19 Mar
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St Joseph, husband of BVM
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2 Sam. 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16
Ps. 89:2-3, 4-5, 27, 29
Rom. 4:13,
16-18, 22
Mt. 1:16, 18-21, 24a or
Lk 2:41-51a
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As Christians and as children of God we are called to believe and
to live lives of faith as Abraham did. To live a faith that
surpasses the observation of laws, mind and sense perceptions,
even hope (Rom. 4:18). We are called to live that kind of faith
which despite all things and everything, stands absolutely sure
that He, God, is the great I am and He is the Word who is able to
do what He has promised (Rom. 4:21). It is only in responding to
God with this kind of faith that we become true worshippers and
therefore can be accepted as righteous by the Father. In looking
closer into the texts of the Bible or the Word of God, we also
begin to realize that it is in worship, when our being is
righteous before God that miracles or great things can happen.
The Gospel texts of Matthew shows us that Joseph was a righteous
man (Mt. 1:19) and he had the same unquestioning faith as Abraham
and it was this great faith of Joseph together with Mary's that
allowed the Word to become flesh and thus brought salvation into
the world and turned death into life.
Lord, we have faith but not enough, increase our faith.
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DAILY OFFERING
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Eternal Father, I offer You everything I do this day; my thoughts, words, joys and sufferings.
Grant that, vivified by the Holy Spirit and united to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary,
my life this day may be of service to You and to others. I also pray that all those preparing for marriage
discover in Sacrament the source of Christ's grace for living a fithful and fruitful love. Amen.
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PRAYING WITH THE CHURCH
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INTENTION
That, with the committed help of all believers, the
scourge of poverty may come to an end, eliminating the
intolerable social and economic inequality in the world
Elaboration
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P R A Y I N G W I T H T H E C H U R C H
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INTENTION : |
That, with the committed help of all believers, the
scourge of poverty may come to an end, eliminating the
intolerable social and economic inequality in the world
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One might also say that poverty is the negation of economic and
social rights and that the poor who suffer from absolute poverty
are denied the most fundamental right which is the right to life.
The international community too is becoming progressively more
aware of the gravity of the problem and has declared solemnly to
fight and reduce extreme poverty by 2015. Besides, how can we not
realise the situation growing worse in spite of the increase in
available resources.
The problem of unequal distribution of resources in its correct
setting is an ethical one, since it is a problem of justice: the
poor are in the first place victims of injustice. In the era of
globalisation we can no longer tolerate a world in which the very
rich live side by side with the poor, the property less who lack
even the essentials with people who shamelessly waste what others
desterately need. One of the more evident worrying consequences
of this phenomenon is in fact the progressive increase instead of
the decrease of inequalities, in both poor countries and rich
countries, and between the North and South.
Let us pray that the scourge of poverty may come to an end
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