Prayers
With prayer as the center of our lives, we serve in simplicity and joy.
Daily we pray both alone and together.
Coming before God in solitude, we listen and respond to the Spirit.
Gathering in Jesus’ name we share his word with one another and the world as a whole.
In these pages we welcome your prayer requests
and offer our weekly reflections for each Sunday and those from special occasions.
Join us in this sacred journey.
Daily we pray both alone and together.
Coming before God in solitude, we listen and respond to the Spirit.
Gathering in Jesus’ name we share his word with one another and the world as a whole.
In these pages we welcome your prayer requests
and offer our weekly reflections for each Sunday and those from special occasions.
Join us in this sacred journey.
READINGS AND REFLECTION FOR AUGUST 2, 2020
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EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY
IN ORDINARY TIME |
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First Reading: Isaiah 55: 1-3
Responsorial: Psalm 145: 8 – 9, 15 - 18 Second Reading: Romans 8: 35, 37 -39 Gospel: Matthew 14: 13 -21 |
REFLECTION:
When I first read the readings for today, I exclaimed to myself, “Isn’t God grand!?” I invite you to at look the words from the prophet Isaiah: “All you who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come, receive grain and eat. Come, without paying and without cost, buy wine and milk without money and without price.” The prophet continues, “Heed me and you shall eat well … Come to me heedfully, listen that you may have life. I will renew with you the everlasting covenant, the benefits assured to David.” I find these words to be reassuring, especially in the times we are in.”
In Psalm 45, we are assured that, “The hand of the Lord feeds us; God answers all our needs.” And further, the psalmist says, “The eyes of all look hopefully to you, and you give them their food in due season.”
Paul’s letter to the Romans asks, “What will separate us from the love of Christ? … I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor present things, nor future things … will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
And then – to top it all off - we see in the Gospel from Matthew, our compassionate Jesus reaching out to feed thousands, even though his disciples said it couldn’t be done. Indeed, the words of Isaiah, David, and Paul are brought to fulfillment in this event.
As I witness the extreme suffering of our brothers and sisters in our world today, I would like to take some time to reflect on the hope filled readings of this Sunday… and to remember the words of Psalm 45: “The Lord is near to all who call upon Him.” I invite you to do so also.
PRAYER:
Loving, compassionate God, be with us as we ponder your generosity. Thank you for your nearness to us – even though we may not feel your presence at times. We place our suffering brothers and sisters in Your care. Thank you for renewing with us Your everlasting covenant. In Jesus’ name we pray.
S. Joan Laughlin, OSF
When I first read the readings for today, I exclaimed to myself, “Isn’t God grand!?” I invite you to at look the words from the prophet Isaiah: “All you who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come, receive grain and eat. Come, without paying and without cost, buy wine and milk without money and without price.” The prophet continues, “Heed me and you shall eat well … Come to me heedfully, listen that you may have life. I will renew with you the everlasting covenant, the benefits assured to David.” I find these words to be reassuring, especially in the times we are in.”
In Psalm 45, we are assured that, “The hand of the Lord feeds us; God answers all our needs.” And further, the psalmist says, “The eyes of all look hopefully to you, and you give them their food in due season.”
Paul’s letter to the Romans asks, “What will separate us from the love of Christ? … I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor present things, nor future things … will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
And then – to top it all off - we see in the Gospel from Matthew, our compassionate Jesus reaching out to feed thousands, even though his disciples said it couldn’t be done. Indeed, the words of Isaiah, David, and Paul are brought to fulfillment in this event.
As I witness the extreme suffering of our brothers and sisters in our world today, I would like to take some time to reflect on the hope filled readings of this Sunday… and to remember the words of Psalm 45: “The Lord is near to all who call upon Him.” I invite you to do so also.
PRAYER:
Loving, compassionate God, be with us as we ponder your generosity. Thank you for your nearness to us – even though we may not feel your presence at times. We place our suffering brothers and sisters in Your care. Thank you for renewing with us Your everlasting covenant. In Jesus’ name we pray.
S. Joan Laughlin, OSF
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