Tagged: Mary
Friars Corner: Holy Spirit, help us pray like our house is on fire!
Jeremiah 20:7-9; Ps 63:2,6, 8-9; Romans 12:1-2; Mt 16:21-27 Come Holy Spirit, enlighten our minds to know God’s will for us and set us on fire to take our part. The Sunday gospels usually follow in order. Early in chapter 16 Jesus confronted the Pharisees and Sadducees about their “fake news” teaching. Jesus then left...
Friars Corner: Our greatest blessing? Closeness to Jesus!
Genesis 18:1-10a; Ps 15:2-5; Colossians 1:24-28; Luke 10:38-42 (Please continue to pray daily a Chaplet of Divine Mercy for the conversion of our country back to its Jewish-Christian principles. Also continue to pray for the conversion of all terrorists and the “hot spots” of the world, especially in France and Turkey. It only takes 5...
Friar’s Corner Father God, give me the grace to accept and do your will in my life as Mary did.
2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16; Ps 89:2-5, 27, 29; Romans 16:25-27; Luke 1:26-38 The reading from 2 Samuel draws a thousand year line from King David. Yet most of his descendants were disobedient to the covenants due to our human weakness and fallen human nature. God saved us according to his ancient covenants announced...