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Carlosein (m)
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Wednesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time
Reading 1
Jer 15:10, 16-21
Woe to me, mother, that you gave me birth!
a man of strife and contention to all the land!
I neither borrow nor lend,
yet all curse me.
When I found your words, I devoured them;
they became my joy and the happiness of my heart,
Because I bore your name,
O LORD, God of hosts.
I did not sit celebrating
in the circle of merrymakers;
Under the weight of your hand I sat alone
because you filled me with indignation.
Why is my pain continuous,
my wound incurable, refusing to be healed?
You have indeed become for me a treacherous brook,
whose waters do not abide!
Thus the LORD answered me:
If you repent, so that I restore you,
in my presence you shall stand;
If you bring forth the precious without the vile,
you shall be my mouthpiece.
Then it shall be they who turn to you,
and you shall not turn to them;
And I will make you toward this people
a solid wall of brass.
Though they fight against you,
they shall not prevail,
For I am with you,
to deliver and rescue you, says the LORD.
I will free you from the hand of the wicked,
and rescue you from the grasp of the violent.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 59:2-3, 4, 10-11, 17, 18
R. (17d) God is my refuge on the day of distress.
Rescue me from my enemies, O my God;
from my adversaries defend me.
Rescue me from evildoers;
from bloodthirsty men save me.
R. God is my refuge on the day of distress.
For behold, they lie in wait for my life;
mighty men come together against me,
Not for any offense or sin of mine, O LORD.
R. God is my refuge on the day of distress.
O my strength! for you I watch;
for you, O God, are my stronghold,
As for my God, may his mercy go before me;
may he show me the fall of my foes.
R. God is my refuge on the day of distress.
But I will sing of your strength
and revel at dawn in your mercy;
You have been my stronghold,
my refuge in the day of distress.
R. God is my refuge on the day of distress.
O my strength! your praise will I sing;
for you, O God, are my stronghold,
my merciful God!
R. God is my refuge on the day of distress.
Gospel
Mt 13:44-46
Jesus said to his disciples:
“The Kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field,
which a person finds and hides again,
and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
Again, the Kingdom of heaven is like a merchant
searching for fine pearls.
When he finds a pearl of great price,
he goes and sells all that he has and buys it.”
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Carlosein (m)
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Saint of the day:
St. Peter Chrysologus
Feastday: July 30
450
St. Peter Chrysologus, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (Feast-July 30) Born at Imola, Italy in 406, St. Peter was baptized, educated, and ordained a deacon by Cornelius, Bishop of Imola. St. Peter merited being called "Chrysologus" (golden-worded) from his exceptional oratorical eloquence. In 433, Pope Sixtus III consecrated him bishop of Ravenna. He practiced many corporal and spiritual works of mercy, and ruled his flock with utmost diligence and care. He extirpated the last vestiges of paganism and other abuses that had sprouted among his people, cautioning them especially against indecent dancing. "Anyone who wishes to frolic with the devil," he remarked, "cannot rejoice with Christ." He also counseled the heretic Eutyches (who had asked for his support) to avoid causing division but to learn from the other heretics who were crushed when they hurled themselves against the Rock of Peter. He died at Imola, Italy in 450 and in 1729 was made a Doctor of the Church, largely as a result of his simple, practical, and clear sermons which have come down to us, nearly all dealing with Gospel subjects.
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ebos (m)
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Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
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Carlosein (m)
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hi lin, hope all's well with you too. |
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Carlosein (m)
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Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
looks like secret agent ebos has seen what others have not today  how forex? |
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Oby1 (f)
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Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
What is the reason behind this quote market dey move ? |
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Lindiwe (f)
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hi lin, hope all's well with you too.
hey carl, i'm good oh! i seem to be struggling with posting regularly  i guess i'll have to make due with popping in and popping out for now, how's work and how are you doing? ebos and oby i'm hailing oh! cheers all!    |
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Carlosein (m)
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Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, priest
Reading 1
Jer 18:1-6
This word came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
Rise up, be off to the potter’s house;
there I will give you my message.
I went down to the potter’s house and there he was,
working at the wheel.
Whenever the object of clay which he was making
turned out badly in his hand,
he tried again,
making of the clay another object of whatever sort he pleased.
Then the word of the LORD came to me:
Can I not do to you, house of Israel,
as this potter has done? says the LORD.
