Zero8 Chorus: "It Is Well with My Soul"

As we continue to live this week, I offer this version of the Zero8 Chorus presenting "It Is Well with My Soul":

 

International Infection Prevention Week

This week, the week of 13-19 October, is being observed as International Infection Prevention Week, an observance designed to stress the importance of infection prevention and actions the healthcare community (including EMS providers) can take to improve patient safety. The 2024 theme is "Moving the Needle on Infection Prevention."

 

Background information:

Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology

Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology,: Infection Prevention and You

 

Birthday Blessings, Amy!!!

Birthday greetings to niece Amylynne Moore (brother Richard's daughter), 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 milieu in which You have placed us.

Br. Sebastian Vicente, O.P., on Fine Tuning Our Souls

"I never liked Frank Sinatra's song My Way; it doesn't relate to my experience. All he talks about is how everything he has done was according to his will. When was the last time that something went your way? No, think about it. Most of the time, things don't go as we expected. Yet, for those who follow and do God's will everything goes according to their will. How so? Consider this story about a conversation between Saint Teresa of Avila and Jesus."

In a recent commentary, Brother Sebastian Vicente, O.P., reflected on the importance of fine-tuning our souls and and living our lives "in tune" with God.

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

Dominicana: "No Wonder You Have so Few Friends!" (15 OCT 24)

Reflection Starter from St. Teresa of Avila

"Christ has no body now on earth but yours, no hands, no feet but yours. Yours are the eyes with which Christ looks out his compassion to the world. Yours are the feet with which he is to go about doing good. Yours are the hands with which he is to bless us now." - Saint Teresa of Avila (a.k.a. Saint Teresa of Jesus), whose memory the Church celebrates today (15 October)

The Paragons: "Florence"

It's time for some more doo wop. Here is a presentation of  "Florence" by The Paragons:

 

Thank You, Lord

Thank you, Lord, for the blessing of art festivals.

Fr. Michael Rennieron the Hidden Joy of Jesus

"I've always been intrigued that tears are considered more serious than laughter. In movies, paintings, novels, and television, it's always the dramas and high-toned tragedies that earn the description of 'serious art.' I've always contended that comedy too can also be 'serious art,' and simply because levity and laughter are present doesn't mean we should dismiss it."

In a recent commentary based on the writing of G. K. Chesterton, Father Michael Rennier reflected on the hidden joy of Jesus.

To access Fr. Rennier's complete post, please visit:

Aleteia: Fr. Michael Rennier: G.K. Chesterton on the one thing God hides from us (13 OCT 24)

Reflection Starter from C. S. Lewis

"God can't give us peace and happiness apart from Himself because there is no such thing." - C. S. Lewis

Marrila Ness: "To Do Your Will"

Ass we continue our Sunday celebration, I offer this version of Marrila Ness presenting "To Do Your Will":

Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Today the Church celebrates the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time  The assigned readings are Wisdom 7:7-11, Hebrews 4:12-13, and Mark 10:17-30.The Responsorial Psalm is from Psalm 90 (Psalm 90:12-17).

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

YouTube: Spirit & Psalm - 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 2024 - Year B - Psalm 90 - Angrisano

The Gospel reading is as follows:

As Jesus was setting out on a journey, a man ran up, knelt down before him, and asked him, "Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" Jesus answered him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.You know the commandments: 'You shall not kill; you shall not commit adultery; you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness; you shall not defraud; honor your father and your mother.'" He replied and said to him, "Teacher, all of these I have observed from my youth." Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said to him, "You are lacking in one thing. Go, sell what you have, and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me." At that statement his face fell, and he went away sad, for he had many possessions.

Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!" The disciples were amazed at his words.So Jesus again said to them in reply,
"Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of God." They were exceedingly astonished and said among themselves, "Then who can be saved?" Jesus looked at them and said, "For human beings it is impossible, but not for God. All things are possible for God." Peter began to say to him, "We have given up everything and followed you." Jesus said, "Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for my sake and for the sake of the gospel who will not receive a hundred times more now in this present age: houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and eternal life in the age to come."

Reflections related to these readings:

Community in Mission: What Does Heaven Cost? A Homily for the 28th Sunday of the Year (12 OCT 24)

Benedictine College: This Sunday, Give Up the Lie: Meet Jesus and Offer Him Your True Self (10 OCT 24)

Word on Fire: What Do You Ask God For? (Cycle B * 28th Week of Ordinary Time) 

The Pilot: Echoes: Scott Hahn: Wisdom and riches (11 OCT 24)

The Pilot: Echoes: Deacon Greg Kandra: Scripture Reflection for Oct. 13, 2024, Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time (9 OCT 24)