Weekday Solemnity of the Birth of John the Baptist 24th June, 2020 (episode: 236)

Nativity Of John Baptist (episode: 236)

Readings

First Reading Isaiah 49:1-6

Responsorial Psalm. Ps 138:1-3, 13-15. "I praise you for I am wonderfully made."

 

Second Reading. Acts 13:22-26

 

Gospel Acclamation. cf Luke 1:76. Alleluia, alleluia! You, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways. Alleluia!

 

Gospel. Luke 1:57-66, 80

 

Image Credit: Shutterstock Licensed stock photo ID: 56813196. Brussels, Belgium. 2017/10/27. Icon of Saint John the Forerunner (the Baptist, "Angel of the Desert"). Orthodox Chapel at the Brussels Zaventem Airport.

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To listen to the audio recording of the readings, prayers and reflections for this weekday feast of the Birth of John the Baptist 24^th June 2020, please click this link here: https://soundcloud.com/user-633212303/weekday-feast-faith-hope-and-love-nativity-of-john-the-baptist-episode-236/s-9utQbCtrsgZ  (episode: 236)

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In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

{{May Our Lord's Mercy renew you.}}

On this special (feast of) Nativity Of John Baptist

Brothers and sisters, as we prepare ourselves to celebrate the Lord,s supper, let us recall our sins and acknowledge them in silence.

Lord Jesus, you call your people to turn away from sin: Lord, have mercy//You teach us wisdom and write your truth in our inmost heart: Christ, have mercy//You forgive sins through the ministry of reconciliation: Lord, have mercy//

May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life. Amen.
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Memorial Acclamation
2. When we eat this Bread and drink this Cup, we proclaim your Death, O Lord until you come again.
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PREFACE: PREFACE OF JOHN THE BAPTIST
Euch.Prayer: 2
(PROPOSED THEME OPENING 3)
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Go and announce the Gospel of the Lord.

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The solemnity of the birth of John the Baptist was observed on this date in the fourth century. It celebrates the holy birth of "the greatest of all the prophets," the one who leapt for joy in his mother's womb, who prepared the way for Christ, announced his presence, and baptised him in the Jordan River.

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HOMILY:

 

Thanks be to God for wonderful, faithful and obedient servants such as John the Baptist and his parents... 

 

Elizabeth and Zechariah were faithful..  they obeyed God, they hoped and trusted in the promises God has long ago made to his people.. and they obeyed God in cooperating in bringing God's will to fulfilment in their lives...  

 

John the Baptist Quotes

 

From his own lips...  John's words, recorded for the inspiration of countless generations include these:

 

Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

(He prepared the world for the imminent coming of the saviour and pointed him out when he arrived)

                    

Anyone with two tunics should share with him who has none.

(In the anticipation of the wonderful and consistent values of the Kingdom from the beginning and revealed fully in Christ, he taught the ethics of concern and charity and justice to all our brothers and sisters in need).

 

Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near.

(He taught and practiced the change of heart and mind, the turning back to God and the rightness of trusting in God's mercy).

 

He must increase, but I must decrease.

(such an abiding example of humility... for all us disciples.. this is about Christ.. this not about us....   Christ must increase, we must step back and be servants of Christ's mission...  we are her to usher in the Kingdom of God, not the kingdom of ME!)

 

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The father's of the early church spoke rightly and highly of Saint John the Baptist.....

The Great speaker, John Chrysostom said this of John the Baptist:

 

 

"Such a one was John, who regarded not the crowds, nor opinion, nor anything else belonging to people, but trod all this beneath his feet, and proclaimed to all with becoming freedom the things respecting Christ. And therefore the Evangelist marks the very place, to show the boldness of the loud-voiced herald. For it was not in a house, not in a corner, not in the wilderness, but in the midst of the multitude, after that he had occupied Jordan, when all that were baptized by him were present, (for the Jewish people came upon him as he was baptizing,) there it was that he proclaimed aloud that wonderful confession concerning Christ, full of those sublime and great and mysterious doctrines, and that he was not worthy to unloose the strap of His shoe. Wherefore he says, These things were done in Bethany, or, as all the more correct copies have it, in Bethabara. For Bethany was not beyond Jordan, nor bordering on the wilderness, but somewhere near to Jerusalem." 