Indeed, like clay in the hand of the potter,
so are you in my hand, house of Israel.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 146:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6ab
R. (5a) Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Praise the LORD, O my soul;
I will praise the LORD all my life;
I will sing praise to my God while I live.
R. Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Put not your trust in princes,
in the sons of men, in whom there is no salvation.
When his spirit departs he returns to his earth;
on that day his plans perish.
R. Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Blessed he whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the LORD, his God.
Who made heaven and earth,
the sea and all that is in them.
R. Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Gospel
Mt 13:47-53
Jesus said to the disciples:
“The Kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into the sea,
which collects fish of every kind.
When it is full they haul it ashore
and sit down to put what is good into buckets.
What is bad they throw away.
Thus it will be at the end of the age.
The angels will go out and separate the wicked from the righteous
and throw them into the fiery furnace,
where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.”
“Do you understand all these things?”
They answered, “Yes.”
And he replied,
“Then every scribe who has been instructed in the Kingdom of heaven
is like the head of a household who brings from his storeroom
both the new and the old.”
When Jesus finished these parables, he went away from there.
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Carlosein (m)
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Saint of the day:
St. Ignatius Loyola
Founder of the Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
Feastday: July 31
St. Ignatius was born in the family castle in Guipúzcoa, Spain, the youngest of 13 children, and was called Iñigo. When he was old enough, he became a page, and then a soldier of Spain to fight against the French. A cannon ball and a series of bad operations ended his military career in 1521. While St. Ignatius recovered, he read the lives of the saints, and decided to dedicate himself to becoming a soldier of the Catholic Faith. Soon after he experienced visions, but a year later suffered a trial of fears and scruples, driving him almost to despair. Out of this experience he wrote his famous "Spiritual Exercises". After traveling and studying in different schools, he finished in Paris, where he received his degree at the age of 43. Many first hated St. Ignatius because of his humble Lifestyle. Despite this, he attracted several followers at the university, including St. Francis Xavier, and soon started his order called The Society of Jesus, or Jesuits. There are 38 members of the Society of Jesus who have been declared Blessed, and 38 who have been canonized as saints. He died at the age of 65.
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Carlosein (m)
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To the greater glory of God-the motto first of St. Ignatius and now of the society of Jesus.
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Oby1 (f)
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Gospel
Mt 13:47-53
Jesus said to the disciples:
“The Kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into the sea,
which collects fish of every kind.
When it is full they haul it ashore
and sit down to put what is good into buckets.
What is bad they throw away.
Thus it will be at the end of the age.
The angels will go out and separate the wicked from the righteous
and throw them into the fiery furnace,
where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.”
“Do you understand all these things?”
They answered, “Yes.”
And he replied,
“Then every scribe who has been instructed in the Kingdom of heaven
is like the head of a household who brings from his storeroom
both the new and the old.”
When Jesus finished these parables, he went away from there. MEDITATION OF THE DAYThis parable-the last of seven in this chapter of Matthew concerns the kingdom of God and the last judgment which will determine whether we will be in or outside of God's presence for eternity. The basis for this judgment will be how we respond to God's initiative, how we use our wills and our consciences to choose good and evil. When God came among us, a new life came into being-a life not founded on the requirements of the law. This new life brought with it the capacity to know Jesus Christ, to be renewed in mind, and to know "what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect" (Romans 12:2). All this was made possible through the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit (1 cor 2 : 12 ). As we look at the state of the world today, it is not difficult to see that much of what happens is in opposition to God will for his people. Consider the global epidemics of immorality, crime, divorce, abortion, and prejudice. Consider the mass poverty and subjugation of peoples. Sin is being minimized if not dismissed. Family life is failing to develop a lively conscience in the young that enables them to distinguish between good and evil. We need to realize that our remedy is in Jesus who, by dying and rising, conquered all sin and made it possible for us to live new lives. "If any one is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, behold, the new has come" (2 cor 5 : 17 ). Each month, with regularity, we resolve to examine our consciences and ask God's forgiveness. Are we faithful to this? Faithfulness to this practice will develop clarity of conscience, a heightened awareness of sin, and the joy that comes from daily experiencing the cleansing blood of Jesus. Negligence in examining ourselves causes our consciences to become more and more dulled. "Jesus, through your Holy Spirit, teach us to do what is pleasing in your sight so that we may one day rejoice with you in the presence of the Father, to whom be glory for ever and ever."St. Ignatius Loyola pray for us. |
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Oby1 (f)
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Today's Saint
St. Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787)
Moral theology, Vatican II said, should be more thoroughly nourished by Scripture, and show the nobility of the Christian vocation of the faithful and their obligation to bring forth fruit in charity for the life of the world. Alphonsus, declared patron of moral theologians by Pius XII in 1950, would rejoice in that statement. In his day, he fought for the liberation of moral theology from the rigidity of Jansenism. His moral theology, which went through 60 editions in the century following him, concentrated on the practical and concrete problems of pastors and confessors. If a certain legalism and minimalism crept into moral theology, it should not be attributed to this model of moderation and gentleness.
