderly! - 26th July, 2020

Grandparents of Jesus - Saints Anne and Joaquim

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L-Omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna – Fil-Parroċċa ta’ Wied il-Għajn
--- https://laikosblog.org/2017/07/29/kelma-ta-kuragg-lin-nanniet-mill-arcisqof/

--- https://soundcloud.com/nar-il-kelma/voice-001

Il-festa ta’ Sant’ Anna tfakkarna wkoll fir-raġel tagħha San Ġwakkin. Fl-istatwa sabiħa li ilha hawnhekk 70 sena, San Ġwakkin ma jidhirx, imma qiegħed iħares lejna mill-istatwa li hemm mal-ġenb tal-knisja, u llum, meta nagħmlu l-quddiesa fuq is-simenta, iħarsu ftit lejn xulxin. Imma b’xi mod tgħiduli, “Sur Isqof, San Ġwakkin qiegħed hemm fl-istatwa għax hemm it-tifla tiegħu.” L-istatwa ta’ Sant’Anna biċ-ċkejkna Marija, u Marija ma ġietx weħidha, ġiet frott l-imħabba ta’ ommha u ta’ missierha, ta’ Sant’Anna u San Ġwakkin.

Fil-ġuf ta’ Sant’Anna, il-Mulej xtaq li jagħmel u jagħti sinjal kbir ħafna tal-ħniena tiegħu. Għaliex qed ngħid hekk? Aħna, ta’ kull sena, lil Sant’Anna nagħmlulha żewġ festi kbar, mhux biss waħda fis-26 ta’ Lulju, imma nagħmulha oħra fit-8 ta’ Diċembru, imbagħad oħra fit-8 ta’ Settembru. Fit-8 ta’ Diċembru, ta’ kull sena, aħna nfakkru t-tnissil bla tebgħa tat-tifla ta’ Sant’Anna, ta’ Marija.

U aħna niċċelebraw b’ferħ kbir dan il-miraklu li xtaq il-Mulej li fil-ġuf ta’ Anna, titnissel Marija miż-żerriegħa ta’ missierha u minn ommha – min jista’ jifhem ħa jifhem – il-Mulej intervjena biex iħares lil din iċ-ċkejkna fit-tnissil tagħha, fil-ġuf ta’ ommha, minn kull tebgħa tad-dnub. Mela meta nħarsu lejn Anna, irridu niftakru li hi mara li Alla għażilha biex fil-ġuf tagħha jibda l-istorja li ġabitilna l-fidwa.

Il-festa tat-8 ta’ Diċembru hija bla dubju l-festa ta’ bintha, imma hija daqstant ieħor il-festa ta’ ommha u ta’ missierha għax huma nissluha fl-imħabba tagħhom, fl-għaqda tal-imħabba ta’ bejniethom u Alla intervjena; huma ħalquha bħala bniedma, hu ħelisha mid-dnub għaliex hu kollu ħniena u jista’ kollox.

Tgħiduli, allura nifhmu għaliex omm il-Madonna kellha tkun jisimha Ħanna, bint il-ħniena għax dan ifisser Anna, bint il-ħniena. Tant ismijiet oħrajn fil-Bibbja jfakkruna fil-ħniena tal-Mulej: Joħanan, Ħananija. Ħanna hija prattikament il-verżjoni femminili ta’ Ħananija, Alla jħenn.

San Ġorġ Preca li kif tafu, miet fil-ġurnata tagħha, kien iħobbha wisq lil Sant’Anna. Kien jemozzjona ruħu jiftakar li din il-mara hija n-nanna ta’ Ġesù, hija n-nanna tal-Iben ta’ Alla magħmul bniedem flimkien man-nannu. Hu kien jimmaġina lil dawn in-nanniet jogħxew bit-tifel ta’ binthom, l-għarusa ta’ Ġużeppi, u jitpaxxew bih bħalma jagħmlu n-nanniet kollha tad-dinja. In-nanniet hawn jifhmuni iżjed. Jien tgħallimt ninnota lil ommmi u ’l missieri meta saru nanniet; x’bidla saret fihom! Kultant konna ngħidu li jfissdu iżjed lin-neputijiet milli fissdu lilna. Imma naħseb dak huwa d-destin tan-nanniet kollha: li jogħxew b’ulied uliedhom, jifirħu b’ulied uliedhom. U nistgħu nimmaġinaw lil Sant’Anna u lil San Ġwakkin jogħxew bit-tarbija Ġesù, jarawh jagħmel l-ewwel pass, ilissen l-ewwel kelma.

