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Archive for July, 2007

30
Jul

Tuesday, July 31 – Do You Believe This?

31 Jul – Memorial for St. Ignatius of Loyola, priest, religious founder
St. Ignatius (1491-1556) was of Spanish nobility. The youngest of 12 children, he served as a page in the Spanish court of Ferdinand and Isabella. He received a military education and became a soldier, entering the army in 1517, [...]

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Jul

Monday, July 30 – Frolicking With Evil

30 Jul – Memorial for St. Peter Chrysologus, bishop, doctor
St. Peter (406-450) was an adult convert, a deacon, then a priest, and then Bishop of Ravenna, Italy in 433. He fought paganism and the Monophysite heresy, enforced reforms, and built several churches and ornate altars in his see. He was [...]

29
Jul

Sunday, July 29 – Redemption – Free Gift!

29 Jul – Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Our Father In Heaven
Christ has given us in very truth the power to become the children of God. Compare the timidity and self-abnegation of Abraham’s prayer with the confidence with which Christ teaches us to pray to our Father in heaven. [...]

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Jul

Saturday, July 27 – Our Daily Offering

28 Jul
Growing naturally
A boy was playing in his back garden one day, when he found a caterpillar on a bush. He had learned in school that the caterpillar becomes a butterfly, once it breaks out of the cocoon. He was a kind and helpful boy, so he thought that [...]

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Jul

Friday, July 27 – Human Wisdom & Divine Wisdom

27 Jul
The blind leading the blind
Before modern radio and TV became so sophisticated, a telephone operator used to get a call every afternoon asking for the correct time. She was always able to give this information with great confidence. The reason for this was that she always checked her watch, [...]

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Jul

Thursday, July 26 – A Tradition of Grace and Love

26 Jul – Memorial for Ss Joachim and Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
St. Anne was the mother of Our Lady, the grandmother of Jesus Christ, and the wife of St. Joachim. She was probably well-off. Tradition says that Anne was quite elderly when Mary was born, and that [...]

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Jul

Wednesday, July 25 – Superhuman Love

25 Jul – Feast of St. James the Greater, apostle, martyr
St. James the Greater (d. 44) was the son of Zebedee and Salome, brother of St. John the Apostle, and may have been Jesus’ cousin. He is called “the Greater” simply because he became an apostle before St. James the [...]

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Jul

Tuesday, July 24 – If God Is So Good…

24 Jul
Taking leave of the body
John Quincy Adams, at 80 years of age, was shuffling along outside his home one day, when a neighbour greeted him with the question, “And how is Mr John Quincy Adams this morning?”
The old man replied, “John Quincy Adams himself is very well, thank [...]

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Jul

Monday, July 23 – Wait and See

23 Jul – Memorial for St. Bridget of Sweden, founder
St. Bridget (1302-1373) was the daughter of Birger Persson, the governor and provincial judge of Uppland, and of Ingeborg Bengtsdotter. Her father was one of the greatest landowners in the country, her mother was known widely for her piety, and the [...]

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Jul

Sunday, July 22 – Welcoming God

22 Jul – Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jesus Our Friend
The mystery of today’s celebration is Christ among us as our friend. We welcome him as Abraham welcomed the Lord at Mamre, and Martha and Mary welcomed Christ at Bethany.
- the Sunday Missal
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We thank God for Daniel’s recovery from the [...]

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