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28 “Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
Verse // You are the kindest one I know Gracious and Your anger’s slow // Chorus // I love the way You think, and I love the way You feel I love that beautiful mind That beautiful heart of Yours // Improv I have nothing to bring to the table I have nothing, just an empty vessel You came, You draw me to the brokenhearted You came and filled an empty vessel Bridge // Wrap me in Your mercy Yoke me in Your meekness With cords of loving kindness Bind me to You //
The Divine Praises traditionally follows the Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament at Church when it is prayed by the priest and the worshippers before our Lord (in the Host) is returned to the tabernacle following adoration. It was composed in a slightly shorter form by Luigi Felici, a Jesuit priest, in 1797, as a prayer to make reparation for blasphemy and profane language. You can recite it privately (or in group settings other than during the Benediction) for this purpose as a great way to show God, the Holy Family, and the Angels and Saints thanksgiving and praise.
Blessed be God. Blessed be His Holy Name. Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true Man. Blessed be the Name of Jesus. Blessed be His Most Sacred Heart. Blessed be His Most Precious Blood. Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar. Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete. Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most Holy. Blessed be her Holy and Immaculate Conception. Blessed be her Glorious Assumption. Blessed be the name of Mary, Virgin and Mother. Blessed be St. Joseph, her most chaste spouse. Blessed be God in His Angels and in His Saints. Amen. In an era when many people only refer to our Lord in an exclamatory fashion after some sort of accident, it is good for us to sing His Divine Praises here. As we say in the introduction to the Eucharistic prayer at Mass “it is right to give Him thanks and praise!”
Saint Thomas Aquinas once noted that this can increase the fervour of our devotion to Him, and that thus “we praise God not for His benefit but for ours.” This prayer reminds us of the glories of the Trinity, and of the key role our Blessed Mother, St. Joseph, and the Angels and saints have played in our salvation as well. http://www.ourcatholicprayers.com/divine-praises.html
Wara l-Barka Sagramentali
IKUN IMBIEREK ALLA
Ikun imbierek Alla.
Imbierek l-Isem Imqaddes tiegħu.
Imbierek Ġesú Kristu, veru Alla u veru bniedem.
Imbierek l-Isem ta’ Ġesú .
Imbierka l-Qalb Imqaddsa tiegħu.
Imbierek id-Demm għażiż tiegħu.
Imbierek Ġesú fis-Santissmu Sagrament ta’ l-artal.
Imbierek l-Ispirtu s-Santu Paraklitu.
Imbierka l-kbira Omma alla, Marija Santissma.
Imbierka l-Imqaddsa u Immakulta Kunċizzjoni tagħha.
Imbierek it-Tlugħ glorjuż tagħha fis-sema.
Imbierek l-Isem ta’ Marija, Verġni u Omm.
Imbierek San Ġużepp, għarus kastissmu tagħha.
Imbierek Alla fl-anġli u l-qaddisin kollha tiegħu.
Din hija litanija qasira magħrufa bħala It-Tifħir Divin. L-oriġni tagħha mhux magħruf imma l-Encyclopedia of Catholicism, (San Francisco; HarperCollins, 1995) tgħid li dan it-tifħir divin aktarx inkiteb mill-Ġiżwita Louis Felici għal ħabta tas-sena 1779 bħala tpattija kontra d-dagħa.
Lk 11:15-26 -- Jesus and Beelzebul - Ġesù u Begħelżebul
FRIDAY GOSPEL OF WEEK 27 IN ORDINARY TIME
Evanġelju
Jekk jiena qiegħed inkeċċi x-xjaten bis-saħħa ta’ Alla, dan ifisser li waslitilkom is-Saltna ta’ Alla.
Lq 11, 15-26
Qari mill-Evanġelju skont San Luqa
F’dak iż-żmien, [Lq:11:15] wara li Ġesù keċċa xitan, xi wħud qalulu: "Bis-saħħa ta' Begħelżebul, il-prinċep tax-xjaten, qiegħed ikeċċihom ix-xjaten." [Lq:11:16] Oħrajn, biex iġarrbuh, riedu mingħandu sinjal mis-sema. [Lq:11:17] Iżda hu ntebaħ x'kienet il-fehma tagħhom, u qalilhom: "Kull saltna maqsuma fiha nfisha ssir ħerba, u taqa' dar fuq oħra. [Lq:11:18] Jekk ix-Xitan ukoll hu kontra tiegħu nnifsu, kif se żżomm wieqfa s-saltna tiegħu? Għax intom tgħidu li jien bis-saħħa ta' Begħelżebul inkeċċihom ix-xjaten. Lq:11:19] Imma jekk jiena qiegħed inkeċċi x-xjaten bis-saħħa ta' Begħelżebul, uliedkom bis-saħħa ta' min ikeċċuhom? Għalhekk huma stess ikunu l-imħallfin tagħkom. [Lq:11:20] Iżda jekk jiena qiegħed inkeċċi x-xjaten bis-saħħa ta' Alla, dan ifisser li waslitilkom is-Saltna ta' Alla.
[Lq:11:21] Sakemm il-bniedem qawwi u armat tajjeb jgħasses il-palazz tiegħu, ħwejġu jkunu fiż-żgur. [Lq:11:22] Imma jekk wieħed aqwa minnu jaqbeż fuqu u jegħlbu, jaħtaflu l-armi kollha li fuqhom kien iserraħ rasu, u jqassam il-priża tiegħu. [Lq:11:23] Min m'huwiex miegħi huwa kontra tiegħi, u min ma jiġborx miegħi, ixerred.