 

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The best quote is reserved of course to Our Lord himself who summed up Saint John so extraordinarily:

"Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet whoever is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. (Matt 11:11)

 

 

William Barlcay explains this great compliment by Christ and also the meaning of this mysterious line at the end....

 

 

"Such was the tremendous tribute of Jesus to John, spoken with the accent of admiration. There had never been a greater figure in all history; and then comes the startling sentence: "But he who is least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he."

 

Here there is one quite general truth. With Jesus there came into the world something absolutely new. The prophets were great; their message was precious; but with Jesus there emerged something still greater, and a message still more wonderful. C. G. Montefiore, himself a Jew and not a Christian, writes: "Christianity does mark a new era in religious history and in human civilization. What the world owes to Jesus and to Paul is immense; things can never be, and men can never think, the same as things were, and as men thought, before these two great men lived." Even a non-Christian freely admits that things could never be the same now that Jesus had come.

 

But what was it that John lacked? What is it that the Christian has that John could never have? The answer is simple and fundamental. John had never seen the Cross. Therefore one thing John could never know--the full revelation of the love of God. The holiness of God he might know; the justice of God he might declare; but the love of God in all its fulness he could never know. We have only to listen to the message of John and the message of Jesus. No one could call John's message a gospel, good news; it was basically a threat of destruction. It took Jesus and his Cross to show to men the length, breadth, depth and height of the love of God. It is a most amazing thing that it is possible for the humblest Christian to know more about God than the greatest of the Old Testament prophets. The man who has seen the Cross has seen the heart of God in a way that no man who lived before the Cross could ever see it. Indeed the least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than any man who went before.

 

So John had the destiny which sometimes falls to people; he had the task of pointing all the world to a greatness into which he himself did not enter. It is given to some people in History, to be the signposts of God. They point to a new ideal and a new greatness which others will enter into, but into which they will not come. It is very seldom that any great person of moment in history is the first one to toil for the reform with which their name is connected. Many who went before them glimpsed the glory, often laboured for it, and sometimes died for it, yet did not live to see it fulfilled in completeness.

 

There is a legend told of person who, from the windows of his house every evening, used to watch the lamp-lighter go along the streets lighting the lamps--and the lamp-lighter was himself a blind man. He was bringing to others the light which he himself would never see. Let a person never be discouraged in the Church or in any other walk of life, if the dream they have dreamed and for which they have toiled is never worked out before the end of their days. God needed John; God needs his signposts who can point people on the way, although they themselves decreased before that goal is achieved."   Great is the reward they laboured for in God's vineyard…..  

 

Saint John the Baptist,,,    and Saints Elizabeth and Zechariah…  pray for us…  

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References:
Fr Paul W. Kelly

Barclay, W. (1975). The Gospel of Matthew. Part II. 2nd ed. Edinburgh: St. Andrew Press.

 

https://www.azquotes.com/author/39145-John_the_Baptist

Image Credit: Shutterstock Licensed stock photo ID: 56813196. Brussels, Belgium. 2017/10/27. Icon of Saint John the Forerunner (the Baptist, "Angel of the Desert"). Orthodox Chapel at the Brussels Zaventem Airport.
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Archive of homilies and reflections: http://homilycatholic.blogspot.com.au
To contact Fr. Paul, please email: paulwkelly68@gmail.com

To listen to my weekly homily audio podcast, please click this link here.
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Further information relating to the audio productions linked to this Blog:
"Faith, Hope and Love - Christian worship and reflection" - Led by Rev Paul Kelly

Prayers and chants — Roman Missal, 3rd edition, © 2010, The International Commission on English in the liturgy. (ICEL)

Scriptures - New Revised Standard Version: © 1989, and 2009 by the NCC-USA. (National Council of Churches of Christ - USA)

"The Psalms" ©1963, 2009, The Grail - Collins publishers.