Għaddew ukoll mit-turufnament tan-nanniet kollha li fl-ewwel snin tal-ħajja ta’ Ġesù ma kinux miegħu. U jiena rrid insellem lin-nanniet li għal raġuni jew oħra ma jistgħux igawdu lin-neputijiet tagħhom, għax in-nannu u n-nanna ta’ Ġesù ma setgħux igawduh waqt li qed jikber għax kien l-Eġittu. Il-Mulej qal lil Ġużeppi: “aqbad lit-tarbija u lil ommu u ħudhom fl-art tal-Eġittu għaliex min għandu s-setgħa jrid joqtlu” (ara Mt 2, 13). Imbagħad, meta miet Erodi, Ġużeppi reġa’ ħa messaġġ biex jieħu lit-tifel Ġesù u lil ommu, fil-belt ta’ Nazaret (ara v. 20). U nimmaġina l-ferħ ta’ Sant’Anna u San Ġwakkin jaraw kemm kien kiber Ġesù, forsi kien tgħallem xi kelma bl-Eġizzjan ukoll u jaraw kemm kien tifel innoċenti u fl-istess ħin intelliġenti.

Bil-ħarsa tagħha lejn bintha u bis-swaba jħarsu lejn is-sema, Sant’Anna tgħallimna wkoll kif għandhom ikunu l-ġenituri skont il-qalb tal-Mulej. Sant’Anna qed tgħallem lil bintha tħares lejn is-sema mhux biex tinsa l-art, imma biex tiftakar li dak kollu li hu sabiħ fil-ħajja huwa mbierek mis-sema.

Illum smajna silta mill-Ewwel Ittra ta’ San Ġwann Appostlu li jgħallimna li jekk irridu nħobbu tassew, mhux kwistjoni ta’ kliem u tpaċpiċ, imma bl-għemil. “Uliedi, ma nħobbux bil-kliem u t-tpaċpiċ imma bl-għemil u tassew” (1 Ġw 3, 18). U Sant’Anna tgħinna nifhmu dan il-kliem ta’ Alla biex aħna nagħmluh fil-fatti.

Quddiemi qed nara komunità kbira, sabiħa u żagħżugħa. Kemm tkun ħaġa sabiħa li aħna, bħala komunità Nisranija, inħobbu tassew lil xulxin. X’jiswa li aħna nħobbu ħafna lil Sant’Anna, lil bintha Marija, imma mbagħad ma nħobbux lil proxxmu tagħna? Hemm bżonn li aħna nidraw f’xulxin naraw lil Binha Ġesù, lin-neputi ta’ Anna u lill-Iben ta’ Marija.

Il-mara ta’ qawwa, bħalma kienet Anna u bħalma kienet bintha Marija, tiftaħ idejha mal-fqir, tmidd idejha lejn l-imsejken, u li tmidd idek huwa li tagħti lilek innifsek. U hawnhekk ngħarfu l-imħabba vera, “b’dan naslu biex nagħrfu x’inhi l-imħabba” jgħid San Ġwann, “li hu ta’ ħajtu għalina” (v. 16). Jiena nixtieq insellem lil tant ġenituri, lil tant nanniet li jagħtu ħajjithom għal uliedhom u għal ulied uliedhom u nitlob l-interċessjoni qawwija ta’ Sant’Anna biex waqt li ngħożżu l-kliem għeżież ma u pa, nanna u nannu, bużnanna u bużnannu għax issa qed ngħixu iżjed, aħna nikbru fl-imħabba lejn xulxin, nirrispettaw lil xulxin, ngħinu lil xulxin u meta nindunaw li hemm xi ħadd li għandu bżonn ta’ kelma ta’ kuraġġ jew għajnuna, ma noqogħdux lura.

