Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year A - Sunday, June 28, 2020 EPISODE 234

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year A - Sunday, June 28, 2020 EPISODE 234

Readings for 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time - A

FIRST READING: 2 Kings 4:8-11, 14-16a

Psalm 89:2-3, 16-17, 18-19. "Forever I will sing the goodness of the Lord."
SECOND READING: Romans 6:3-4, 8-11

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION, (1 Peter 2:9).Alleluia, alleluia! You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy people. Praise God who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.
GOSPEL: Matthew 10:37-42

 

Image Credit: Shutterstock Licensed stock illustration ID: 1621834639. Illustration in Byzantine style depicting the scene of the Jesus Christ's resurrection and its effects for those who hope in Him. By Julia Raketic
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Please listen to my audio recordings of the readings, prayers and reflections for the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year A - Sunday, June 28, 2020 by clicking this link here: https://soundcloud.com/user-633212303/faith-hope-and-love-orindary-13a-episode-237/s-BMWxmvTE2xK  (EPISODE: 234)
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Prologue: Even Our Lord hesitated at the enormousness of the cross..  at the garden of Gethsemane he prayed that this cup of suffering would be taken from him...  but then added (wonderfully) but not my will be done, but yours!   Nobody rushes towards suffering or prefers the Cross. The mystery of the cross is a difficult but central reality in the life of Christ and of us all.....  And in life, there are many little crosses as we journey along our path......... Helen Keller...   the American author, political activist, and lecturer, who was both deaf and blind.  She said the most extraordinary thing once...It is challenging and difficult to comprehend this message but it is the message of the Cross.......The following are her words and this is what she said motivated her life....."I thank God for my disabilities. For through them, I have found myself, my work, and my God!"     -    WOW.   What an amazing outlook...... one that transformed everything she did and said.   Because of... and despite many major obstacles in life, she did not let stop her.

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13^th Sunday Ordinary Time Year A 2020

 

Throughout my life, there have been many times when I have witnessed that wonderful Aussie characteristic of "giving a bloke a chance", of digging deep in times of trouble. Through droughts and fires and numerous other disasters, people have done amazingly generous things for their fellow Australians, that have spurred the rest of us on to make some sacrifices ourselves, when at first we thought it doesn't have anything to do with me. That type of generosity is infectious, and, if done with a good spirit, brings its own rewards.

 

 "We take care of our own", is now a proud part of our tradition. But who is "our own" and when does 'taking care' start to become a burden? How do we respond when those who don't come from our "tribe", or traditions our lifestyle need that chance?

 

Certainly one of the most confronting issues in our world is the crisis surrounding refugees. People, who for a range of reasons, find they can no longer live in the country of their birth and must seek refuge elsewhere. Every day hundreds of thousands of people find it necessary to gather their family and belongings and search for security away from the place that they believed they would be safe.

 

You can only imagine what despair these people must have grappled with when they finally decided that the danger of departing was seen to be a better option than staying where they had established their house, employment and their family tradition. May we never know the trauma of having to take such desperate measures?

 

I wonder do these people ever know what will greet them when they arrive at some new place. Will they be greeted at all or will they find a country that will reject them like we would an invader. The only way these desperate people will survive is if they are welcomed into this new and often vastly different society.

 

In the sacred tradition of Israel, hospitality was regarded as one of the chief responsibilities of a caring people. The stranger, the outsider. The wayfarer. Anyone outside their home territory – all were regarded as people who were in need of special care.

 

The reason for this was enshrined in the Law "if a stranger lives with you in your land, do not harm him. You must count him as one of your own countrymen and love him as yourself – for you were once strangers in the land of Egypt." (Leviticus 19:33-34).

 

We should not be surprised to know that while this Law was held as sacred, as people settled in their lands and became established they started to worry about their own security before that of others. Eventually, they no longer looked to their community, their tribe for help, but started looking after their own property. They started to care for only those they knew.

 

 By the time Jesus was born, the people of Israel had settled into the land of Palestine, and since they were no longer a wandering people but had they land and security they wanted, their values and changed and so did their connection and responsibilities for each other.

 

In the Gospel of Matthew we hear clearly that Jesus was born into a place where he was not accepted. He had no security and had to be taken to Egypt for safety and shelter. From the very beginning of his life, he had to rely on the hospitality of others. In fact, the whole of Jesus adult life seemed to be one of taking to the road with his band of itinerant supporters. Where could he lay his head in a land of strangers? As they leave their own region of Galilee, they become refugees who have to depend on the hospitality of others to receive them and welcome their message.

 

It would seem that people did welcome his disciples, particularly those who need to hear the good news they were bringing. Those who welcomed them as holy messengers from God did receive their own reward in the form of healing and forgiveness. They came to discover that the message of a loving forgiving God was not a finite commodity like their land and belongings. That their hospitality was not a matter of bed and breakfast and goodbye, but rather it was the act of opening their hearts to the visit of God who came in the person of Jesus. In doing so they caught something of the goodness and values that Jesus showed them. They changed because of his visit.

 

And that is where hospitality begins; with an open door and open heart. Yes, it does extend beyond being comfortable. It goes beyond offering others some immediate assistance in the hope that they might go away and leave us alone. Supporting the stranger means first listening to what they have to say and providing practical support for them in their quest for belonging.

 

We profess that 'generosity to the needy' is now one of our proud Catholic characteristics, but it is often tempered with the concern of "What do I get out of this and how long does my giving last?" It is a question that our country must ask itself and it has no easy answer. Yet, if we as individuals are not sure about our answer, how can we expect to have any influence on the rest of the community? We offer no example to others if we are not prepared to practice what we profess to believe if we only take the comfortable bits of the Gospel message.

 

I suppose it comes down to see if we believe what Jesus proclaims when he says, people won't lose by their generosity to the cause of the Gospel. As he tells his messengers: "anyone who welcomes you welcomes me; and those who welcome me welcome the one who sent me".

 

In the end, it is God who is our guest.

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References:
Homily:  Fr Peter Dillon

 

prologue: Fr Paul W. Kelly

Image Credit: Shutterstock Licensed stock illustration ID: 1621834639. Illustration in Byzantine style depicting the scene of the Jesus Christ's resurrection and its effects for those who hope in Him. By Julia Raketic

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year A (Sunday, June 28, 2020) (EPISODE: 234 )
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (or/ The Lord be with You)
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{{Welcome everyone}}

 

my brothers and sisters, to prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries, let us call to mind our sins.
You were sent to heal the contrite of heart. Lord, have mercy.// You came to call sinners: Christ, have mercy. //You are seated at the right hand of the Father to intercede for us: 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: Sundays Ordinary III
Euch Prayer Three
Communion side. pwk: LH

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{{thank you so much for taking this time with me to listen to God's word and for praising God for his goodness and care.}}

Go forth, the Mass is ended.

 

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"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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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
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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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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

(OPENING THEME VARIATION:  4)
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Go in peace.  

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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 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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