READ THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: http://www.oneyearbibleonline.com/june.asp?version=63&startmmdd=0101
June 30, 2009
(Mat 9:36-38) And seeing the multitudes, he had compassion on them: because they were distressed, and lying like sheep that have no shepherd. Then he saith to his disciples, The harvest indeed is great, but the labourers are few. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth labourers into his harvest.
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POPE BENEDICT XVI: A priest is called not simply to function as the minister of Christ's grace, but to truly embody Christ's grace, which "requires that the priest progressively lose himself in Christ, participating in the mystery of his death and resurrection with his entire being -- intelligence, liberty, will and the offering of his own body."
ICN: Archbishop Nichols: "Make each day a prayer and pray for your priests"
During his homily Archbishop Vincent Nichols said: "One year ends and another begins. Today, in response to Pope Benedict XVI, we begin a Year for Priests. The Holy Father wants it to be a year in which we treasure our priests, in which we support them with our prayers, in which we thank them for their generosity and celebrate with them their anniversaries and the greatness of their calling."
He continued "For us priests, the Holy Father wants this to be a year for our renewal, in which we refresh in ourselves that initial fervour, that first great generosity with which we accepted our calling and threw ourselves into it. We may have lost some of that. We may occasionally feel weary or overburdened. This is a year for a new start."
Archbishop Nichols said: "The Holy Father has given us, as a patron for the year, St John Vianney, the Cure of Ars. He is a good model for us all. I say this because, above all else, he was a man of prayer and this Year for Priests must be based and built on prayer. After all prayer is the essence of priesthood."
Archbishop Nichols stressed: "Every baptised person shares in the priesthood of Christ. That means that we are to make our world holy. We do that, each one of us, by offering to the Lord the work of each day, allowing God to make it holy through us. A morning offering is the first act of a priestly people, of a people who prays. Without that our daily work can be no more than drudgery and unrelated to our faith. So make each day a prayer and pray for your priests.
"St John Vianney teaches us priests so many things: to be identified with the place to which we have been sent. That is still a struggle for me. To be dedicated to the work of reconciliation and of letting people know that our good Lord is always ready to receive us, to welcome us and to forgive us. He also teaches us priests to care for each other and to bring each other to the Lord, through mutual support and through mutual prayer."
Archbishop Nichols concluded: "I hope that this Year of Priests will bring great blessings to this wonderful Archdiocese of Birmingham.
ENCOURAGING: The Good News about Our Bishops by Deal W. Hudson
WOMEN FOR FAITH & FAMILY: Prayers for Priests
Ladder of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 20- "On bodily vigil"
4. A vigilant monk is a foe to fornication, but a sleepy one is its mate.Prayer request? Send an email to: PrayerRequest3@aol.com
This month's archive can be found at: http://www.catholicprophecy.info/news2.html.
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