L-aħħar kelma: qed tarawha lil Sant’Anna b’id waħda tindika l-ġenna u bl-oħra sserraħ fuq spallejn bintha? Qed tedukaha, qed tedukaha. It-tagħlim hu l-għajn ta’ kull ġid, u l-ewwel edukazzjoni tibda fil-familja. Fil-familja nitgħallmu ngħidu thank you jew grazzi, fil-familja nitgħallmu ngħidu jekk jogħġbok, please, fil-familja nitgħallmu ngħidu sorry, aħfirli. It-tagħlim li jagħmilna nies. Tajjeb ikollna ħafna skejjel u universitajiet imma l-ewwel edukazzjoni trid tkun fil-familja u l-ewwel edukazzjoni trid tkun l-edukazzjoni tal-qalb.

Ċapċipa lil Sant’Anna. Viva Sant’Anna.

✠ Charles J. Scicluna

Arċisqof ta’ Malta

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Jul 26 - Homily: Sts. Joachim and Anne, Holiness Spreads  - Published on 26 Jul 2017

Fr. Ignatius on the life and holiness of Sts. Joachim and Anne and how holiness effects others. Mary's great holiness is based on her relation with Jesus and in turn effects her parents especially as Mediatrix of all Graces.

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St. Anne prefigured in Anna (Hannah), the mother of the Prophet Samuel - Published on Jul 26, 2014

Sermon on the Feast of St Ann where we look at the Old Testament type of her found in the mother of Samuel, the prophet.

Sermons on how to be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

"Who shall find a valiant woman? (Proverbs 31:10)"

The example of Saint Anne shows us that prayer and sacrifice is the path to make ourselves "worthy of the promises of Christ."

Feast of St Anne (26-July) - Published on Jul 26, 2012







St Anne, Patroness of the Childless - Published on Aug 26, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAgGfk2TNjc











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Bishops tell MPs: ‘oppose euthanasia’ --- Ittra miftuħa mill-Isqfijiet lill-Membri Parlamentari Maltin dwar il-mewt medikament assistita --- & --- The House of Mercy - Dar il-Ħniena

 

 

L-Ewtanasja, x'inhi ?

 

 

 

 

Pope Francis - Euthanasia is false compassion --- L-Ewtanasja, hi kumpassjoni falza - Published on Aug 5, 2016 by Laikos

 

 



 

 

 

 

OPEN LETTER FROM THE BISHOPS IN MALTA AND GOZO TO MPs: ‘OPPOSE EUTHANASIA’

http://thechurchinmalta.org/mt/posts/60956/ittra-miftuha-mill-isqfijiet-lill-membri-parlamentari-maltin-dwar-il-mewt-medikament-assistita




http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20160725/local/bishops-tell-mps-oppose-euthanasia.619940

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July 25, 2016
The Archbishop announces the decision to open ‘Dar il-Ħniena’ (The House of Mercy)
http://thechurchinmalta.org/en/posts/61016/the-archbishop-announces-the-decision-to-open-dar-il-hniena-the-house-of-mercy


25 ta' Lulju 2016
L-Arċisqof iħabbar id-deċizjoni li titwaqqaf 'Dar il-Ħniena'
http://thechurchinmalta.org/mt/posts/61016/l-arcisqof-ihabbar-id-decizjoni-li-titwaqqaf-dar-il-hniena





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Fr. Mark Goring - wrestle till you're blessed --- Insistent Prayer - Fr Elias Vella --- Sunday Mass of week 17 in Ordinary Time, in YEAR C

Jeremiah 29:11  
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
¹¹ For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah+29%3A11&version=NRSVCE


Ġeremija 29:11
[Ġer:29:11] Jien naf il-pjanijiet li ħsibt għalikom, oraklu tal-Mulej, pjanijiet ta' ġid u mhux ta' ħsara, li nagħtikom ġejjieni mimli tama. 
http://www.laikos.org/Bibbja-TQ.htm

 

 

Fr. Mark Goring - wrestle till you're blessed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Genesis 32:22-32  New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)

Jacob Wrestles at Peniel

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2032:22-32

 ... Don't give up...in insistent prayer...Wrestle till you're blessed !...



