Cry out with joy to God, all the earth: serve the Lord with gladness.
When a house has no master living in it, it becomes dark, vile and contemptible, choked with filth and disgusting refuse.
A sermon said to be by St Macarius
49. On today’s 🚵♀️ pilgrimage the question for contemplation is, “Am I blocking the kind of serene reflection that could lead me to a shared wisdom”???
CHAPTER ONE
DARK CLOUDS OVER A CLOSED WORLD
THE ILLUSION OF COMMUNICATION
Information without wisdom
…i risk the basic structure of sage human communication as i replace silence and careful listening with a frenzy of texting, posting and tweeting that in turn replaces, “helping other people”…
A toddler in Miami takes a nap during an in-person class at the Catholic Charities-sponsored child development center at Holy Redeemer Catholic School Oct. 20, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS photo/Tom Tracy)
…a new lifestyle emerges, where i create only what i want and exclude all that i cannot control or know instantly and superficially; a process, which by its intrinsic logic, blocks any attempts, “to sit together and look at the community, the county and what areas of concern we have”…
“Bishop, how can I ever encourage my son to enter the seminary and be ordained a priest when some people in the Church treat priests so badly!”
Bishop Patrick J. Zurek, A Reflection on Christian Life, August 28, 2019
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On Today’s bicycle pilgrimage I pray that I become a Catholic who reveals God’s righteous acts by working, “with the poor with complete surrender”, for He comes to rule the earth, and I desire to remain faithful until death, even if I am hated by all because of His name!!!
Hymn of the Day
Today’s Scriptures
…your righteous acts have been revealed.”
RV 15:4
R. (Rev. 15: 3b) Great and wonderful are all your works, Lord, mighty God!
for he comes to rule the earth;
Ps 98: 9
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Remain faithful until death,
and I will give you the crown of life.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
RV 2:10C
“…hated by all because of my name,“
lk 21: 17
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