Prayers of the Faithful - " Together we pray" by Robert Borg'. E.J. Dwyer, Publishers, (1993) . (Sydney Australia).

Sung "Mass In Honour of St. Ralph Sherwin" - By Jeffrey M. Ostrowski. The Gloria. Copyright © 2011 ccwatershed.org.

- "Faith, Hope and Love" theme hymn - in memory of William John Kelly - Inspired by 1 Corinthians 13:1-13. Music by Paul W. Kelly. Arranged and sung, with additional lyrics by Stefan Kelk. 2019.

- "Today I Arise" - For Trisha J Kelly. Original words and music by Paul W. Kelly. Inspired by St Patrick's Prayer. Arranged and sung, with additional lyrics by Stefan Kelk. 2019.

[ Production - KER - 2020]

May God bless and keep you.
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Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year A - Sunday, June 21, 2020 EPISODE 235

Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year A - Sunday, June 21, 2020 EPISODE 235

 

Readings for 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time - A

FIRST READING: Jeremiah 20:10-13

Psalm 69:8-10, 14+17, 33-35. "Lord, in your great love, answer me."
SECOND READING: Romans 5:12-15

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION, (John 15:26b-27a).Alleluia, alleluia! The Spirit of Truth will bear witness to me, says the Lord. And you also will be my witness.
GOSPEL: Matthew 10:26-33

 

Image Credit: Praia do Rosa, Santa Catarina, Brasil. Photo by Cassiano Psomas on Unsplash
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Please listen to my audio recordings of the readings, prayers and reflections for the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year A - Sunday, June 21, 2020 by clicking this link here: https://soundcloud.com/user-633212303/faith-hope-and-love-ordinary-12a-episode-235/s-6OUimKfCDha  

(EPISODE: 235)
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PROLOGUE (Fr Paul): I have a saying, and I truly believe this… whenever you are doing a thing that is right and good… inevitable someone will come along and tell you to "Stop!"    - We must ignore them. Jesus looked into their hearts, and saw their opposition for what it is fear and feeling threatened in the comfy world that they had made. Jesus' response to these opponents was to keep going! Our Lord is the ultimate example of this complete faithfulness. His enemies knew that there was only one way they could stop him proclaiming and living his good news message of inclusion, justice and love… and that was to destroy him… to kill him and discredit him…….  But the Word of God in Jesus cannot be silenced… and it rose up again…..   showing once and for all that the opposing forces of lies, injustice and violence… were real, but ultimately empty threats…
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12^th. Sunday Ordinary Time Year A 2020 – Homily by Fr. Peter Dillon.

 

There is a new sensation that has snuck into our lives in recent months called fear.  While it's not all Covid 19 related, the pandemic seems to be the catalyst for people to be on edge and clearly anxious. Whether it be the reliance on daily information, the confusion around contrary health directives or just the concern around what, why and how is all this happening to us at this point in time?  Generally we are not a fearful people here in Australia. Certainly we are not immune to the major issues of the world, but mostly we are a people who face the problem and get on with life. This lingering uncertainty seems to have worn down our resistance and fed our anxiety.

 

These days, I hear of people fearful of travelling overseas, going to a crowded supermarket, fearful that their normally secure jobs may be in jeopardy and sadly, we are becoming suspicious of others. The lack of certainty that we crave, has been replaced by a form of intimidation by forces beyond our sight and control. We have become lured into becoming a "what if" people instead of "what is".

 

Some people have commented that they will never travel overseas again – they are too afraid. We here in the lucky country have been bred to believe that there is nothing we should be afraid of. Certainly we have been protected from many of the concerns of life that other countries have and are experiencing.

 

But being free from fear is something we take for granted, unless we understand that many people in our world fear something every day. Particularly those who live in the shadow of violence, uncertainty of employment, poverty, severe illness, homelessness, loneliness and death. These are genuine fears that cannot be dismissed with a kind word or a shoulder to cry on.

