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The Catholic Calendar for Friday, July 5, 2002 Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria Scripture from today's Liturgy of the Word: Amos 8:4-6,9-12 Psalm 119:2,10,20,30,40,131 Matthew 9:9-13 A Reflection on today's Holy Scripture . . . Just imagine for a moment what it would be like if Jesus came to save only the righteous ones! I'm afraid 99.9% of us would be left behind, because all of us fall into the category of sinner. Our Divine Healer came to free us from our captivity to sin. He came to show us how to love by laying down our lives for each other. He showed the depth of His love for us by being nailed to a cross for our sins. The righteous ones who only knew how to love came that we might have life and have it in the fullest measure. Our dear Lord calls us today as He did Matthew two thousand years ago to come and follow Him. He knows our every need even before we know it and wants to fill those needs in His most loving way. Without the Lord in our lives we don't stand a chance to survive in this world of ours. The One who said, "My peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you" is calling today so that we might be gifted with the Wisdom to know how close He is to us -- closer than the clothes we wear! Heavenly Father, do not allow us to stray from you. Renew our minds and our hearts! 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, July 5, 2002
