25 February 2025

Marie Miller: "You're Not Alone"

As we continue to live this week, I offer this version of Marie Miller presenting "You're Not Alone":


 

Birthday Blessings, Mike!!!

Birthday greetings to brother-in-law Mike Fedoras, whose birthday is today!!! May this day, and each day of the upcoming year, be filled with the Lord's choicest blessings!!!

Thank You, Lord

Thank you, Lord, for the blessing of the Psalms.

Br. Peter Goyette, O.P., on the Pralms and Our Prayer

"Praying to God is tricky business. It's obviously very important to pray - how else can our relationship with God grow and become more intimate? How else can we love God if we never talk to him? Prayer is a loving conversation. More simply, it is a loving gaze at God our Creator, Redeemer, and Friend. And yet, prayer is tricky business. Not only is God invisible to our eyes, he is also infinitely better than we are."

In a recent commentary, Brother Peter Marie Goyette, O.P., reflected on how the Psalms can help us to pray..

To access Br. Peter's' complete post, please visit:

Dominicana: Lord, Hear My Prayer (18 FEB 25)


Reflection Starter from Anthony Hopkins

"The way to make better decisions is to make more of them. Then make sure you learn from each one, including those that don't seem to work out in the short term: they will provide valuable distinctions to make better evaluations and therefore decisions in the future. Realize that decision making, like any skill you focus on improving, gets better the more often you do it." - Sir Anthony Hopkins

23 February 2025

"God, We Praise You"

As we continue our Sunday celebration, I offer this version of "God, We Praise You":


 

 

Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Today the Church celebrates the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time  The assigned readings are 1 Samuel 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23; 1 Corinthians 15:45-49; and Luke 6:27-38.The Responsorial Psalm is from Psalm 103 (Psalm 103:1-4, 8, 10, 12-13).

For one version of the Responsorial Psalm set to music, please visit:

YouTube: March 20, 2022- THE LORD IS KIND AND MERCIFUL. Psalms :103:1-2,3-4,8,10,12-13

The Gospel reading is as follows:

Jesus said to his disciples: "To you who hear I say, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. To the person who strikes you on one cheek, offer the other one as well, and from the person who takes your cloak, do not withhold even your tunic. Give to everyone who asks of you, and from the one who takes what is yours do not demand it back. Do to others as you would have them do to you. For if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same. If you lend money to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, and get back the same amount. But rather, love your enemies and do good to them, and lend expecting nothing back; then your reward will be great and you will be children of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

"Stop judging and you will not be judged. Stop condemning and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven. Give, and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure with which you measure will in return be measured out to you."

Reflections related to these readings:

Community in Mission: Be Different, Be a Christian - A Homily for the 7th Sunday of the Year (21 FEB 25)

Benedictine College: This Sunday, The Hard Secret to Happiness: Six Takeaways From the Seventh Sunday (20 FEB 25)

Word on Fire: Give Expecting Nothing Back (Cycle C * 7th Week * Ordinary Time) 

The Pilot: Echoes: Scott Hahn: Davids and Sauls (21 FEB 25)

The Pilot: Echoes: Father Joshua J. Whitfield: Scripture Reflection for Feb. 23, 2025, Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (19 FEB 25)

Rhode Island Catholic: The Quiet Corner: The heart of Christ is an enduring symbol of tender and forgiving love (20 FEB 25)

Thank You, Lord

Thank you, Lord, for the blessing of warmer temperatures as we come closer to spring.

Laura Kelly Fanucci on Families and Learning to Serve the Least among Us

"Ask any parent who launched their child only to have them return home or encouraged them through rehab, only to watch them relapse. Ask any adult child who has welcomed their parent into their home as aging, illness or disability demands. Ask couples who have blended families after the divorce or death of a spouse. Ask families who have weathered unexpected and devastating medical complexities.

"Family life is no straight line soaring upward to success. . . ."

In a recent commentary, columnist Laura Kelly Fanucci reflected on how, in their daily activities/interactions, families work toward the Kingdom of God.

To access Ms.
Fanucci's complete post, please visit:

The Boston Pilot: Echoes: Laura Kelly Fanucci: Family is where we learn to serve the least among us (21 FEB 25)


Reflection Starter from Pope Francis

"In the Gospel of the Day [Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time], Jesus proclaims blessed those who are poor, afflicted, meek and persecuted. It is a change of mentality, a revolution of perspective. Artists are called to take part in this revolution. The world needs prophetic artists." - Pope Francis

22 February 2025

U.S. Navy Band Sea Chanters: "Reach Out, I'll Be There/Ain't No Mountain High Enough"

As this blessed week draws to a close, I offer this version of the U.S. Navy Band Sea Chanters presenting a medley of "Reach Out, I'll Be There" and "Ain't No Mountain High Enough":


 

Thank You, Lord

Thank you, Lord, for the blessing of Your "whispers."