Memorial
of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Lectionary:
358/573
Reading 1TB 12:1, 5-15, 20
Tobit called his son Tobiah and said to him,
“Son, see to it that you give what is due to the man
who made the journey with you; give him a bonus too.”
So he called Raphael and said,
“Take as your wages half of all that you have brought back,
and go in peace.”
Raphael called the two men aside privately and said to them:
“Thank God! Give him the praise and the glory.
Before all the living,
acknowledge the many good things he has done for you,
by blessing and extolling his name in song.
Honor and proclaim God’s deeds,
and do not be slack in praising him.
A king’s secret it is prudent to keep,
but the works of God are to be declared and made known.
Praise them with due honor.
Do good, and evil will not find its way to you.
Prayer and fasting are good,
but better than either is almsgiving accompanied by righteousness.
A little with righteousness is better than abundance with wickedness.
It is better to give alms than to store up gold;
for almsgiving saves one from death and expiates every sin.
Those who regularly give alms shall enjoy a full life;
but those habitually guilty of sin are their own worst enemies.
“I will now tell you the whole truth;
I will conceal nothing at all from you.
I have already said to you,
‘A king’s secret it is prudent to keep,
but the works of God are to be made known with due honor.’
I can now tell you that when you, Tobit, and Sarah prayed,
it was I who presented and read the record of your prayer
before the Glory of the Lord;
and I did the same thing when you used to bury the dead.
When you did not hesitate to get up
and leave your dinner in order to go and bury the dead,
I was sent to put you to the test.
At the same time, however,
God commissioned me to heal you and your daughter-in-law Sarah.
I am Raphael, one of the seven angels
who enter and serve before the Glory of the Lord.”
“So now get up from the ground and praise God.
Behold, I am about to ascend to him who sent me;
write down all these things that have happened to you.”
“Son, see to it that you give what is due to the man
who made the journey with you; give him a bonus too.”
So he called Raphael and said,
“Take as your wages half of all that you have brought back,
and go in peace.”
Raphael called the two men aside privately and said to them:
“Thank God! Give him the praise and the glory.
Before all the living,
acknowledge the many good things he has done for you,
by blessing and extolling his name in song.
Honor and proclaim God’s deeds,
and do not be slack in praising him.
A king’s secret it is prudent to keep,
but the works of God are to be declared and made known.
Praise them with due honor.
Do good, and evil will not find its way to you.
Prayer and fasting are good,
but better than either is almsgiving accompanied by righteousness.
A little with righteousness is better than abundance with wickedness.
It is better to give alms than to store up gold;
for almsgiving saves one from death and expiates every sin.
Those who regularly give alms shall enjoy a full life;
but those habitually guilty of sin are their own worst enemies.
“I will now tell you the whole truth;
I will conceal nothing at all from you.
I have already said to you,
‘A king’s secret it is prudent to keep,
but the works of God are to be made known with due honor.’
I can now tell you that when you, Tobit, and Sarah prayed,
it was I who presented and read the record of your prayer
before the Glory of the Lord;
and I did the same thing when you used to bury the dead.
When you did not hesitate to get up
and leave your dinner in order to go and bury the dead,
I was sent to put you to the test.
At the same time, however,
God commissioned me to heal you and your daughter-in-law Sarah.
I am Raphael, one of the seven angels
who enter and serve before the Glory of the Lord.”
“So now get up from the ground and praise God.
Behold, I am about to ascend to him who sent me;
write down all these things that have happened to you.”
Responsorial PsalmTB 13:2, 6EFGH, 7, 8
R. (1b) Blessed be God, who lives for
ever.
He scourges and then has mercy;
he casts down to the depths of the nether world,
and he brings up from the great abyss.
No one can escape his hand.
R. Blessed be God, who lives for ever.
So now consider what he has done for you,
and praise him with full voice.
Bless the Lord of righteousness,
and exalt the King of ages.