At the University of Naples he received, at the age of 16, a doctorate in both canon and civil law by acclamation, but soon gave up the practice of law for apostolic activity. He was ordained a priest and concentrated his pastoral efforts on popular (parish) missions, hearing confessions, forming Christian groups.
He founded the Redemptorist congregation in 1732. It was an association of priests and brothers living a common life, dedicated to the imitation of Christ, and working mainly in popular missions for peasants in rural areas. Almost as an omen of what was to come later, he found himself deserted, after a while, by all his original companions except one lay brother. But the congregation managed to survive and was formally approved 17 years later, though its troubles were not over.
Alphonsus’ great pastoral reforms were in the pulpit and confessional—replacing the pompous oratory of the time with simplicity, and the rigorism of Jansenism with kindness. His great fame as a writer has somewhat eclipsed the fact that for 26 years he traveled up and down the Kingdom of Naples, preaching popular missions.
He was made bishop (after trying to reject the honor) at 66 and at once instituted a thorough reform of his diocese.
His greatest sorrow came toward the end of his life. The Redemptorists, precariously continuing after the suppression of the Jesuits, had difficulty in getting their Rule approved by the Kingdom of Naples. Alphonsus acceded to the condition that they possess no property in common, but a royal official, with the connivance of a high Redemptorist official, changed the Rule substantially. Alphonsus, old, crippled and with very bad sight, signed the document, unaware that he had been betrayed. The Redemptorists in the Papal States then put themselves under the pope, who withdrew those in Naples from the jurisdiction of Alphonsus. It was only after his death that the branches were united.
At 71 he was afflicted with rheumatic pains which left incurable bending of his neck; until it was straightened a little, the pressure of his chin caused a raw wound on his chest. He suffered a final 18 months of “dark night” scruples, fears, temptations against every article of faith and every virtue, interspersed with intervals of light and relief, when ecstasies were frequent.
Alphonsus is best known for his moral theology, but he also wrote well in the field of spiritual and dogmatic theology. His Glories of Mary is one of the great works on that subject, and his book Visits to the Blessed Sacrament went through 40 editions in his lifetime, greatly influencing the practice of this devotion in the Church.
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Someone once remarked, after a sermon by Alphonsus, "It is a pleasure to listen to your sermons; you forget yourself and preach Jesus Christ."
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Carlosein (m)
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Memorial of Saint Alphonsus Liguori, bishop and doctor of the Church
Reading 1
Jer 26:1-9
In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim,
son of Josiah, king of Judah,
this message came from the LORD:
Thus says the LORD:
Stand in the court of the house of the LORD
and speak to the people of all the cities of Judah
who come to worship in the house of the LORD;
whatever I command you, tell them, and omit nothing.
Perhaps they will listen and turn back,
each from his evil way,
so that I may repent of the evil I have planned to inflict upon them
for their evil deeds.
Say to them: Thus says the LORD:
If you disobey me,
not living according to the law I placed before you
and not listening to the words of my servants the prophets,
whom I send you constantly though you do not obey them,
I will treat this house like Shiloh,
and make this the city to which all the nations of the earth
shall refer when cursing another.
Now the priests, the prophets, and all the people
heard Jeremiah speak these words in the house of the LORD.
When Jeremiah finished speaking
all that the LORD bade him speak to all the people,
the priests and prophets laid hold of him, crying,
“You must be put to death!
Why do you prophesy in the name of the LORD:
‘This house shall be like Shiloh,’ and
‘This city shall be desolate and deserted’?”
And all the people gathered about Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 69:5, 8-10, 14
R. (14c) Lord, in your great love, answer me.
Those outnumber the hairs of my head
who hate me without cause.
Too many for my strength
are they who wrongfully are my enemies.
Must I restore what I did not steal?
