Today's Saint
St. Didacus (1400-1463)

Didacus is living proof that God "chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong" (1 Corinthians 1:27).
As a young man in Spain, Didacus joined the Secular Franciscan Order and lived for some time as a hermit. After Didacus became a Franciscan brother, he developed a reputation for great insight into God’s ways. His penances were heroic. He was so generous with the poor that the friars sometimes grew uneasy about his charity.

Didacus volunteered for the missions in the Canary Islands and labored there energetically and profitably. He was also the superior of a friary there.

In 1450 he was sent to Rome to attend the canonization of St. Bernardine of Siena. When many friars gathered for that celebration fell sick, Didacus stayed in Rome for three months to nurse them. After he returned to Spain, he pursued a life of contemplation full-time. He showed the friars the wisdom of God’s ways.

As he was dying, Didacus looked at a crucifix and said: "O faithful wood, O precious nails! You have borne an exceedingly sweet burden, for you have been judged worthy to bear the Lord and King of heaven" (Marion A. Habig, O.F.M., The Franciscan Book of Saints, p. 834).

San Diego, California, is named for this Franciscan, who was canonized in 1588.

~Lady~:

Hi all, I have been celebrating Obama's victory with tears.

I looked at Michelle and tears rolled down my eyes, it hit me that my First Lady looks like me.

Jesus loves you, Mary loves you, I love you.

Emotional tears you will say, tears of joy.

Hello LARRYMcCOY

Friday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time

Reading 1
Phil 3:17—4:1

Join with others in being imitators of me, brothers and sisters,
and observe those who thus conduct themselves
according to the model you have in us.
For many, as I have often told you
and now tell you even in tears,
conduct themselves as enemies of the cross of Christ.
Their end is destruction.
Their God is their stomach;
their glory is in their “shame.”
Their minds are occupied with earthly things.
But our citizenship is in heaven,
and from it we also await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
He will change our lowly body
to conform with his glorified Body
by the power that enables him also
to bring all things into subjection to himself.

Therefore, my brothers and sisters,
whom I love and long for, my joy and crown,
in this way stand firm in the Lord, beloved.

Responsorial Psalm
Ps 122:1-2, 3-4ab, 4cd-5

R. (1) Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
I rejoiced because they said to me,
“We will go up to the house of the LORD.”
And now we have set foot
within your gates, O Jerusalem.
R. Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
Jerusalem, built as a city
with compact unity.
To it the tribes go up,
the tribes of the LORD.
R. Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
According to the decree for Israel,
to give thanks to the name of the LORD.
In it are set up judgment seats,
seats for the house of David.
R. Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.

Gospel
Lk 16:1-8

Jesus said to his disciples, “A rich man had a steward
who was reported to him for squandering his property.
He summoned him and said,
‘What is this I hear about you?
Prepare a full account of your stewardship,
because you can no longer be my steward.’
The steward said to himself, ‘What shall I do,
now that my master is taking the position of steward away from me?
I am not strong enough to dig and I am ashamed to beg.
I know what I shall do so that,
when I am removed from the stewardship,
they may welcome me into their homes.’
He called in his master’s debtors one by one.
To the first he said, ‘How much do you owe my master?’
He replied, ‘One hundred measures of olive oil.’
He said to him, ‘Here is your promissory note.
Sit down and quickly write one for fifty.’
Then to another he said, ‘And you, how much do you owe?’
He replied, ‘One hundred measures of wheat.’
He said to him, ‘Here is your promissory note;
write one for eighty.’
And the master commended that dishonest steward for acting prudently.
For the children of this world
are more prudent in dealing with their own generation
than the children of light.”

Carlosein:

lin, i no know say u be trouble maker like me

story of papa wey u promise, we no kuku see. u begin pull larry legs.

LOLOLOLOL
carl, i no be trouble maker ooo! you know say the spanish version of my name means PEACE

Larry,
hope you're cool!
didn't mean a thing there k!
it's all humour k!

@all
It's looking like a good weekend only that work is kinda spoiling mine somehow . . .
but it's all good!
natin mega!

have a blessed weekend y'all
luv

~Lady~:

Hi all, I have been celebrating Obama's victory with tears.

eyah!!!!
i feel you dear . . .
i was deeply moved too as watched him give his acceptance speech that night!
it's all good!
he's got our support and above all, God will see him through it all

~Lady~:


I looked at Michelle and tears rolled down my eyes, it hit me that my First Lady looks like me.