CCR Melbourne - Fr Elias Vella - Insistent Prayer  








SUNDAY MASS of week 17 in Ordinary Time, in YEAR C.

Readings at Mass

Liturgical Colour: Green.

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First reading Genesis 18:20-32

The Lord said, ‘How great an outcry there is against Sodom and Gomorrah! How grievous is their sin! I propose to go down and see whether or not they have done all that is alleged in the outcry against them that has come up to me. I am determined to know.’

  The men left there and went to Sodom while Abraham remained standing before the Lord. Approaching him he said, ‘Are you really going to destroy the just man with the sinner? Perhaps there are fifty just men in the town. Will you really overwhelm them, will you not spare the place for the fifty just men in it? Do not think of doing such a thing: to kill the just man with the sinner, treating just and sinner alike! Do not think of it! Will the judge of the whole earth not administer justice?’ the Lord replied, ‘If at Sodom I find fifty just men in the town, I will spare the whole place because of them.’

  Abraham replied, ‘I am bold indeed to speak like this to my Lord, I who am dust and ashes. But perhaps the fifty just men lack five: will you destroy the whole city for five?’ ‘No,’ he replied ‘I will not destroy it if I find forty-five just men there.’ Again Abraham said to him, ‘Perhaps there will only be forty there.’ ‘I will not do it’ he replied ‘for the sake of the forty.’

  Abraham said, ‘I trust my Lord will not be angry, but give me leave to speak: perhaps there will only be thirty there.’ ‘I will not do it’ he replied ‘if I find thirty there.’ He said, ‘I am bold indeed to speak like this, but perhaps there will only be twenty there.’ ‘I will not destroy it’ he replied ‘for the sake of the twenty.’ He said, ‘I trust my Lord will not be angry if I speak once more: perhaps there will only be ten.’ ‘I will not destroy it’ he replied ‘for the sake of the ten.’

 

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Responsorial Psalm Psalm 137:1-3,6-8

On the day I called, you answered me, O Lord.

 

I thank you, Lord, with all my heart:

  you have heard the words of my mouth.

In the presence of the angels I will bless you.

  I will adore before your holy temple.

 

On the day I called, you answered me, O Lord.

 

I thank you for your faithfulness and love,

  which excel all we ever knew of you.

On the day I called, you answered;

  you increased the strength of my soul.

 

On the day I called, you answered me, O Lord.

 

The Lord is high yet he looks on the lowly

  and the haughty he knows from afar.

Though I walk in the midst of affliction

  you give me life and frustrate my foes.

 

On the day I called, you answered me, O Lord.

 

You stretch out your hand and save me,

  your hand will do all things for me.

Your love, O Lord, is eternal,

  discard not the work of your hands.

 

On the day I called, you answered me, O Lord.

 

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Second reading Colossians 2:12-14

You have been buried with Christ, when you were baptised; and by baptism, too, you have been raised up with him through your belief in the power of God who raised him from the dead. You were dead, because you were sinners and had not been circumcised: he has brought you to life with him, he has forgiven us all our sins.

  He has overridden the Law, and cancelled every record of the debt that we had to pay; he has done away with it by nailing it to the cross.

 

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Gospel Acclamation Jn1:14,12

Alleluia, alleluia!

The Word was made flesh and lived among us:

to all who did accept him

he gave power to become children of God.

Alleluia!

 

Or Rm8:15

Alleluia, alleluia!

The spirit you received is the spirit of sons,

and it makes us cry out, ‘Abba, Father!’

Alleluia!

 

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Gospel Luke 11:1-13

Once Jesus was in a certain place praying, and when he had finished one of his disciples said, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.’ He said to them, ‘Say this when you pray:

“Father, may your name be held holy,

your kingdom come;

give us each day our daily bread,

and forgive us our sins,

for we ourselves forgive each one who is in debt to us.