R. Lord, in your great love, answer me.
Since for your sake I bear insult,
and shame covers my face.
I have become an outcast to my brothers,
a stranger to my mother’s sons,
Because zeal for your house consumes me,
and the insults of those who blaspheme you fall upon me.
R. Lord, in your great love, answer me.
But I pray to you, O LORD,
for the time of your favor, O God!
In your great kindness answer me
with your constant help.
R. Lord, in your great love, answer me.
Gospel
Mt 13:54-58
Jesus came to his native place and taught the people in their synagogue.
They were astonished and said,
“Where did this man get such wisdom and mighty deeds?
Is he not the carpenter’s son?
Is not his mother named Mary
and his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?
Are not his sisters all with us?
Where did this man get all this?”
And they took offense at him.
But Jesus said to them,
“A prophet is not without honor except in his native place
and in his own house.”
And he did not work many mighty deeds there
because of their lack of faith.
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Carlosein (m)
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hi oby and happy new month all. this is the month of the Assumption of Our Lady (15th august) really looking forward to the solemnity.
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Carlosein (m)
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St. Alphonsus Liguori:
Pray for us who have recourse to thee in all our endeavours especially this day.
Amen.
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Lindiwe (f)
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Hi y'all, tomorrow is the first Saturday of August. I have reproduced below an extract from “The Rosary and the Crisis of Faith” on the Blessed Mother’s promise to those who observe the First Saturday Devotion: “I promise to assist at the hour of death, with the graces necessary for salvation, all those who, on the first Saturday of 5 consecutive months, shall confess, receive Holy Communion, recite 5 decades of the Rosary, and keep me company for 15 minutes, while meditating on the 15 mysteries of the Rosary, with the intention of making reparation to me.”As we prepare for the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Holy Virgin on 15 August, this Saturday is a good opportunity to start this devotion. May the generous Lady of the Rosary grant us the grace to practice this devotion and obtain her promise. AMEN like Carl, i too can't wait to celebrate this GREAT solemnity with Our Lady  Happy new month all! |
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Oby1 (f)
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Happy new month to you all too.
I pray i can wake up early tomorrow to attend the first Saturday Mass.
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Carlosein (m)
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hi oby abeg make it by all means o! how work now? abi u don dey thank God it's friday already |
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Oby1 (f)
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I will try, i will put on the alarm. As if you read my mind thank God is Friday |
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Carlosein (m)
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don't worry i am a mind reader and i know you will make it tomorrow.
just remember to pray for all of us.
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Oby1 (f)
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don't worry i am a mind reader and i know you will make it tomorrow.
just remember to pray for all of us.
Sure i will, the more we pray for others the more we are praying for ourselves. |
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Carlosein (m)
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now where is that runaway albine ebos. let him come nw and declare the assets he has amassed from forex and give us our share (since him no wan marry again) |
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Oby1 (f)
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now where is that runaway albine ebos. let him come nw and declare the assets he has amassed from forex and give us our share (since him no wan marry again) shey? Ebos oya report with immediate effect before i voice out wetin dey my mind naw make u no talk sey i dey yab o |
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Carlosein (m)
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my sis abeg voice out any voice-able make i hear jare.
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Oby1 (f)
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my sis abeg voice out any voice-able make i hear jare.
Don't worry when he comes in, we will know what he has to say, if e no talk better na sorry b name, i go voice out what ever i get for am |
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Carlosein (m)
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ok now, make i go work small. see you later. |
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ebos (m)
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Oby, Oya voice make Carlosein hear now. Me no open my computer at all yesterday. I was not around. You know I don't browse on saturdays and sundays, but I just wan greet una. Carlosein tellam to voice out but e fit enter voice- mail. |
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viee (f)
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hi sweeties hop u'll r doing great have a blessed month! |
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~Lady~ (f)
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Helloooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooo
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Lindiwe (f)
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Morning peeps, hope you guys had a restful weekend! Just a quick one. . . Did you know that today is the memorial of St. John Mary Vianney (the Patron of Parish Priests)?
Did you know that this Cure of Ars had a childlike devotion to St. Philomena when he was alive?
Did you know that he was the one who composed the Litany of St. Philomena?May St. John Mary Vianney in union with St. Philomena present your petitions to God through the hands of the Queen of All Saints, your Mother. AMEN. |
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Lindiwe (f)
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enjoy ur day. . . hope to pop in again before COB, cheers |
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