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The Catholic Calendar for Friday, June 28, 2002 Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time St. Irenaeus Scripture from today's Liturgy of the Word: 2 Kings 25:1-12 Psalm 137:1-6 Matthew 8:1-4 A Reflection on today's Holy Scripture . . . This little gospel story is so touching after having just returned from a pilgrimage to Fatima and Lourdes. Our hearts and minds were bursting with the needs of our family and friends. We carried forth the faith passed onto us from our loving parents, a faith that allowed us to believe that anything is possible with our God! Seeing with our own eyes the faith of those on stretchers and in wheelchairs moved us to tears. We were reminded of the faith of the man in the gospel story. He believed in the power of God when he said to the Lord from his heart that he wanted to be healed if Jesus willed it. What else could Jesus do but to heal him? Here was a man shunned by society because of his affliction, now having a chance at a new life! Oh that our faith could be as this leper. If we could only fully realize that every time we petition our God in prayer, our prayers are answered immediately -- according to the plan of God. He only does the very best for his children. Let us ask our Blessed Mother who came to Fatima and Lourdes, Guadalupe and Knock, to intercede for us so as to have the faith of the leper in today,s gospel! O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us sinners. Amen! - Deacon Bill Powers ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) YOU CAN HELP to evangelize the Word of God: Please recommend our website to your friends and Catholic webmasters. The meditations are in English & Spanish at http://www.borg.com/~joachim/DailyMeds.html (case sensitive). ARCHIVED Meditations: http://www.abcsoffaith.com/quiet/quietplace.html and at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] For ALL communications, including subscribe/unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (c)2002 The Way, The Truth, The Life. Permission granted to make reprints of the meditations or to post on any web page, except for profit. Scripture texts in this work are taken from the New American Bible with Revised New Testament and Revised Psalms (c)1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, D.C. and are used by permission of the copyright owner. All Rights Reserved. No part of the New American Bible may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the copyright owner. Full text from the New American Bible: http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/index.htm Lives of the Saints: http://www.christdesert.org/public_texts/martyrology/ |
Title: Meditation: Friday, June 28, 2002
