†Continuously ask your guardian angel for help. Your guardian angel has to become your best friend. Blessed Carlo Acutis
“Pride is too great admiration of oneself. The ultimate stage of pride is to make oneself his own law, his own judge, his own god. In the modern world, pride disguises itself under the prettier names of success and popularity…. The more important the egotist feels himself to be, the more irritated he becomes when he does not receive worship; those who flatter him are called wise—those who criticize him are condemned as fools.” –Fulton J. Sheen, Go to Heaven p. 138
Daily Verse †Let love be sincere; hate what is evil, hold on to what is good love one another with mutual affection; anticipate one another in showing honor. Do not grow slack in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope, endure in affliction, persevere in prayer. Contribute to the needs of the holy ones, exercise hospitality. ▪ Romans 12:9-13
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Blessed Carlo AcutisPatron Saint of: Youth, computer programmers, and the internet
Feast Day: October 12 “For the first time in history we will see a saint dressed in jeans, sneakers, and a sweater…” These are some of the words spoken on the occasion of the beatification of Blessed Carlo Acutis in October of 2020. Blessed Carlo was born on May 3, 1991 and grew up in Italy. He enjoyed amateur computer programing and video games. From an early age he had a great devotion to the Holy Eucharist. He researched sites of Eucharistic miracles and then created a website to categorize them. This website still exists and has also been turned into a traveling exhibition of Eucharistic Miracles which has been seen around the world. Blessed Carlo Acutis suffered from leukemia and died on October 10, 2006 at the age of 15. He is remembered for his cheerfulness and compassion for those in need. He is the patron of computer programmers and youth and was beatified on behalf of Pope Francis on October 10, 2020. His exposed relics can be viewed in Assisi. His feast day is October 12th.
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Monday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary TimeLectionary: 467 Reading 1Galatians 4:22-24, 26-27, 31–5:1 Brothers and sisters:
It is written that Abraham had two sons,
one by the slave woman and the other by the freeborn woman.
The son of the slave woman was born naturally,
the son of the freeborn through a promise.
Now this is an allegory.
These women represent two covenants.
One was from Mount Sinai, bearing children for slavery;
this is Hagar.
But the Jerusalem above is freeborn, and she is our mother.
For it is written:
Rejoice, you barren one who bore no children;
break forth and shout, you who were not in labor;
for more numerous are the children of the deserted one
than of her who has a husband.
Therefore, brothers and sisters,
we are children not of the slave woman
but of the freeborn woman. For freedom Christ set us free; so stand firm
and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery. Responsorial PsalmPsalm 113:1b-2, 3-4, 5a, 6-7 R. (see 2) Blessed be the name of the Lord forever.
or:
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Praise, you servants of the LORD,
praise the name of the LORD.
Blessed be the name of the LORD
both now and forever.
R. Blessed be the name of the Lord forever.
or:
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
From the rising to the setting of the sun
is the name of the LORD to be praised.
High above all nations is the LORD;
above the heavens is his glory.
R. Blessed be the name of the Lord forever.
or:
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Who is like the LORD, our God,
who looks upon the heavens and the earth below?
He raises up the lowly from the dust;
from the dunghill he lifts up the poor.
R. Blessed be the name of the Lord forever.
or:
R. Alleluia, alleluia. AlleluiaPsalm 95:8 R. Alleluia, alleluia.
If today you hear his voice,
harden not your hearts.
R. Alleluia, alleluia. GospelLuke 11:29-32 While still more people gathered in the crowd, Jesus said to them,
“This generation is an evil generation;
it seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it,
except the sign of Jonah.
Just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites,
so will the Son of Man be to this generation.
At the judgment
the queen of the south will rise with the men of this generation
and she will condemn them,
because she came from the ends of the earth
to hear the wisdom of Solomon,
and there is something greater than Solomon here.
At the judgment the men of Nineveh will arise with this generation
and condemn it,
because at the preaching of Jonah they repented,
and there is something greater than Jonah here.”
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Praise to You Oh Lord Jesus Christ!
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Daily Meditation: Galatians 4:22-24, 26-27, 31–5:1Christ set us free. (Galatians 5:1) In today’s first reading, Paul uses the story of Hagar, a slave of Abraham and Sarah, to illustrate his insistence that by his cross, Jesus has set us free from every kind of slavery. For the Galatian Gentiles he was writing to, this included freedom from having to follow the Law of Moses. There was no need for anyone to convert to Judaism in order to become a full Christian. Everyone—Gentile and Jew alike—is saved by the grace of God. No one needs to do anything other than repent, believe, and be baptized. The debate about Gentile and Jewish believers has been long settled in the Church, and the message of freedom in Christ continues to resonate. But there remain so many voices telling us that we need to do more in order to be “saved.” These voices try to convince us that we need to pray in a certain way or for a certain amount of time each day if we want to be truly pleasing to the Lord. Or that we have to lead a perfectly virtuous life. Or that we have to keep up with every current Catholic trend or influencer. But none of this is necessary. As Paul wrote, Jesus has set us free “for freedom,” not so that we would fall under a different kind of bondage (Galatians 5:1). He is the only One who can release us from the curse of sin. He is the only One who can destroy the power death once had over us. And he is the only One, through the power of his Spirit, who can convince us that God’s love for us is merciful, eternal, and unconditional. Now, set free from sin and death, we can learn to renounce the destructive habits that have kept us from growing in holiness. We have been set free from sin and are now free to love the Lord and other people! So celebrate your freedom in your prayer today! Proclaim that Jesus has redeemed you from darkness and sin and death. Tell him how grateful you are that he has set you free—and that you want to live in the freedom he has won for you. “All praise to you, Lord Jesus, for your gift of freedom!” Psalm 113:1-7
Luke 11:29-32
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“While still more people gathered in the crowd, Jesus said to them,
“This generation is an evil generation;
it seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it,
except the sign of Jonah.
Just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites,
so will the Son of Man be to this generation. "
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Our Lord speaks about a judgement.
This time, a "Queen of the South".
Our Lord also told the Apostles that they would be judging too.
In the Bible, Jesus Christ promises the twelve apostles that they will sit on twelve thrones to judge the twelve tribes of Israel during the renewal or "regeneration" of all things.
What is all this judgement going on in Heaven?
And why don't we hear much about it today?
We have hidden judges? Who is judging who?
I don't know if they are simultaneously judging, because our Lord said the queen of the south would judge "this generation".
Perhaps another generation would be judged by another set of people.
Perhaps he has her come in to judge this group. Because when it comes to Heavenly things, it becomes deep and steep into meanings.
In our world, we become desensitized to these things. An altar setting, very little meaning. A candle, very little meaning. Some prayers, carry some superficial meaning.
But if you care to dive in…the meaning of things, become a reality. For those who have ears will listen. Those who have eyes…will see.
And that is the perplexing conundrum. How to unlock a human heart, for our Lord to come in. What is the secret code for people to open their heart to God?
Our Lord came speaking things greater than Solomon, the wisest man on earth, and they say the richest for a millennium.
1,200 wives, untold amounts of riches, a true phenomenon for the centuries.
But, since our Lord came as a poor carpenter's son, ears were closed. We expect to follow only the popular rich and powerful, as the world teaches you. Follow them, they say.
But we are contrary in the Christ Way.
We follow the humble one. Well, a few follow His way truly. Few are strong to enter the narrow gate….and it is not for the narrow minded. And strength here has nothing to do with physical strength or might in power of riches and earthly glory.
Our Lord spoke directly to the people.
And he still does today…
Lord, open the eyes and ears of our hearts, so that we can see and hear you knocking!
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