† Quote of the Day "It is not lengthy prayers, but generous deeds that touch God's heart."
-St. Arnold Janssen Today's Meditation "Unless someone instructs us as adults, our mental prayer is likely to be a rambling monologue about our day or a list of petitions. It's no wonder that so few of us find joy in this type of prayer or persevere in it. The Contemplative Rosary can help us here. Simply put, we should not pray the Rosary instead of spending time in metal prayer alone. Instead, The Contemplative Rosary teaches us how to meditate on the powerful images and truths revealed by the Holy Spirit in Sacred Scripture, so we can then employ a similar meditation in our time of mental prayer. Such meditation is a favorite mental prayer of the saints." —Dan Burke and Connie Rossini, p.26
An excerpt from The Contemplative Rosary Daily Verse "Therefore, put on the armor of God, that you may be able to resist on the evil day and, having done everything, to hold your ground."
-Ephesians 6:13
Daily | St Ursula Her 11000 Companions
St. Ursula (4th c.) was a pious Christian princess from Britain, perhaps Wales. According to the 13th century Golden Legend she set sail and embarked on a pilgrimage to Rome with a large court of handmaids prior to settling in what is today western France, where she was to be joined in marriage to a local governor. Along her pilgrimage route she attracted many followers who were influenced by her holy example. On the return journey St. Ursula and her traveling maidens fell into the hands of the Huns, violent nomads from the East, who had invaded large swaths of Europe. St. Ursula and her company of virgins and other followers, which numbered 11,000, were tortured in an effort to have them renounce their faith. Steadfastly refusing, they were massacred in Cologne, Germany and buried together in a mass grave over which was built the Basilica of St. Ursula. Due to the varying accounts of her martyrdom and the difficulty of separating fact from legend, her feast day was suppressed in modern times. St. Ursula is the patroness of the Ursulines, a female religious order founded in 1535 by St. Angela Merici for the education of young girls. St. Ursula is also the patron of students, teachers, Catholic education, and of a holy death. Her feast day is October 21st. | Tuesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time
Lectionary: 474 Reading 1
Romans 5:12, 15b, 17-19, 20b-21
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Brothers and sisters:
Through one man sin entered the world,
and through sin, death,
and thus death came to all men, inasmuch as all sinned. If by that one person's transgression the many died,
how much more did the grace of God
and the gracious gift of the one man Jesus Christ
overflow for the many.
For if, by the transgression of the one,
death came to reign through that one,
how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace
and the gift of justification
come to reign in life through the one Jesus Christ.
In conclusion, just as through one transgression
condemnation came upon all,
so, through one righteous act
acquittal and life came to all.
For just as through the disobedience of one man
the many were made sinners,
so, through the obedience of the one
the many will be made righteous.
Where sin increased, grace overflowed all the more,
so that, as sin reigned in death,
grace also might reign through justification
for eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Responsorial Psalm Psalm 40:7-8a, 8b-9, 10, 17 R. (8a and 9a) Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.
Sacrifice or oblation you wished not,
but ears open to obedience you gave me.
Burnt offerings or sin offerings you sought not;
then said I, "Behold I come." R. Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.
"In the written scroll it is prescribed for me,
To do your will, O my God, is my delight,
and your law is within my heart!"
R. Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.
I announced your justice in the vast assembly;
I did not restrain my lips, as you, O LORD, know. R. Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.
May all who seek you
exult and be glad in you,
And may those who love your salvation
say ever, "The LORD be glorified."
R. Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will. Alleluia Luke 21:36 R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Be vigilant at all times and pray
that you may have the strength to stand before the Son of Man.
R. Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel Luke 12:35-38 Jesus said to his disciples:
"Gird your loins and light your lamps
and be like servants who await their master's return from a wedding,
ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks.
Blessed are those servants
whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival.
Amen, I say to you, he will gird himself,
have them recline at table, and proceed to wait on them.
