Monthly Memorial 2nd August 2013

Friday, 2 August 20113 It is seven month's memorial of Fr. Stephen. R.I.P.

Gospel Mat 11:27 Everything has been entrusted to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, just as no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

Fr. Stephen 6 Feb 2013 + 

Mass Intro: Today we celebrate the Monthly Mass for our dead;

Our brothers and sisters in the Order among our relatives and friends and benefactors have all gone before us. We pray for them and that we may in our turn and that we may in our turn join them in the joy of heaven.

Lord have mercy ...

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Prayer of the Faitgful ...

Concel: God our Father, we thank you for the gift of life.

May all who have died find its fulfiment in heave.

We ask this through O Lord ..

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Morning East Sky ablaze 2 Aug 2013

 
From: Donald ....
Sent: Friday, 2 August 2013, 13:20
Subject: Navarre commentary Mt 11: 25-30

     2^nd August 2013 Monthly Memorial

     Matthew 11:25-30 (NJB)

Mat 11:25 At that time Jesus exclaimed, 'I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, for hiding these things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to little children.

Mat 11:26 Yes, Father, for that is what it pleased you to do.

Mat 11:27 Everything has been entrusted to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, just as no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

Mat 11:28 'Come to me, all you who labour and are overburdened, and I will give you rest.

Mat 11:29 Shoulder my yoke and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Mat 11:30 Yes, my yoke is easy and my burden light.'

Mat 11:25-30 -  

Navarre Commentary

 Matthew 11:25-30   

     Jesus Thanks His Father      

   25-26.  The wise and understanding of this world, that is, those who rely on their own judgment, cannot accept the revelation which Christ has brought us. Supernatural outlook is always connected with humility. A humble person, who gives himself little importance, sees; a person who is full of self-esteem fails to perceive supernatural things.   

   27.  Here Jesus formally reveals His divinity. Our knowledge of a person shows our intimacy with Him, according to the principle given by St. Paul: "For what person knows a man's thoughts except the spirit of the man which is in him?" ( 1Co_2:11  ). The Son knows the Father by the same knowledge as that by which the Father knows the Son. This identity of knowledge implies oneness of nature; that is to say, Jesus is God just as the Father is God.

 28-30.  Our Lord calls everyone to come to Him. We all find things difficult in one way or another. The history of souls bears out the truth of these words of Jesus. Only the Gospel can fully satisfy the thirst for truth and justice which sincere people feel. Only our Lord, our Master--and those to whom He passes on His power--can soothe the sinner by telling him, "Your sins are forgiven" ( Mat_9:2  ). In this connection Pope Paul VI teaches: "Jesus says now and always, `Come to Me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.' His attitude towards us is one of invitation, knowledge and compassion; indeed, it is one of offering, promise, friendship, goodness, remedy of our ailments; He is our comforter; indeed, our nourishment, our bread, giving us energy and life" ("Homily on Corpus Christi", 13 June 1974). "Come to Me": the Master is addressing the crowds who are following Him, "harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd" ( Mat_9:36  ). The Pharisees weighed them down with an endless series of petty regulations (cf. Act_15:10  ), yet they brought no peace to their souls. Jesus tells these people, and us, about the kind of burden He imposes: "Any other burden oppresses and crushes you, but Christ's actually takes weight off you. Any other burden weighs down, but Christ's gives you wings. If you take a bird's wings away, you might seem to be taking weight off it, but the more weight you take off, the more you tie it down to the earth. There it is on the ground, and you wanted to relieve it of a weight; give it back the weight of its wings and you will see how it flies" (St. Augustine, "Sermon" 126). "All you who go about tormented, afflicted and burdened with the burden of your cares and desires, go forth from them, come to Me and I will refresh you and you shall find for your souls the rest which your desires take from you" (St. John of the Cross, "Ascent of Mount Carmel", Book 1, Chapter 7, 4).