General Intention: That Christians may contribute to alleviating the material and spiritual suffering of AIDS patients, especially in the poorest countries.
Missionary Intention: For the religious who work in mission territories, that they may be witnesses of the joy of the Gospel and living signs of the love of Christ.
Please remember in your prayers, the people of The Republic of South Sudan who have now become the world's newest nation.
Please pray 5 decades of the Rosary today and the Divine Mercy Chaplet for the intentions above and for intentions and necessities of at least 10 others.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Friday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time St. Bonaventure, bishop and doctor of the Church
Scripture from today's Liturgy of the Word:
Exodus 11:10 - 12:14
Psalm 116:12-13, 15 and 16bc, 17-18
Matthew 12:1-8
A reflection on today's Sacred Scripture:
I desire mercy, not sacrifice. . . . (Matthew 12:7)
Why is it so hard for us to understand that God loves us, all of us? He does not desire our suffering. He wants nothing from us but love. He wants only that we return to Him what He gives us daily - love.
How might the world have been different if we could have heard this message before we sentenced Jesus to die? What would the world have been like if we could have shown mercy rather than demanded sacrifice? How would the world be different today if we showed mercy to those around us rather than demanding justice, sacrifice, our own little piece of the world?
God desires that we show Him love. We do this best when we love one another. The first letter of John tells us that we cannot claim to love God whom we do not see if we do not love each other - the images of God - whom we can see. God desires mercy, not sacrifice. He desires that we each love Him passionately, intensely, and completely. And this love is best demonstrated in our own longing for mercy, in our own demonstration of God's complete forgiveness.
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