 

There is another fear that has crept into our society in more recent times and that is the fear of 'insecurity"

 

We ask: "what will happen to us if we don't protect our lifestyle and our future?"

 

"Will someone or something take away our choices and our liberty and we will be powerless against it?"

 

We all fear powerlessness and intimidation.

 

Of course this fear is not a new phenomenon. Three times in the Gospel reading today, Jesus reminds his followers not to be fearful as they anticipated what might happen to them as they prepare to take their message on the road.

 

Reading their concerns, Jesus appears to have a strong voice against intimidation. He does not disguise the truth that his disciples will be confronted by those who threaten, bully and intimidate others into submissive agreement. His advice is clear; not only does he not want his disciples to refuse to submit to the merchants of death, he tells them not to be afraid of them.

 

"Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul"

 

If you believe deep down that you are worthless, there is no point in trying to defend anything. Anyone can intimidate those who feel worthless. But if you believe that what you are and what you stand for add up to some worth, then you will be willing to take on those who would rubbish you and your values. He argues that the Father cares deeply for the true disciple

 

This is Jesus' point. Your real worth before God is a more powerful force than your real fear of your persecutors. That sense of worth can outdistance the hate of all your oppressors. That is why Jesus, Jeremiah and the Christian Martyrs can face their persecution with an awesome courage: They all know their true worth can never be killed. God's everlasting love is the only real offer they can never refuse.

 

Similarly Jeremiah has been abandoned by his friends and thrown into prison for his preaching. He is threatened with death if he does not recant and reject his beliefs. But Jeremiah refuses to be bullied into going against what he believes to be true, because he believes "the Lord is at my side, a mighty hero". What keeps him sane amidst all his persecution and intimidation is the profound belief that God cares for him.

 

The fear of an unknown future we now experience may not be one of terror or persecution, but it can still be felt when we come face to face with those who oppose our beliefs or criticise our life of faith.

 

Holding on to a strong faith in the face of fear is never easy, but we have the constant example of those who have coped with even greater adversity than we are dealing with presently. The belief that God who has given us so much already will not abandon us now when we feel we might need him most. And therein lies our great worth and strength.

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References:
Fr peter Dillon

 

Prologue by fr paul Kelly

Image Credit: Image Credit: Praia do Rosa, Santa Catarina, Brasil. Photo by Cassiano Psomas on Unsplash

Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year A (Sunday, June 21, 2020) (EPISODE: 235 )
The Lord be with you.
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Brothers and sisters, let us acknowledge our sins and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries.
option two on the cards/ Have mercy on us, O Lord./ For we have sinned against you./ Show us, O Lord, your mercy. And grant us your salvation.
May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life. Amen.
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Memorial Acclamation
2. When we eat this Bread and drink this Cup, we proclaim your Death, O Lord, until you come again.
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PREFACE: SUNDAYS I
Euch prayer two

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Further information relating to the audio productions linked to this Blog:
"Faith, Hope and Love - Christian worship and reflection" - Led by Rev Paul Kelly

Prayers and chants — Roman Missal, 3rd edition, © 2010, The International Commission on English in the liturgy. (ICEL)

Scriptures - New Revised Standard Version: © 1989, and 2009 by the NCC-USA. (National Council of Churches of Christ - USA)

"The Psalms" ©1963, 2009, The Grail - Collins publishers. 

Prayers of the Faithful - " Together we pray," by Robert Borg'. E.J. Dwyer, Publishers, (1993) . (Sydney Australia).

Sung "Mass In Honour of St. Ralph Sherwin" - By Jeffrey M. Ostrowski. The ….Gloria, Copyright © 2011 ccwatershed.org.

- "Faith, Hope and Love" theme hymn - in memory of William John Kelly - Inspired by 1 Corinthians 13:1-13. Music by Paul W. Kelly. Arranged and sung, with additional lyrics by Stefan Kelk. 2019.