[Lq:11:24] "Meta l-ispirtu mniġġes joħroġ minn bniedem, huwa jmur jiġġerra u jfittex il-mistrieħ f'art niexfa, u billi ma jsibu mkien, jgħid, 'Mela nerġa' lura lejn dari mnejn ħriġt.' [Lq:11:25] U x'ħin jiġi, isibha miknusa u kollox f'postu. [Lq:11:26] Mbagħad imur iġib seba' spirti oħra agħar minnu, u jidħlu joqogħdu hemm ġew. U fl-aħħar dak il-bniedem isib ruħu f'qagħda agħar minn ta' qabel."
Il-Kelma tal-Mulej
R/. Tifħir lilek Kristu
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Pope at Santa Marta: Guard the heart to avoid the seductions of evil
(Vatican Radio) Only Christ crucified will save us from the demons that make us "slide slowly into worldliness", saving us also from the "stupidity" that St. Paul talks about to the Galatians, and from seduction. This was central message of the homily of Pope Francis at his Mass, Friday morning, at the Santa Marta residence in the Vatican. He was reflecting on the episode in Luke’s Gospel where Jesus casts out a demon, which some people interpret as through power of the devil.
Watchfulness against Devil's stealth
The Pope said the Lord asks us be watchful in order not to enter into temptation. This is why a Christians have to be awake, watchful and careful like a sentinel. Jesus was not narrating a parable but was stating a truth, i.e when the unclean spirit comes out of a man, he roams about in abandoned places looking for refuge and not finding any, decides to return to where he came from, where the freed man lives. Hence the demon decides to bring in "seven other spirits worse than him.” Pope Francis emphasized the word “worse”, saying it has much force in the passage because the demons enter quietly.
Worldliness
The demons thus start being part of the man's life. With their ideas and inspirations, they help the man to live better and entering his life and heart and start changing him from within, but quietly without making any noise. This method is different from the earlier diabolic possession which was strong, the Pope explained, adding this time it a diabolic possession, something like in a “living room”. The devil slowly changes our criteria to lead us to worldliness. It camouflages our way of acting, which we hardly notice. And so, the man, freed from the demon, becomes a bad man, a man burdened by worldliness. And that's exactly what the devil wants – worldliness, the Pope stressed.
Worldliness, Pope Francis explained, is a spell, a seduction, because the devil is the "father of seduction". When the devil enters "so sweetly, politely and takes possession of our attitudes," the Pope said, our values pass from the service of God to worldliness. Thus we become "lukewarm Christians, worldly Christians", a mixture, something that the Pope described as a “fruit salad” of the spirit of the world and the spirit of God. All this distances us from the Lord, the Pope said and stressed that the way to avoid it by being vigilant and calm without alarm.
Christ crucified who saves
Watchful means understanding what goes on in my heart, the Pope said, adding, “ It means stopping for a while to examine my life, whether I a Christian, whether I educate my children, whether my life is Christian or worldly?” And one understands this, as Paul points out, by looking at Christ crucified. One understands where worldliness lies and is destroyed before the Lord's cross. The Crucifix saves us from the charms and seductions that lead us to worldliness.
The Holy Father exhorted Christians to examine themselves whether they look up to Christ crucified, whether they pray the Way of the Cross in order to understand the price of salvation, not just from sins but also from worldliness. The examination of conscience, the Pope said, is done always before Christ crucified, with prayer, after which one has to break loose from one’s comfortable attitudes, through works of charity, visiting the sick, helping someone in need and so on. This breaks the harmony and the spiritual worldliness that the demon together with seven others tries to create in us, the Pope added.
... "THE FIRST ACT OF JESUS CHRIST'S KINGLY HEART,
- AS HE MOUNTS HIS ROYAL THRONE ...ON THE CROSS BEFORE THE WORLD, - AS HIS KINGSHIP IS PROCLAIMED, A NEW PARADISE OF MERCY ...as He is spitted upon, ridiculed, mocked at, beaten, scourged ...
... JESUS CHRIST JUST LOOKS WITH MERCY AND LOVE ...
"ABBA, FATHER, FORGIVE THEM FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THET DO" - Even then MERCY TRIUMPHS !
THE ANSWER TO EVIL IS MERCY AND LOVE
EVIL GETS SWALLOWED UP IN MERCY ...
Published on Sep 25, 2017
“When once men recognize, both in private and in public life, that Christ is King, society will at last receive the great blessings of real liberty, well-ordered discipline, peace and harmony. ...Moreover, the annual and universal celebration of the feast of the Kingship of Christ will draw attention to the evils which anticlericalism has brought upon society in drawing men away from Christ, and will also do much to remedy them. While nations insult the beloved name of our Redeemer by suppressing all mention of it in their conferences and parliaments, we must all the more loudly proclaim his kingly dignity and power, all the more universally affirm his rights.” - Pope Pius XI, Quas Primas. 11th December, 1925 Hosted by the Institute of Catholic Culture www.instituteofcatholicculture.org
QUAS PRIMAS
ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PIUS XI ON THE FEAST OF CHRIST THE KING TO OUR VENERABLE BRETHREN THE PATRIARCHS, PRIMATES, ARCHBISHOPS, BISHOPS, AND OTHER ORDINARIES IN PEACE AND COMMUNION WITH THE APOSTOLIC SEE.
... The pagan procurator Pilate, was the first gentile to publicly proclaim Jesus Christ's messianic Kingship, put on the cross JESUS OF NAZARETH, KING OF THE JEWS in the three great cultures of that time - in Hebrew, Latin and in Greek ...
When Israel begins to long for a new David, thetrueDavid and true king of the world, we witness the longing for God. Jesus Christ is precisely this king: the Davidic king, and God ruling his creation. His ministry reveals the nature of his kingship, from the manger to the cross.