LOLOLOL 
lady you know what? i think she looks like me too _{i'm not kidding oo!}
it could only mean one thing! we probably have some kind of family tie 
Michelle might be Nigerian afterall  ;

cheers guys!! 

this is quite sad you know!
read this . . .

. . . While a man was polishing his new car, his 4 yr old son picked up stone & scratched lines on the side of the car. In anger, the man took the child's hand & hit it many times, not realizing he was using a wrench.

At the hospital, the child lost all his fingers due to multiple fractures . When the child saw his father, with painful eyes he asked 'Dad when will my fingers grow back ? The man was so hurt and speechless, he went back to his car and kicked it a lot of times . Devastated by his own actions . . . sitting in front of that car he looked at the scratches, The child had written 'LOVE YOU DAD'. The next day that man committed suicide. . .


Anger and Love have no limits, Choose the latter to have a beautiful & lovely life . . .

Things are to be used and people are to be loved,
But the problem in today's world is that,
People are used and things are loved . . .

Thank you all for your nice posts.How r y'll doing? Carlosein, Oby, Seun, Lindiwe?sp etc. Did anyone still check out these websites ewtn.net and holyspiritinteractive.net? Hope you somehow found them interesting and inspiring?
Well i'll be right back.

hey karlie,
what's contained in dose web pages? i tried opening them when you sent them but my browser couldn't, so i didn't try again.

Hi Lindiwe,

I dont know why it wont open on your end, but i does open here. Well, they r inspiring and interesting strictly Catholic information resource websites. You can find answers to certan question u may have had thats basically within the framework of our Catholic faith.You could also learn more about the Catholic faith. ewnt is an acromymn for eternal world television network, its has live tv and radio and lots more.Holyspiritinteractive.net has wonderful and kind of life changing articles on it and lots more.Hope u be able to successfully hook up on your next shot. Bless your cool heart

Ask me how I moved from poverty to riches

karlie4nia:

Hi Lindiwe,

I don't know why it wont open on your end, but i does open here. Well, they r inspiring and interesting strictly Catholic information resource websites. You can find answers to certan question u may have had thats basically within the framework of our Catholic faith.You could also learn more about the Catholic faith. ewnt is an acromymn for eternal world television network, its has live tv and radio and lots more.Holyspiritinteractive.net has wonderful and kind of life changing articles on it and lots more.Hope u be able to successfully hook up on your next shot. Bless your cool heart

that's quite interesting! ok, let me give it another try before leaving the office.
I just came around to do some research and am done with it now.
ok, i'll give you a feedback on it later.
thanks,

Memorial of Saint Leo the Great, pope and doctor of the Church

Reading 1
Ti 1:1-9

Paul, a slave of God and Apostle of Jesus Christ
for the sake of the faith of God’s chosen ones
and the recognition of religious truth,
in the hope of eternal life
that God, who does not lie, promised before time began,
who indeed at the proper time revealed his word
in the proclamation with which I was entrusted
by the command of God our savior,
to Titus, my true child in our common faith:
grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our savior.

For this reason I left you in Crete
so that you might set right what remains to be done
and appoint presbyters in every town, as I directed you,
on condition that a man be blameless,
married only once, with believing children
who are not accused of licentiousness or rebellious.
For a bishop as God’s steward must be blameless, not arrogant,
not irritable, not a drunkard, not aggressive,
not greedy for sordid gain, but hospitable, a lover of goodness,
temperate, just, holy, and self-controlled,
holding fast to the true message as taught
so that he will be able both to exhort with sound doctrine
and to refute opponents.

Responsorial Psalm
Ps 24:1b-2, 3-4ab, 5-6

R. (see 6) Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face.
The LORD’s are the earth and its fullness;
the world and those who dwell in it.
For he founded it upon the seas
and established it upon the rivers.
R. Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face.
Who can ascend the mountain of the LORD?
or who may stand in his holy place?
He whose hands are sinless, whose heart is clean,
who desires not what is vain.
R. Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face.
He shall receive a blessing from the LORD,
a reward from God his savior.
Such is the race that seeks for him,
that seeks the face of the God of Jacob.
R. Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face.

Gospel
Lk 17:1-6

Jesus said to his disciples,
“Things that cause sin will inevitably occur,
but woe to the one through whom they occur.
It would be better for him if a millstone were put around his neck
and he be thrown into the sea
than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.
Be on your guard!
If your brother sins, rebuke him;
and if he repents, forgive him.
And if he wrongs you seven times in one day
and returns to you seven times saying, ‘I am sorry,’
you should forgive him.”

