1 Jun
Sat 		8th Week in Ordinary Time
Jude 17:20b-25
Ps. 63:2,3-4,5-6
Mk. 11:27-33
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Novena to the Sacred Heart

Being a Christian is not a guarantee of a trouble-free life. Christians face failures, struggles, and tragedies just like anyone else. But Jude insists that we have something precious: our faith, and the Spirit. It is these that will keep us from giving up. We are all on the journey together, so we support, encourage, and challenge one another along the way, while always remaining united in the love of God.

There are different kinds of questions. Some questions are meant to intimidate or wound, others are meant to puff up the pride of the questioner. Genuine questions are those asked by people who have an open mind and heart and who are truly seeking the truth. Those who question Jesus are in the first category, and Jesus does not feel that he owes them any answer. But many others, especially those who were rejected by others because of their status or past life asked the sort of questions Jesus was glad to answer. We should always place ourselves with them, seeking and asking with a sincere desire to know the truth and to be transformed by it. Never be silenced by the insecurity or impatience of others. Genuine and sincere questioning is a way of glorifying God and living as a mature Christian.


Lord, may my mind and heart always seek Your truth.

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 leaders and members of different religions may co-operate in their search for world peace, based on conversion of hearts and brotherly dialogue.
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 leaders and members of different religions may co-operate in their search for world peace, based on conversion of hearts and brotherly dialogue.

While respecting others' beliefs, all religions are called on to form a spiritual United Nations under the common denominator of belief in God who unites us all. We as believers are asked to place our particular faith at the service of the common human good.

This religious goal of humanism should manifest itself in healthy co-operation and not mere coexistence among all the men and women in the world. The universal criterion for achieving a basic common denominator among all the religions is moving from instinctive and sentimental dimensions to social and spiritual ones. And the influence of religions on millions of people is so deep it can be said that without religious peace there cannot be world peace. "Religion and peace go together: unleashing a war in the name of religion is an obvious contradiction". (John Paul II).

Therefore, we must neutralise our disorderly inclinations: selfishness, pride, ambition, lust for money and power, self-sufficiency, a superiority complex. We cannot be at peace with ourselves if we are not at peace with God.



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