CATHOLIC FAITH AT HOME RESOURCES
For Our Family of Parishes
St. Thomas More, St. Bernadette, St. Mary's, St. Peter's
JULY 24
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ST. BERNADETTE FESTIVAL
AUGUST 19-20
6 PM -11 PM
Their Major Annual Spirit and Fund Raising Event...
“Celebrate Life – The St. Bernadette 2022 Festival.”
After the past two years' limitations, this year is very important!
Click the link below to learn ways you can help:
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We Love our Grandmas
and Grandpas!!!
Sunday, July 24,
we celebrate the event Pope Francis established two years ago,
"The World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly
is an opportunity to proclaim once more, with joy,
that the Church wants to celebrate together
with all those whom the Lord
– in the words of the Bible –
has ‘filled with days’."
"In Old Age They Will Still Bear Fruit"
Ps. 92:15
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THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST
&
Roland Patzleiner
created a video on YouTube
so that we may worship Christ anew
and learn of all the amazing graces
we may receive in adoring Him.
What you will find on this video:
1. Story of Longin, who pierced the Heart of Jesus
2. Song "Heal me O Lord"
3. Litany of the Precious Blood
4. Consecration to the Blood of Jesus
5. Song "Domine Jesu"
Click below to watch the video:
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Joining the National Church's Newest Movement...
to Spread Love for Our Eucharistic Lord!
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The Children of Mary invite you to actively share in their mission!
And no classes or meetings to attend!
Become a missionary right where you are!
Not to a far off land.
Just live your normal life -
and spread the truths of the Faith and Jesus' love to others.
We are so fortunate to have these wonderful religious sisters,
here in our own archdiocese, show us the way!
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The fruit of the Sisters' love for Jesus Eucharistic
has begotten a new movement--
one for lay people:
Disciples of
Our Eucharistic Lord
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The sisters are giving away this tool to help
spread the beautiful truths of our Faith.
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You don't have to know or teach the Faith,
just share the free book "Sing Your Love."
and your love and sharing will bring peace and joy to others.
(And you can check the sisters' map that tracks this movement's growth!)
Click the link below to learn more, register and receive their FREE book:
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National Eucharistic Revival Resources
Scandal, division, disease, doubt.
The Church has withstood each of these throughout our very human history...
But today we confront all of them... all at once!
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How can I be involved?
There are many ways!
Encourage and strengthen this movement!
Become a prayer partner
Share testimonies
Call on the Holy Spirit
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This revival calls on:
Laypeople, families, religious orders, and priests
To volunteer their:
time, talents, and prayers
In pursuit of:
the grassroots renewal our world so desperately needs.
Resources available now!
1. U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) on the Eucharist:
3. Free course from Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens on learning to:
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BEACONS OF LIGHT UPDATE
Hear Archbishop Schnurr,
as he shepherds his flock, us!,
in our new Families of Parishes.
A new video explains how Beacons of Light's mission is to fulfill the enduring mission of the Church in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.
Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr encourages each of us
to rely on the guidance of the Holy Spirit and
calls on all of the faithful
to approach this process with prayer and collaboration.
Click below to watch the:
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WHAT DOES IHS
REFER TO?
Scroll down to find the answer!
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GOSPEL READING REFLECTION
For July 24, 2022
The Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Year C - Lk 11:1-13
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Wrestling with God in Prayer
"He said to them, “When you pray, say:
Father, hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come.
Give us each day our daily bread
and forgive us our sins
for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us,
and do not subject us to the final test.”
- One of Jesus’ disciples “prays,” that is “asks” how to pray, and Jesus answers.
- The content of our prayer, Christ says, should be to honor God, pledge ourselves to his plan, ask for our daily needs, beg forgiveness for our sins, and request not to be tested.
- The manner of our prayer should be persistent and trusting.
- Persistence is the point of the parable of the three loaves, and a feature of the way Abraham petitioned God to spare Sodom for the sake of the innocent.
- Our manner should also be trusting, as a son trusts his good father.
- God is ready to give us good things, as any good father is. God will not send true evil upon us.
- But isn’t it possible that sometimes we ask God for the equivalent of snakes and scorpions?
- It is good for us if God does not give us evil things we ask for, even though he permits us, in honor of our freedom, to seek them ourselves.
- When we petition God, what are we really asking for, seeking after, knocking on doors for, not just in prayer but at every moment of our lives from childhood to old age?
- Don’t we want everything? Don’t we want something that nothing on earth can satisfy?
- This is why Christ says the Father will give us the Holy Spirit. We have everything necessary if we are living in the Holy Spirit, that is, in a state of sanctifying grace, in the condition being transformed into images of Christ. This sounds very spiritual or abstract or unreal. But in reality, the gift God wants to give us, because it contains everything, is himself.
- That’s what heaven is, possession of God.
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ANSWER TO QUIZ
In the 3rd century, Christians shortened Jesus' name in Greek by writing only the first three letters of His name: IHΣ
(His full name: ΙΗΣΟΥΣ).
In the Latin alphabet, Σ (the Greek letter called sigma),
is written as an “S,” thus creating the monogram we
commonly see as ΙΗS.
Click the link below to learn more about:
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BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Spiritual reading is critical to develop as Catholics and, ultimately, saints. Great saints like Augustine and Ignatius, experienced their profound conversions through books.
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This week's recommendation is:
A Map of Life by Frank Sheed
Considered one of his best books, it is also considered one of the best and most popular short summaries
ever written
about the Catholic faith .
Focusing on the major truths of our existence and purpose in life, Sheed draws on God's revelation to show what the divine master plan is for us and how each part of the plan is related.
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We pray you will be excited to embark on purposeful spiritual reading as a way to build a more prayer-filled, Christ centered life.
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