REFLECTION

FRIDAY - 01 / 11 / 2013

SOLEMNITY OF ALL SAINTS

SECOND READING; 1st John 3:1-3. 

Beloved: See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. Yet so we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God's children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. Everyone who has this hope based on Him makes himself pure, as He is pure. 

GOSPLE Matthew 5:1-12a.

When Jesus saw the crowds, He went up the mountain, and after He had sat down, His disciples came to Him.He began to teach them, saying: 

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 

Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the land. Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.

Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.Blessed are the clean of heart, for they will see God.Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.

Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute you and utter every kind of evil against you (falsely) because of Me. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven. Thus they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

THE GOSPLE OF THE LORD, 

PRAISE TO YOU LORD JESUS CHRIST! 

REFLECTION :

(I believe in the communion of saints)

After confessing the Holy Catholic Church, the Apostles Creed adds "the Communion Of Saints." In a certain sense this article is a further explanation of the preceding: "What is the Church if not the assembly of all the saints? The communion of saints is the Church... The communion of the Church of heaven and of earth:

The intercession of the saints: Being more closely united to Christ, fix the whole Church more firmly in holiness.

St. Dominic - (Do not weep, for I shall be more useful to you after my death and I shall help you then more effectively than during my life) 

St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus - (I want to spend my heaven in doing good on earth). 

Our communion with the saints joins us to Christ, from whom issues all grace, and the life of the People of God itself in the one family of God: 

For if we continue to love one another and to join in praising the Most Holy Trinity - all of us who are sons of God and form one family in Christ - we will be faithful to the deepest vocation of the Church. The Holy Eucharist, by which the unity of believers, who form one body in Christ, is both represented and brought about" The term "communion of saints".

BLESSED ARE WE IF WE ARE PERSECUTED IN ANY WAY FOR CHRIST SAKE. WE KNOW FOR SURE WE ARE GOING TO MARCHE ON WITH THE SAINTS TO THE HIGH THROWN OF GOD IN HEAVEN! 

PRAYER :

O God, You ordained that Your only-begotten Son

should be lifted up above the earth and draw all things to Himself. Mercifully grant that, through the merits and examples of all Your Saints, we may be lifted up above all earthly desires and be found worthy to come to Him heaven. We pray through the merits of Your Son Jesus who lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever. 

MOTHER MARY, QUEEN OF ALL SAINTS! PRAY FOR US, 

AMEN!!!!