by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“‘Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples.’ He said … ‘When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be Your Name, Your Kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread and forgive us our sins for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us, and do not subject us to the final test.'”
“She had a sister named Mary who sat beside the Lord at His Feet listening to Him Speak. * * * The Lord said to [Martha] in reply, ‘Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things. There is need of only one thing.
Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her.'”
“‘And who is my neighbor?’ Jesus replied, ‘A man fell victim to robbers as he went down from Jerusalem to Jericho. … a Samaritan traveler who came upon him was moved with compassion … poured oil and wine over his wounds and bandaged them. … lifted him up on his own animal, took him to an inn, and cared for him. … Which of these three, in your opinion, was neighbor to the robbers’ victim?’ … ‘The one who treated him with mercy.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Go and do likewise.'”
“‘… what God has joined together, no human being must separate.’ … ‘Whoever divorces his wife and marries another
commits adultery against her; and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.'”
“Guide me, Lord, along the Everlasting Way. …”
Catholic TV Mass for the Memorial of Saint Francis of Assisi, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018, from Loretto Abbey in the Archdiocese of Toronto. [Click here for Mass Readings]
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“Jesus appointed seventy-two other Disciples whom He sent ahead of Him in pairs to every town and place He intended to visit. He said … ‘The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the Master of the Harvest to send out laborers for His Harvest. … I am sending you like lambs among wolves. Carry no money bag, no sack, no sandals;
and greet no one along the way. Into whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace to this household.’ If a peaceful person lives there, your peace will rest on him …. Whatever town you enter and they welcome you, eat what is set before you, cure the sick in it and say to them, “The Kingdom of God is at hand for you.” …'”
“… someone said to Him, ‘I will follow You wherever You go.’ Jesus answered … ‘Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head.’ … ‘No one who sets a hand to the plow and looks to what was left behind is fit for the Kingdom of God.'”