R. Blessed be God, who lives for ever.
In the land of my exile I praise him
and show his power and majesty to a sinful nation.
R. Blessed be God, who lives for ever.
Bless the Lord, all you his chosen ones,
and may all of you praise his majesty.
Celebrate days of gladness, and give him praise.
R. Blessed be God, who lives for ever.
He scourges and then has mercy;
he casts down to the depths of the nether world,
and he brings up from the great abyss.
No one can escape his hand.
R. Blessed be God, who lives for ever.
So now consider what he has done for you,
and praise him with full voice.
Bless the Lord of righteousness,
and exalt the King of ages.
R. Blessed be God, who lives for ever.
In the land of my exile I praise him
and show his power and majesty to a sinful nation.
R. Blessed be God, who lives for ever.
Bless the Lord, all you his chosen ones,
and may all of you praise his majesty.
Celebrate days of gladness, and give him praise.
R. Blessed be God, who lives for ever.
GospelLK 2:41-51
Each year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem
and when he was twelve years old,
they went up according to festival custom.
After they had completed its days, as they were returning,
the boy Jesus remained behind inJerusalem
but his parents did not know it.
Thinking that he was in the caravan,
they journeyed for a day
and looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances,
but not finding him,
they returned toJerusalem
After three days they found him in the temple,
sitting in the midst of the teachers,
listening to them and asking them questions,
and all who heard him were astounded
at his understanding and his answers.
When his parents saw him,
they were astonished,
and his mother said to him,
“Son, why have you done this to us?
Your father and I have been looking for you with great anxiety.”
And he said to them,
“Why were you looking for me?
Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?”
But they did not understand what he said to them.
He went down with them and came toNazareth
and was obedient to them;
and his mother kept all these things in her heart.
and when he was twelve years old,
they went up according to festival custom.
After they had completed its days, as they were returning,
the boy Jesus remained behind in
but his parents did not know it.
Thinking that he was in the caravan,
they journeyed for a day
and looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances,
but not finding him,
they returned to
After three days they found him in the temple,
sitting in the midst of the teachers,
listening to them and asking them questions,
and all who heard him were astounded
at his understanding and his answers.
When his parents saw him,
they were astonished,
and his mother said to him,
“Son, why have you done this to us?
Your father and I have been looking for you with great anxiety.”
And he said to them,
“Why were you looking for me?
Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?”
But they did not understand what he said to them.
He went down with them and came to
and was obedient to them;
and his mother kept all these things in her heart.
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Meditation: “His mother kept all these things in her heart”
Do you know the pain and grief of
losing someone close to you? Mary and Joseph must have felt anxious and
helpless when the boy Jesus disappeared. Nonetheless they returned to "Lord Jesus, in love you have called me to live for your praise and glory. May I always find joy in your presence and trust in your wise and loving plan for my life."
