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Reconciliation and Peace

The boat at the mercy of the storm is the image of the Church, which in every age encounters headwinds, very harsh trials at times: we recall certain long and ferocious persecutions of the last century and even today in certain places. In situations like that, she may be tempted to think that God has abandoned her. But in reality, it is precisely in those moments that the witness of faith, the witness of love, the witness of hope shines the most. It is the presence of the Risen Christ in His Church that gives the grace of witness unto martyrdom, from which buds new Christians and fruit of reconciliation and peace for the entire world.
May the intercession of Mary help us to persevere in faith and fraternal love when the darkness and storms of life place our trust in God in crisis.

Pope Francis.

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18 Sunday in Ordinary Time

No one in the crowd would have thought that this boy mattered. This was one little boy in the crowd, with a little bit of seafood and bread, but he had been chosen by God to be a significant piece of the Messiah’s redemptive plan not only for that day, but for the rest of human history.

Here’s what I’m trying to say: we will never know which little person God will use, and how. That means that we’re never just lost in the crowd. We’re never without anything to offer. We never know who the Lord will claim and use in ways that we can’t predict or haven’t intended. paultripp.com

Bring Joy To The Elderly

World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly

‘Who does not remember their grandparents? Who can forget their presence and their witness by the domestic hearth? How many of us bear their names as a sign of continuity and gratitude!

… These and other gestures of love and faith are a manifestation of our gratitude to them. They gave themselves; they sacrificed themselves for us, and in certain cases also gave their lives.’

Pope Benedict XVI

‘God wants young people to bring joy to the hearts of the elderly, as Mary did to Elizabeth, and gain wisdom from their experiences… above all, the Lord wants us not to abandon the elderly.’

Pope Francis.

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