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Wed 		15th Week in Ordinary Time
Ex. 3:1-6, 9-12
Ps. 103:1-4, 6-7
Mt. 11:25-27
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After generations of silence, the Lord spoke from a burning bush. It was not a revelation of abstract theology, but the message that God had not forgotten His people; He was with them to lead them into freedom. All of the groaning which the Israelites must have imagined were lost to the empty ear were all the time in the hearing of the God of their ancestors.

Likewise, the full revelation of God which we have in Jesus is not intended simply for the intellectual exploration of the learned - indeed, we are warned that these are the very people who might miss the point. Through the Good News of Jesus, we know that God is with us still and that His care for us never allows our smallest groan to go unheeded or our briefest joy unreassured. Today the burning issues of modern life are the burning bush from which the Lord speaks!


Lord, speak to me today through the burning issues of life.

DAILY OFFERING
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.

PRAYING WITH THE CHURCH
INTENTION
That the Gospel, may be read and lived in Christian families by parents and children, so that they may bear witness to the hope of Christ
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    

INTENTION : That the Gospel, may be read and lived in Christian families by parents and children, so that they may bear witness to the hope of Christ

Abraham and Mary received a wonderful promise from God. For both Abraham and Mary, the divine promise came as something completely unexpected. God disrupted the daily course of their lives, overturning its settled rhythms and conventional expectations. The promise seemed impossible. We must learn to walk in darkness.

Modelling ourselves on Mary, we ask her to help us look at and to listen to, to ponder and to penetrate the deep and mysterious meaning of the very simple, very humble and very beautiful appearing of the Son of God. We pray for a great renewal of faith in all the children of the Church everywhere to preach the good news to the poor. We ask her to teach us the way of humble and joyful obedience to the Gospel in the service of our brothers and sisters, without preferences and without prejudices. A deep renewal that is not just reflected in a general attitude to life, but as a conscious and courageous profession of the Creed. We ask the Holy Family to inspire all Christians to defend the family against so many present-day threats to its nature, its stability and its mission. We pray the efforts of Christians and of all people of good will to defend life and to promote respect for the dignity of every human being.



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