And the Apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”
The Lord replied, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed,
you would say to this mulberry tree,
‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.”

Lindiwe:

LOLOLOLOL
carl, i no be trouble maker ooo! you know say the spanish version of my name means PEACE 

Larry,
hope you're cool!
didn't mean a thing there k!
it's all humour k! 

@all
It's looking like a good weekend only that work is kind of spoiling mine somehow . . .
but it's all good!
natin mega!

have a blessed weekend y'all
love

yes and the yoruba version means JOKER.

Lindiwe:

LOLOLOL 
lady you know what? i think she looks like me too _{i'm not kidding oo!}
it could only mean one thing! we probably have some kind of family tie 
Michelle might be Nigerian afterall  ;

cheers guys!! 

do you guys know that obama looks like me too

hey peeps,

how bodi?
hapi new week
just hit me that the year is almost up
sure feels like we celebrated Easter like yesterday . . .

i attended Mass at St Leos yersterday and the Officiating Priest was a Ghanian
i knew the moment he pronounced 'US and Her'

was a lovely sermon
based the feast of yersterday: Church as a place and as U
real kool


Karlie, i will check out the site you posted
many thanks for them in advance

didnt see Oby here today
hope u r kool?

ok, gotta run, u'all have a safe drive home and Gods blessing.

b t w, Lin did i miss the pages where u downloaded your trip to Rome? ? ? ?
make i try refresh the page, may b na my browser

viee:

hey peeps,

how bodi?
hapi new week
just hit me that the year is almost up
sure feels like we celebrated Easter like yesterday . . .

i attended Mass at St Leos yersterday and the Officiating Priest was a Ghanian
i knew the moment he pronounced 'US and Her'

was a lovely sermon
based the feast of yersterday: Church as a place and as U
real kool


Karlie, i will check out the site you posted
many thanks for them in advance

didnt see Oby here today
hope u r kool?

ok, gotta run, u'all have a safe drive home and Gods blessing.

b t w, Lin did i miss the pages where u downloaded your trip to Rome? ? ? ?
make i try refresh the page, may b na my browser

infact na your browser and my browser and all of our browsers!!!

ke kwanu?

viee:

b t w, Lin did i miss the pages where u downloaded your trip to Rome? ? ? ?
make i try refresh the page, may b na my browser

LOL!!!
you know wat sis, you've gotta refresh really hard! lol

Carlosein:

infact na your browser and my browser and all of our browsers!!!

i think so too! lol
i was thinking y'all would have forgotten by now . . . you this viee self! 
LOL

@lin
am cool, thanks and you?

@Karlie
I already check out the site because i used to watch the channel on HITV before it was removed.

@car
How was your weekend?

@Everyone

I really miss you guys and moreso i was at the catholic Youth faith workshop, infact it was so intresting, You can even imaging people crazy for the lord. this 3rd session is very wonderful am sure you will all love you hear part of the discussion.

I shall be right back

Jesus loves you all,

Memorial of Saint Martin of Tours, bishop

Reading 1
Ti 2:1-8, 11-14

Beloved: You must say what is consistent with sound doctrine,
namely, that older men should be temperate, dignified,
self-controlled, sound in faith, love, and endurance.
Similarly, older women should be reverent in their behavior,
not slanderers, not addicted to drink,
teaching what is good, so that they may train younger women
to love their husbands and children,
to be self-controlled, chaste, good homemakers,
under the control of their husbands,
so that the word of God may not be discredited.

Urge the younger men, similarly, to control themselves,
showing yourself as a model of good deeds in every respect,
with integrity in your teaching, dignity, and sound speech
that cannot be criticized,
so that the opponent will be put to shame
without anything bad to say about us.

For the grace of God has appeared, saving all
and training us to reject godless ways and worldly desires
and to live temperately, justly, and devoutly in this age,
as we await the blessed hope,
the appearance of the glory of the great God
and of our savior Jesus Christ,
who gave himself for us to deliver us from all lawlessness
and to cleanse for himself a people as his own,
eager to do what is good.