And should he come in the second or third watch
and find them prepared in this way,
blessed are those servants." | Praise to You Oh Lord Jesus Christ! | Daily Meditation: Romans 4:20-25 [Abraham] was fully convinced that what God had promised he was also able to do. (Romans 4:21) What a great model of faith! St. Paul presents Abraham in today's first reading as a man "fully convinced" that God is always faithful to his promises (Romans 4:21). He believed that God would do as he said and make him "the father of many nations" despite his age and childlessness (4:18). It helps to have models of faith like Abraham to encourage us as we strive to hold fast to God's promises. So let's look at the lives of two remarkable young men from Uganda who lived at the turn of the twentieth century: Blessed Daudi Okelo and Blessed Jildo Irwa. Daudi and Jildo were recent converts to Catholicism when the catechist who had been evangelizing their Acholi people died. They volunteered to take his place, despite their youth. Every morning at dawn, they beat a drum to call children to some flat rocks on top of a hill where they taught basic prayers and truths from the catechism. The place came to be known as wiPolo (heaven) because the children were learning about "Our Father who art in heaven." Because of tribal and religious unrest, the young men's lives were in danger. In October 1918, five men dragged the catechists outside their hut, at spear point, and demanded they stop teaching the faith. Daudi, age sixteen, wouldn't renounce his faith, so they killed him then and there. Since Jildo was four years younger, the intruders hesitated. They urged him to flee for his life, but he refused. So they killed him as well. Both of these boys, like Abraham, were "fully convinced" that God would grant them eternal life (Romans 4:21). How about you? Jesus has promised you eternal life. He has promised that he will never abandon you. He has promised that you can live as his son or daughter here and now. These promises are solid, faithful, and true. Abraham was fully convinced. Daudi and Jildo were fully convinced. So take courage! When you read about heroes like these, you can almost taste heaven! "Lord, strengthen my faith as I recall the saints and martyrs who have gone before me!" (Psalm) Luke 1:69-75
Luke 12:13-21 | Reflections with Brother Adrian: |  Ai Audio 2cents | From today's Holy Gospel: "..Jesus said to his disciples:
"Gird your loins and light your lamps
and be like servants who await their master's return from a wedding,
ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks.
Blessed are those servants
whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival...." Word of the Lord. | From Bishop Barron:
"Friends, in today's Gospel, Jesus tells the parable of the faithful servant who the master finds vigilant on his return from a wedding. He is calling us to be vigilant for the Second Coming. Though Jesus came and fulfilled the expectations of his people, nevertheless we still wait. The liturgy states it clearly: "As we await the blessed hope and the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ." And in Eucharistic Prayer IV, we find, "As we await his coming in glory . . ." The creed says, "He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead." In the Acts of the Apostles, the angel addresses the disciples as they stare into the heavens after the ascended Jesus. "Why are you standing there looking at the sky? This Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will return in the same way as you have seen him going into heaven." Paul's letters are filled with a lively expectation that Jesus would soon return. Toward the very end of the New Testament—and hence of the entire biblical revelation—we read, "Come, Lord Jesus!" And the Lord draws a forceful conclusion from the parable: "You also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come." end quote.
Our Lord asks us to be ready. Yesterday we heard about a man that was ready for retirement, but he was ill prepared for eternity.
Most of the readings will start focusing on this until "The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe" late November.
We should be ready, vigilant, for His coming we hear, but how?
A clue was given about the rich farmer, when he said he was going to sit back and relax.
That is not vigilance. Spiritual laziness is hard on the soul of the Church. And it matters not what state of life you are in, this goes for all across the world.
I tell newcomers to the church and classes I teach, that doing this Christ thing is hard work. But work makes you strong. Prayers and discipline can be hard...at first.
I am writing to you, to be strong in the Lord. To renew your faith day by day. That our love to serve Christ may be strengthened. That it may be a honor to give our blood, sweat, and tears, as He has done for us individually. |  Audio of Random Verse | Random Bible Verse 1
Psalm 32:8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
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