And do not put us to the test.”’

He also said to them, ‘Suppose one of you has a friend and goes to him in the middle of the night to say, “My friend, lend me three loaves, because a friend of mine on his travels has just arrived at my house and I have nothing to offer him”; and the man answers from inside the house, “Do not bother me. The door is bolted now, and my children and I are in bed; I cannot get up to give it you.” I tell you, if the man does not get up and give it him for friendship’s sake, persistence will be enough to make him get up and give his friend all he wants.

  ‘So I say to you: Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. For the one who asks always receives; the one who searches always finds; the one who knocks will always have the door opened to him. What father among you would hand his son a stone when he asked for bread? Or hand him a snake instead of a fish? Or hand him a scorpion if he asked for an egg? If you then, who are evil, know how to give your children what is good, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!’

 

 

 Mass For Inspiration - July 24, 2016

SUNDAY GOSPEL OF WEEK 17 IN ORDINARY TIME, IN YEAR C

11. Tagħlim fuq it-talb
(Mt 6, 9-15 ; 7, 7-11)

[Lq:11:1] Darba kien qiegħed xi mkien jitlob. Kif spiċċa mit-talb, wieħed mid-dixxipli tiegħu qallu: "Mulej, għallimna nitolbu, bħalma Ġwanni wkoll għallem lid-dixxipli tiegħu." [Lq:11:2] U qalilhom: "Meta titolbu, għidu,
             'Missier, jitqaddes ismek,
             tiġi Saltnatek.
             [Lq:11:3] Ħobżna ta' kuljum agħtina kuljum.
             [Lq:11:4] U aħfrilna dnubietna,
             għax aħna wkoll naħfru lil kull min
             hu ħati għalina,
             u la ddaħħalniex fit-tiġrib.' "
[Lq:11:5] Qalilhom ukoll: "Wieħed minnkom ikollu ħabib li jiġih f'nofs ta' lejl u jgħidlu, 'Ħabib, islifni tliet ħobżiet, [Lq:11:6] għax ġie għandi wieħed ħabib tiegħi mill-vjaġġ u ma għandix x'nagħtih.' [Lq:11:7] U l-ieħor iwieġbu minn ġewwa u jgħidlu, 'Iddejjaqnix; issa l-bieb magħluq, u wliedi qegħdin  fis-sodda miegħi; ma nistax inqum nagħtik.' [Lq:11:8] Ngħidilkom jien, li jekk ma jqumx jagħtih għax ħabib tiegħu, iqum u jagħtih kull ma jkollu bżonn minħabba l-wiċċ sfiq tiegħu. U jiena ngħidilkom: [Lq:11:9] Itolbu u jingħatalkom, fittxu u ssibu, ħabbtu u jiftħulkom. [Lq:11:10] Għax min jitlob, jaqla'; min ifittex, isib; u min iħabbat, jiftħulu. [Lq:11:11] Min hu dak il-missier fostkom li, jekk ibnu jitolbu ħuta, minflok ħuta jagħtih serp? [Lq:11:12] Inkella jekk jitolbu bajda jagħtih skorpjun? [Lq:11:13] Mela jekk intom, nies ħżiena bħalkom, tafu tagħtu lil uliedkom ħwejjeġ tajba, kemm aktar il-Missier mis-smewwiet jagħti spirtu qaddis lil dawk li jitolbuhulu!"





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Apostolic Constitution Vultum Dei quaerere on women's contemplative life, 22.07.2016

http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2016/07/22/160722a.html .

 

 

 

 

 Handmaids of the Precious Blood - nocturnal Adoration

http://nunsforpriests.org/ 

 

 

 

 

 

PART FOUR
CHRISTIAN PRAYER 

SECTION ONE
PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
 

http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p4s1c3a1.htm 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Sisters praying the Liturgy of the Hours .

 

 

 

Presentation of the Apostolic Constitution Vultum Dei quaerere - 2016.07.22  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAFq-HZtnb4




Pope asks monasteries not to "recruit" foreign nuns to avoid closing their monastery - Published on 22 Jul 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsLuuAKfgio





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