 Blessed is She Who Believed |
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Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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Father Timothy Mulcahey, LC Luke 2:41-51 Each year Jesus’ parents went to Introductory Prayer: Dearest Mother Mary, Christ your Son learned to love from your loving example. Teach me to love in the same way. Instruct me in the way of your virtues. Help me to make use of every opportunity to grow in them. Never let me miss the opportunities life gives me to love and form myself in virtue. I always want to love the way you love. Petition:Mary, my Mother, help me be your faithful child. Bring me to your son. 1. Not Everything Is Clear From the Outset: Mary has a mother’s heart that wants to love the loves of her Son. For Mary the road was not always clear. There would be many trials and difficulties. Nevertheless, Mary is resolved to follow her Son. She wants to follow him, understanding the mission. She cares for him in every way – even spiritually. There were many surprises in store for her as Christ matured and prepared for his mission. She never expected this one: losing her son for three days, at such an early age. Her son desired to be in his Father’s house and prepare his work. He loved being there and was preparing for the day when he would go out and actively do the work he had been sent to complete. Mary too was preparing for that day and Christ helped her get ready. 2. She Stored All These Things Up In Her Heart: It was hard for Mary to understand the full meaning of this moment. Being a woman of prayer and contemplation, she stored all these things up in her heart where she could recall them, reflect on them and compare them to other moments of her mission. What did all this mean? What did it point to? God’s plan would only reveal itself with time and Mary would be ready for it. It was not so much understanding that she needed but rather acceptance and fidelity to complete it. Mary had a contemplative heart that sought to unite itself and identify itself to the mission of her Son. She knew that she had a part to play in that mission and that she would need to prepare herself for it through prayer. 3. Take Mary’s Hand: We will never understand the purpose and meaning of our life unless we pray and contemplate like Mary did. It takes time, patience and a great deal of simplicity and trust. “Blessed is she that believed that the promises made to her would be fulfilled!” exclaims her cousin Elizabeth after the annunciation by the angel Gabriel. We are blessed when we can believe. It may take a long time to see the fulfillment of God’s designs in our lives too. We need to be like Mary and follow through by faithfully walking the path that is marked out for us. It can be a path that is not clear. We don’t need to know all of what lies ahead – just where we need to walk. Mary identified with her Son’s mission with her whole heart. She invites us to identify with it too. She will not fail to take you by the hand and lead you along that unclear, difficult and unknown path. Conversation with Christ: Lord Jesus Christ, when you had already given us everything – your life, your love, your Body and Blood in the Eucharist – from the cross you gave us the gift of your Mother. I thank you for this great gift. I want to be her faithful child. I want to imitate all her virtues, especially her faithfulness to you up to and beyond the moment of the cross. Grant me the grace to accompany both you and your mother at the foot of the cross. I want to follow you closely and perfectly as Mary did. I want to belong only to you and do only your will.
Resolution:I will ask Mary to
shape all Christian virtues in me by my daily prayer to her in the Rosary. I
will also make a special visit to her at one of her statues or images this
week.
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SATURDAY,
JUNE 8
LUKE 2:41-51
LUKE 2:41-51
Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary
(Tobit 12:1, 5-15, 20; Psalm:Tobit 13:2, 6)
KEY VERSE: "His mother meanwhile kept all these things in her heart" (v 51).
REFLECTING: Am I able to say "Yes" to God as Mary did?
PRAYING: Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for the healing of our broken hearts.
Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The devotion to the Heart of Mary is connected with that to the Heart of Jesus; nevertheless, it has its own history. Christians were early attracted by the love and virtues of the Heart of Mary. The Gospel itself invited this attention. Simeon's prophecy paved the way and furnished the devotion with one of its favorite representations: the heart pierced with a sword. It was, so to speak, at the foot of the Cross that the Christian heart first made the acquaintance of the Heart of Mary. But Mary was not merely passive at the foot of the Cross; "she cooperated through charity", asSt. Augustine
The devotion to the Heart of Mary is connected with that to the Heart of Jesus; nevertheless, it has its own history. Christians were early attracted by the love and virtues of the Heart of Mary. The Gospel itself invited this attention. Simeon's prophecy paved the way and furnished the devotion with one of its favorite representations: the heart pierced with a sword. It was, so to speak, at the foot of the Cross that the Christian heart first made the acquaintance of the Heart of Mary. But Mary was not merely passive at the foot of the Cross; "she cooperated through charity", as
A Solemn Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Most Holy Virgin Mary, tender Mother, to fulfill the desires of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the request of the Vicar of Your Son on earth, we consecrate ourselves and our families to your Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart, O Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, and we recommend to You, all the people of our country and all the world. Please accept our consecration, dearest Mother, and use us as You wish to accomplish Your designs in the world. Amen.
Most Holy Virgin Mary, tender Mother, to fulfill the desires of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the request of the Vicar of Your Son on earth, we consecrate ourselves and our families to your Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart, O Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, and we recommend to You, all the people of our country and all the world. Please accept our consecration, dearest Mother, and use us as You wish to accomplish Your designs in the world. Amen.