Responsorial Psalm
Ps 37:3-4, 18 and 23, 27 and 29

R. (39a) The salvation of the just comes from the Lord.
Trust in the LORD and do good,
that you may dwell in the land and be fed in security.
Take delight in the LORD,
and he will grant you your heart’s requests.
R. The salvation of the just comes from the Lord.
The LORD watches over the lives of the wholehearted;
their inheritance lasts forever.
By the LORD are the steps of a man made firm,
and he approves his way.
R. The salvation of the just comes from the Lord.
Turn from evil and do good,
that you may abide forever;
The just shall possess the land
and dwell in it forever.
R. The salvation of the just comes from the Lord.

Gospel
Lk 17:7-10

Jesus said to the Apostles:
“Who among you would say to your servant
who has just come in from plowing or tending sheep in the field,
‘Come here immediately and take your place at table’?
Would he not rather say to him,
‘Prepare something for me to eat.
Put on your apron and wait on me while I eat and drink.
You may eat and drink when I am finished’?
Is he grateful to that servant because he did what was commanded?
So should it be with you.
When you have done all you have been commanded, say,
‘We are unprofitable servants;
we have done what we were obliged to do.’”

LOLOLOL   
lady you know what? i think she looks like me too i'm not kidding oo!
it could only mean one thing! we probably have some kind of family tie   
Michelle might be Nigerian afterall    ;

cheers guys!!   

LOLOLOL TRUE TALK O!!

Thank you all for your nice posts.How r y'll doing? Carlosein, Oby, Seun, Lindiwe?sp etc. Did anyone still check out these websites ewtn.net and holyspiritinteractive.net? Hope you somehow found them interesting and inspiring?
Well i'll be right back

I visit ewtn.com or .org whichever, it might be the same as .net. I love the website, I also listen to the radio. I have to pay extra to get the T.V. station so I catch it online from time to time.

I will be sure to visit holyspiritinteractive.net.

How r you?


@ALL

Jesus Loves you, Mary loves you, I love you

it's another great day and another opportunity to come closer to our Lord, to know Him better and to serve Him better!

Every two-and-a-half seconds, a human being dies of starvation  - about 30,000 people per day. while agencies like the catholic relief services ask us for donations to help put an end to this problem, Jesus chose the image of hunger and neediness to make an important point: "blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteouness, for they will be satisfied" 

Jesus wants us to know that those who are hungry for God will be blessed. He wants us to know that those who seek the Lord because of this hunger will find Him - and that, having found Him, they will be filled! 

have a great day peeps!

Lindiwe:

it's another great day and another opportunity to come closer to our Lord, to know Him better and to serve Him better!

Every two-and-a-half seconds, a human being dies of starvation  - about 30,000 people per day. while agencies like the catholic relief services ask us for donations to help put an end to this problem, Jesus chose the image of hunger and neediness to make an important point: "blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteouness, for they will be satisfied" 

Jesus wants us to know that those who are hungry for God will be blessed. He wants us to know that those who seek the Lord because of this hunger will find Him - and that, having found Him, they will be filled! 

have a great day peeps!

we hunger and thirst after your rome gist, hope we shall be satisfied soon

how u doing? have a great day.

Memorial of Saint Josaphat, bishop and martyr

Reading 1
Ti 3:1-7

Beloved: Remind them to be under the control of magistrates and authorities,
to be obedient, to be open to every good enterprise.
They are to slander no one, to be peaceable, considerate,
exercising all graciousness toward everyone.
For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, deluded,
slaves to various desires and pleasures,
living in malice and envy,
hateful ourselves and hating one another.

But when the kindness and generous love
of God our savior appeared,
not because of any righteous deeds we had done
but because of his mercy,
he saved us through the bath of rebirth
and renewal by the Holy Spirit,
whom he richly poured out on us
through Jesus Christ our savior,
so that we might be justified by his grace
and become heirs in hope of eternal life.

Responsorial Psalm
Ps 23:1b-3a, 3bc-4, 5, 6

R. (1) The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
In verdant pastures he gives me repose;
Beside restful waters he leads me;
he refreshes my soul.
R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
He guides me in right paths
for his name’s sake.
Even though I walk in the dark valley
I fear no evil; for you are at my side
With your rod and your staff
that give me courage.
R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
You spread the table before me
in the sight of my foes;
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
Only goodness and kindness follow me
all the days of my life;
And I shall dwell in the house of the LORD
for years to come.
R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.