- "Today I Arise" - For Tricia J Kelly. Original words and music by Paul W. Kelly. Inspired by St Patrick's Prayer. Arranged and sung, with additional lyrics by Stefan Kelk. 2019. 

May God bless and keep you. 
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Sacred Heart (episode: 234)

Sacred Heart (episode: 234)

FIRST READING. Deuteronomy 7:6-11

RESPONSORIAL PSALM. Ps 103:1-2,3-4,8,10. R. The Lord's kindness is everlasting to those who fear him.

SECOND READING.  1 John 4:7-16

ALLELUIA.  Matt 11:29ab. Take my yoke upon you, says the Lord, and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart.

GOSPEL   Matthew 11:25-30

 

Image: Photo. Sacre Coeur, Paris, France. By Stephanie LeBlanc on Unsplash.

Please listen to the audio recordings of the readings, prayers and reflections for the Sacred Heart - by clicking this link here: https://soundcloud.com/user-633212303/faith-hope-and-love-sacred-heart-a-2020-episode-234/s-WzCoYP5skRK

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In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

{{May Our Lord's gift of hope encourage you. On this special (feast of) Sacred Heart

Who can fathoms the endless depths of God's love for us....    Our Lord's heart burns with compassion and mercy for the world.

 

 

Coming together as brothers and sisters in Christ, let us pause and reflect upon our sins, in order to celebrate the Holy Eucharist.

LORD JESUS, YOUR SACRED HEART DESIRES TO RESCUE OUR SOULS FROM DEATH AND KEEP US ALIVE IN FAMINE. LORD HAVE MERCY.

YOUR SACRED HEART, WOUNDED FOR OUR SINS, OVERFLOWS WITH COMPASSION FOR US. CHRIST HAVE MERCY.

THE DESIGNS OF YOUR HEART ARE FROM AGE TO AGE.  LORD HAVE MERCY.

May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life. Amen.
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Memorial Acclamation
3. Save us, Saviour of the world, for by your Cross and Resurrection you have set us free.
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PREFACE:  Of the Most sacred heart
Euch .Prayer: I

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{ thanks everyone for this time of prayer and reflection - .}

Dismissal:

*(special for feast): ….
 or: Go in peace.(glorifying the Lord by your life)

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Prologue: The devotion to the Sacred Heart is one of the most widely practiced and well known Catholic devotions, taking Jesus Christ's physical heart as the representation of his divine love for humanity, a love that flows out from an endless source...  and which suffered for us, to save us... 

 

 

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HOMILY:

Devotion to the sacred heart was part of the spirituality of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux in the twelfth century and of Saint Bonaventure and St. Gertrude the Great in the thirteenth. The beginnings of a devotion toward the love of God as symbolized by the heart of Jesus are found even in the fathers of the Church, including Origen, Saint Ambrose, Saint Jerome, Saint Augustine of Hippo, Saint Hippolytus of Rome, Saint Irenaeus, Saint Justin Martyr and Saint Cyprian, who used in this regard John 7:37-39 ("Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them" and John 19:33-37.[2]( one of the soldiers pierced Jesus' side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water),

And the devotion of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque .

This feast is also a time of prayer for the sanctification of Priests, to more closely follow after the heart of Jesus

 

devotion to the Sacred Heart  went a long way in breaking down the resistance of the Jansenists, who saw God as a vindictive judge and were reluctant to receive Communion more than once a year.

 

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"The Sacred Heart is an inexhaustible fountain and its sole desire is to pour itself out into the hearts of the humble so as to free them and prepare them to lead lives according to his good pleasure." In other words, the purpose of devotion to the Sacred Heart is to renew the effects of redemption in our souls,

 

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St. Margaret Mary in the Office of Readings: "This divine heart is an immeasurable depth of all blessings, and into it the poor should submerge all their needs.

 

It is an bottomless extent of joy in which all of us can immerse our sorrows. It is an endless depth of lowliness to counteract our foolishness, an eternal wellspring of love to meet our every need."