Blessed
be God, who lives forever
Let your
conduct be upright before the Lord.
The contrast between rich and poor, powerful and powerless is presented again in today's gospel. This eternal theme rings stridently for us as we ponder the many examples of these divisions in our world. It invites, even forces us to question our own motives and behaviour; to ask if our giving is really for show, our spending really a squandering of wealth, or whether we take the opportunity to address the imbalance in our society.
Reading of the widow's mite, we are reminded of the wonderful generosity we can encounter among the disadvantaged and the disempowered in our own society or among the poor who live, say, in the slums of
June 8
St. William ofYork
(d. 1154)
St. William of
(d. 1154)
A disputed election as archbishop of York
Born
into a powerful family in 12th-century Despite these roadblocks, he was nominated as archbishop of
It was not until 1154—14 years after he was first nominated—that William became archbishop of
Despite all that happened to him, William did not show resentment toward his opponents. Following his death, many miracles were attributed to him. He was canonized 73 years later.
LECTIO: SACRED HEART OF MARY
Lectio:
Saturday, June 8, 2013
Opening Prayer
O God, who has
prepared a worthy dwelling place of the Holy Spirit in the heart of the Blessed
Virgin Mary, through her intercession grant that we, your faithful, to be a
living temple of your glory. We ask this, through Christ our Lord ...
Luke 2:41-51
Each year Jesus’
parents went to Jerusalem
and when he was twelve years old,
they went up according to festival custom.
After they had completed its days, as they were returning,
the boy Jesus remained behind inJerusalem
but his parents did not know it.
Thinking that he was in the caravan,
they journeyed for a day
and looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances,
but not finding him,
they returned toJerusalem
After three days they found him in the temple,
sitting in the midst of the teachers,
listening to them and asking them questions,
and all who heard him were astounded
at his understanding and his answers.
When his parents saw him,
they were astonished,
and his mother said to him,
“Son, why have you done this to us?
Your father and I have been looking for you with great anxiety.”
And he said to them,
“Why were you looking for me?
Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?”
But they did not understand what he said to them.
He went down with them and came toNazareth
and was obedient to them;
and his mother kept all these things in her heart.
and when he was twelve years old,
they went up according to festival custom.
After they had completed its days, as they were returning,
the boy Jesus remained behind in
but his parents did not know it.
Thinking that he was in the caravan,
they journeyed for a day
and looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances,
but not finding him,
they returned to
After three days they found him in the temple,
sitting in the midst of the teachers,
listening to them and asking them questions,
and all who heard him were astounded
at his understanding and his answers.
When his parents saw him,
they were astonished,
and his mother said to him,
“Son, why have you done this to us?
Your father and I have been looking for you with great anxiety.”
And he said to them,
“Why were you looking for me?
Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?”
But they did not understand what he said to them.
He went down with them and came to
and was obedient to them;
and his mother kept all these things in her heart.
Meditation
* "Every year the feast of Passover." These words help us to better define the spiritual context in which the passage takes place and thus become, for us, the gateway to enter the mystery of his encounter with the Lord and His work of grace and mercy on us.
Together with Mary and Joseph, with Jesus, we too can live the gift of a new Passover, a "crossing" an excess, a spiritual movement that takes us "beyond". The passage is clear and strong, according to intuit what the Virgin Mary in this experience with his Son Jesus. Is the step from the street to the heart of the dispersion to interiority, from anguish to peace.
* "Every year the feast of Passover." These words help us to better define the spiritual context in which the passage takes place and thus become, for us, the gateway to enter the mystery of his encounter with the Lord and His work of grace and mercy on us.