Gospel
Lk 17:11-19

As Jesus continued his journey to Jerusalem,
he traveled through Samaria and Galilee.
As he was entering a village, ten lepers met him.
They stood at a distance from him and raised their voice, saying,
“Jesus, Master! Have pity on us!”
And when he saw them, he said,
“Go show yourselves to the priests.”
As they were going they were cleansed.
And one of them, realizing he had been healed,
returned, glorifying God in a loud voice;
and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him.
He was a Samaritan.
Jesus said in reply,
“Ten were cleansed, were they not?
Where are the other nine?
Has none but this foreigner returned to give thanks to God?”
Then he said to him, “Stand up and go;
your faith has saved you.”

Memorial of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, virgin

Reading 1
Phmn 7-20

Beloved:
I have experienced much joy and encouragement from your love,
because the hearts of the holy ones
have been refreshed by you, brother.
Therefore, although I have the full right in Christ
to order you to do what is proper,
I rather urge you out of love,
being as I am, Paul, an old man,
and now also a prisoner for Christ Jesus.
I urge you on behalf of my child Onesimus,
whose father I have become in my imprisonment,
who was once useless to you but is now useful to both you and me.
I am sending him, that is, my own heart, back to you.
I should have liked to retain him for myself,
so that he might serve me on your behalf
in my imprisonment for the Gospel,
but I did not want to do anything without your consent,
so that the good you do might not be forced but voluntary.
Perhaps this is why he was away from you for a while,
that you might have him back forever,
no longer as a slave but more than a slave, a brother,
beloved especially to me, but even more so to you,
as a man and in the Lord.
So if you regard me as a partner, welcome him as you would me.
And if he has done you any injustice
or owes you anything, charge it to me.
I, Paul, write this in my own hand: I will pay.
May I not tell you that you owe me your very self.
Yes, brother, may I profit from you in the Lord.
Refresh my heart in Christ.

Responsorial Psalm
Ps 146:7, 8-9a, 9bc-10

R. (5a) Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob.
or:
R. Alleluia.
The LORD secures justice for the oppressed,
gives food to the hungry.
The LORD sets captives free.
R. Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob.
or:
R. Alleluia.
The LORD gives sight to the blind.
The LORD raises up those who were bowed down;
the LORD loves the just.
The LORD protects strangers.
R. Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob.
or:
R. Alleluia.
The fatherless and the widow he sustains,
but the way of the wicked he thwarts.
The LORD shall reign forever;
your God, O Zion, through all generations. Alleluia.
R. Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob.
or:
R. Alleluia.

Gospel
Lk 17:20-25

Asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come,
Jesus said in reply,
“The coming of the Kingdom of God cannot be observed,
and no one will announce, ‘Look, here it is,’ or, ‘There it is.’
For behold, the Kingdom of God is among you.”

Then he said to his disciples,
“The days will come when you will long to see
one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.
There will be those who will say to you,
‘Look, there he is,’ or ‘Look, here he is.’
Do not go off, do not run in pursuit.
For just as lightning flashes
and lights up the sky from one side to the other,
so will the Son of Man be in his day.
But first he must suffer greatly and be rejected by this generation.”

Hello all.

How's everyone? Hope your week is moving along smoothly and you are all well.

Carlosein:

we hunger and thirst after your rome gist, hope we shall be satisfied soon

LOL,
I didn't know na! ok, now that you mention it, ye shall be filled,
lol

hey peeps,
wat's going on,
i gotta tell you guys this cos y'all are my own people!
tomorrow, i'll be resigning from my current place of work . . . it shall be my last day! so no more bayelsa and millitant runs for me . . . lol!!!
it's for my own good and the good of all my people n church . . . lol (sounds familiar huh!)

later guys,
have fun and remain blessed always!

and as lady would always say,
Jesus loves you, Mother loves you,
and ofcourse I do too!

~Lady~:

Hello all.

How's everyone? Hope your week is moving along smoothly and you are all well.

hi lady, quite a while. good to read from you.

Dominus Vobiscum!!

Lindiwe:

LOL,
I didn't know na! ok, now that you mention it, ye shall be filled,
lol

hey peeps,
what's going on,
i gotta tell you guys this because y'all are my own people!
tomorrow, i'll be resigning from my current place of work . . . it shall be my last day! so no more bayelsa and millitant runs for me . . . lol!!!
it's for my own good and the good of all my people n church . . . lol (sounds familiar huh!)

later guys,
have fun and remain blessed always!

and as lady would always say,
Jesus loves you, Mother loves you,
and ofcourse I do too!

can't wait to read this one too.

right guys. see you tomorrow.

God bless you.