 

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Second Reading

 

A letter by St Margaret Mary Alacoque

 

We must know the love of Christ which surpasses all knowledge

 

From this divine heart three streams flow endlessly. The first is the stream of mercy for sinners; it pours into their hearts sentiments of contrition and repentance. The second is the stream of charity which helps all in need and especially aids those seeking perfection to find the means of surmounting their difficulties. From the third stream flow love and light for the benefit of his friends who have attained perfection; these he wishes to unite to himself so that they may share his knowledge and commandments and, in their individual ways, devote themselves wholly to advancing his glory.

 

But above all preserve peace of heart. This is more valuable than any treasure. In order to preserve it there is nothing more useful than renouncing your own will and substituting for it the will of the divine heart. In this way his will can carry out for us whatever contributes to his glory, and we will be happy to be his subjects and to trust entirely in him.

 

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St Bonaventure

 

With you is the source of life

 

 the soldiers  opened his sacred side with a spear, so that blood with water might flow out to pay the price of our salvation. This blood, which flowed from its source in the secret recesses of his heart, gave the sacraments of the Church power to confer the life of grace, and for those who already live in Christ was a draught of living water welling up to eternal life.

 

Arise, then, bride of Christ, .......... place your lips there to draw water from the wells of your Saviour. For this is the spring flowing from the middle of paradise; it divides and becomes four rivers, then spreads through all devout hearts, and waters the whole world and makes it fruitful.

 

O soul devoted to God, whoever you may be, run to this source of life and light with eager longing. And with the power of your inmost heart cry out to him: 'O indescribable beauty of God most high! O pure radiance of everlasting light! O life that gives life to all life! O light that illuminates every light, ......   ..........

 

'O water eternal and inaccessible, clear and sweet, flowing from the spring that is hidden from the eyes of all mortal men; the spring whose depths cannot be plumbed, whose height cannot be measured, whose shores cannot be charted, whose purity cannot be muddied.'

 

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References:
Fr Paul W. Kelly

 

Wikipedia  - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast_of_the_Sacred_Heart

 

Image: Photo. Sacre Coeur, Paris, France. By Stephanie LeBlanc on Unsplash.
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Archive of homilies and reflections: http://homilycatholic.blogspot.com.au
To contact Fr. Paul, please email: paulwkelly68@gmail.com
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Archive of homilies and reflections: http://homilycatholic.blogspot.com.au
To contact Fr. Paul, please email: paulwkelly68@gmail.com

To listen to my weekly homily audio podcast, please click this link here.
NB - It is often a week or so Ahead: https://soundcloud.com/user-633212303/tracks

You are welcome to subscribe to Fr Paul's homily mail-out by sending an email to this address: paulkellyreflections+subscribe@googlegroups.com

Further information relating to the audio productions linked to this Blog:
"Faith, Hope and Love - Christian worship and reflection" - Led by Rev Paul Kelly

Prayers and chants — Roman Missal, 3rd edition, © 2010, The International Commission on English in the liturgy. (ICEL)

Scriptures - New Revised Standard Version: © 1989, and 2009 by the NCC-USA. (National Council of Churches of Christ - USA)

"The Psalms" ©1963, 2009, The Grail - Collins publishers.

Prayers of the Faithful - " Together we pray" by Robert Borg'. E.J. Dwyer, Publishers, (1993) . (Sydney Australia).

Sung "Mass In Honour of St. Ralph Sherwin" - By Jeffrey M. Ostrowski. The Gloria. Copyright © 2011 ccwatershed.org.

- "Faith, Hope and Love" theme hymn - in memory of William John Kelly - Inspired by 1 Corinthians 13:1-13. Music by Paul W. Kelly. Arranged and sung, with additional lyrics by Stefan Kelk. 2019.

- "Today I Arise" - For Trisha J Kelly. Original words and music by Paul W. Kelly. Inspired by St Patrick's Prayer. Arranged and sung, with additional lyrics by Stefan Kelk. 2019.

[ Production - KER - 2020]

May God bless and keep you.
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