Together with Mary and Joseph, with Jesus, we too can live the gift of a new Passover, a "crossing" an excess, a spiritual movement that takes us "beyond". The passage is clear and strong, according to intuit what the Virgin Mary in this experience with his Son Jesus. Is the step from the street to the heart of the dispersion to interiority, from anguish to peace.
All that remains is to make our journey that we go down the street and join the feast, the feast of pilgrims on their way up to
* "Their
way" This is only the first
of a series of verbs of motion, which follow one another along the verses of
this passage. Maybe it can help record an 'attention, "they went",
"return to the path", "group" (from the Latin cum-ire,
"walking together"); "journey"; "back";
"went down with them "" arrive ".
In parallel with this great physical movement, there is also a deep spiritual movement characterized by the verb "look", expressed also over, "they began to look for" "returned in search of him," "looking for you anxiously";" why you sought me? ".
This tells us that the journey, the true path that the Lord's word calls us, not a physical journey, but spiritual search is a journey of Jesus, of His Presence in our lives. And 'this is the direction in which we move, together with Mary and Joseph.
* "They began to look for him" here we can identify the core of the text, its fundamental message, it is important that we open ourselves to a deeper understanding of this reality. Also because Luke uses two different verbs to express the "search", the first to anazitéo vv. 44 and 45, indicating an accurate, repeated, careful, as some of those who browse, from bottom to top and second to zite vv. 48 and 49, which indicates the search for something that is lost and you want to find. Jesus is the object of all this movement and deep inner being, is the object of desire, the longing of the heart ...
* "Distressed" It 'great to see how Mary opens her heart to Jesus, telling him everything she saw, what she felt within herself. She is not afraid to tell the truth to his Son, to tell him the feelings and experiences that they felt in deep. But what is this anguish, this pain that you saw in Mary and Joseph in search of Jesus, who went missing?
* "Kept all these sayings in her heart" Maria does not understand the words of Jesus, the mystery of his life and his mission and for this silent, accepts, makes space, keep in the heart. This is the true path of growth in faith and relationship with the Lord.
Once again, Luke gives us a very beautiful and meaningful word, a compound of the verb "keep" - dia - Tiree, which means literally "keeping through". That is the spiritual operation that Mary carry within herself and that give us as a precious gift, a legacy for our good relationship with the Lord, so that it can take us into a journey deep, deep, that does not stop at the surface, or half, which is not coming back, but it goes deep down. Mary takes us by the hand and guides us through all our heart, all her feelings, her experiences. And there, in the secrecy of ourselves, in our hearts, we can learn to find the Lord Jesus, that perhaps we had lost.
Some questions
* The Word of the Lord, in its simplicity, is also very clear, very direct. An invitation to leave, to take part in the feast of Passover, is also directed to me. Do I decide to get up and get moving, to face the stretch of the road that Lord puts in front of me? And again, do I agree to join the feast of those who have decided in their hearts on pilgrimage?
* do I feel like my experience of seeking the Lord? Or it does not seem important? Do I miss it? do I think I can do myself? In my life, do I ever realize that in my life be lost to the Lord? Have left him or forgotten.
In parallel with this great physical movement, there is also a deep spiritual movement characterized by the verb "look", expressed also over, "they began to look for" "returned in search of him," "looking for you anxiously";" why you sought me? ".
This tells us that the journey, the true path that the Lord's word calls us, not a physical journey, but spiritual search is a journey of Jesus, of His Presence in our lives. And 'this is the direction in which we move, together with Mary and Joseph.
* "They began to look for him" here we can identify the core of the text, its fundamental message, it is important that we open ourselves to a deeper understanding of this reality. Also because Luke uses two different verbs to express the "search", the first to anazitéo vv. 44 and 45, indicating an accurate, repeated, careful, as some of those who browse, from bottom to top and second to zite vv. 48 and 49, which indicates the search for something that is lost and you want to find. Jesus is the object of all this movement and deep inner being, is the object of desire, the longing of the heart ...
