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The Catholic Calendar for Wednesday, July 3, 2002 Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time St. Thomas, apsotle Scripture from today's Liturgy of the Word: Ephesians 2:19-22 Psalm 117:1-2 John 20:24-29 A Reflection on Today's Scripture: What wonderful timing! On the day before July 4th, birthday of America's independence, we are reminded that before we are citizens of any country on this planet, we are first citizens of God's kingdom. On this feast of St. Thomas, patron of architects, we are treated in the first reading to a building plan for that kingdom. As God sent first Prophets to prepare the way, so too did he send the Apostles. By their witness and martyrdom, they laid the foundation for us in the churches of the present day. From Asia to Rome to Greece to Africa...a myriad number of churches through the centuries! How proudly we proclaim that we, too, are citizens of the kingdom, with all the rights and privileges, the duties and responsibilities that go with it. And fortified by the grace of Christ, we are prepared to uphold tomorrow the values, virtues, and dreams of America. - Msgr. Paul Whitmore ([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: Wednesday, July 3, 2002