* "Distressed" It 'great to see how Mary opens her heart to Jesus, telling him everything she saw, what she felt within herself. She is not afraid to tell the truth to his Son, to tell him the feelings and experiences that they felt in deep. But what is this anguish, this pain that you saw in Mary and Joseph in search of Jesus, who went missing?
* "Kept all these sayings in her heart" Maria does not understand the words of Jesus, the mystery of his life and his mission and for this silent, accepts, makes space, keep in the heart. This is the true path of growth in faith and relationship with the Lord.
Once again, Luke gives us a very beautiful and meaningful word, a compound of the verb "keep" - dia - Tiree, which means literally "keeping through". That is the spiritual operation that Mary carry within herself and that give us as a precious gift, a legacy for our good relationship with the Lord, so that it can take us into a journey deep, deep, that does not stop at the surface, or half, which is not coming back, but it goes deep down. Mary takes us by the hand and guides us through all our heart, all her feelings, her experiences. And there, in the secrecy of ourselves, in our hearts, we can learn to find the Lord Jesus, that perhaps we had lost.
Some questions
* The Word of the Lord, in its simplicity, is also very clear, very direct. An invitation to leave, to take part in the feast of Passover, is also directed to me. Do I decide to get up and get moving, to face the stretch of the road that Lord puts in front of me? And again, do I agree to join the feast of those who have decided in their hearts on pilgrimage?
* do I feel like my experience of seeking the Lord? Or it does not seem important? Do I miss it? do I think I can do myself? In my life, do I ever realize that in my life be lost to the Lord? Have left him or forgotten.
* Anxiety, spoken of Mary, has ever been my journey of companion, sad presence of the day, or longer in my life? Maybe, thanks to this passage, I discover that, the anxiety is caused by the absence of the Lord, the loss of God, does this passage helps me, gives me a light, a key for my life?
* The path of the heart, which Mary traces so clearly before me now, do I seem to be viable? Do I want to engage in this challenge, with myself, with my surroundings, perhaps even with those who live closest to me? I am willing to choose to get a little 'deeper, to learn how to "keep through", to go deep, with all my being? For me, the Lord and the relationship with him are so important, so involved? And He is the precious friend, the dearest Presence to which I want to open wide my heart? ...
Closing Prayer
and as she worshiped
the LORD, she said:
"My heart exults in the LORD,
my horn is exalted in my God.
I have swallowed up my enemies;
I rejoice in my victory.
"My heart exults in the LORD,
my horn is exalted in my God.
I have swallowed up my enemies;
I rejoice in my victory.
There is no Holy One
like the LORD;
there in no Rock like our God.
there in no Rock like our God.
"Speak boastfully
no longer,
nor let arrogance issue from your mouths.
For an all-knowing God is the LORD,
a God who judges deeds.
nor let arrogance issue from your mouths.
For an all-knowing God is the LORD,
a God who judges deeds.
The bows of the mighty
are broken,
while the tottering gird on strength.
while the tottering gird on strength.
The well-fed hire
themselves out for bread,
while the hungry batten on spoil.
The barren wife bears seven sons, while the mother of many languishes.
while the hungry batten on spoil.
The barren wife bears seven sons, while the mother of many languishes.
"The LORD puts to
death and gives life;
he casts down to the nether world; he raises up again.
he casts down to the nether world; he raises up again.
The LORD makes poor
and makes rich,
he humbles, he also exalts.
he humbles, he also exalts.
He raises the needy
from the dust;
from the ash heap he lifts up the poor,
To seat them with nobles
and make a glorious throne their heritage.
He gives to the vower his vow,
and blesses the sleep of the just.
"For the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S,
and he has set the world upon them.
from the ash heap he lifts up the poor,
To seat them with nobles
and make a glorious throne their heritage.
He gives to the vower his vow,
and blesses the sleep of the just.
"For the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S,
and he has set the world upon them.
1 Samule 2, 1-8
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