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- Remain in My Love (May 6) [1 Update]
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- And So They Were Sent on Their Journey (May 7) [1 Update]
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Topic: Remain in My Love (May 6)
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/your-daily-tripod/t/39fca5c1116473b8
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From: "dxfaro@cox.net" <dxfaro@cox.net>
Date: May 05 06:49PM -0700
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/your-daily-tripod/msg/71b63e8f74924c5a
Thursday of the Fifth Week of Easter
And God, who knows the heart, bore witness by granting them the holy
Spirit just as he did us. He made no distinction between us and them,
for by faith he purified their hearts. Why, then, are you now putting
God to the test by placing on the shoulders of the disciples a yoke
that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear? Acts 15:8-10
As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love. If you
keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept
my Father's commandments and remain in his love. John 15:9-10
Piety
Cursillo Leaders' Prayer
Lord, grant that we may understand the necessity for depth in our
movement, rather than surface glory. Convince us of the truth that
colorful programs do not constitute success.
My God, give us a spirit of self sacrifice so that we may offer
everything for your cause: our time, our abilities, our health and
even our lives if necessary.
Instill in us courage in our initiatives, good judgment in our choice
of the right means, and that determination which in spite of failures
assures victory.
Move away from us the tiny rivalries, sensitivities, discourtesies,
pride, everything which distracts from You, everything which divides
or discourages.
Help us to maintain at a high level a meaningful supernatural and
mutual charity among ourselves, so that each one will seek by
preference the most humble tasks and will rejoice at the good
performed by others so that all our spirits united in a common purpose
will have one single sprit, Yours Jesus, and that this spirit may let
us see Your attractive goodness marked in all our faces, Your warm
accents in all our words, and in our lives something superior to the
world, something that proclaims Your Living Presence among us. Amen.
St. Paul, Patron of Cursillo - Pray for us.
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patron of the Americas - Pray for us.
Study
Whose laws are eternal? Laws made by humanity or laws made by God?
When we measure out our judgments and set them above the will of God,
divisions often arise. The case in point in today's first reading is
the debate about the circumcision of the Gentiles. Paul puts the
question to rest by challenging the leaders of the early Church not to
put God to the test.
Jesus reinforces this by encouraging his disciples and us to "keep my
commandments." He is not telling us to keep the commandments of a
particular king, political leader, nationality or even religious
faction. He wants us to follow the eternal laws of God. Nothing more.
Nothing less. That is the key to remaining in his love.
As the debate in the Acts of the Apostles proves, it does not mean
this is easy. Just as there were arguments and divisions in the early
Church, we also experience arguments and divisions today. The way to
rise above these petty divisions is to keep our compass pointing to
the true north and navigate by the guiding light Jesus sheds on our
lives and our journey.
Action
One of our Cursillo leaders has returned home to remain in God's love
for eternity. Marty Smart passed away Monday morning.
A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic
Church in Arlington at 3p.m. Friday afternoon. If you can not be there
in person, please offer your prayers for Marty and her family and
friends at that time.
A reception will follow at the Army Navy Country Club located at 1700
Army Navy Drive, Arlington, VA 22202. Maps will be distributed at the
Mass.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to The American
Brain Tumor Association. www.abta.org
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Topic: And So They Were Sent on Their Journey (May 7)
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From: "dxfaro@cox.net" <dxfaro@cox.net>
Date: May 05 06:50AM -0700
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/your-daily-tripod/msg/3bcbd3827beaab6d
Friday of the Fifth Week of Easter
By Melanie Rigney
And so (Judas and Silas) were sent on their journey. Upon their
arrival in Antioch they called the assembly together and delivered the
letter (from the apostles and presbyters). When the people read it,
they were delighted with the exhortation. (Acts 15:30-31)
I will give you thanks among the peoples, O Lord. (Psalms 57:10)
Jesus said to his disciples: "This is my commandment: love one another
as I love you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's
life for one's friends. You are my friends if you do what I command
you. I no longer call you slaves, because a slave does not know what
his master is doing. I have called you friends, because I have told
you everything I have heard from my Father. It was not you who chose
me, but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit that
will remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may
give you. This I command you: love one another." (John 15:12-17)
Piety
When at night I go to sleep, fourteen angels watch do keep. Two my
head are guarding, two my feet are guiding; two upon my right hand,
two upon my left hand. Two who warmly cover; two who o'er me hover,
two to whom 'tis given to guide my steps to heaven. (Hansel and
Gretel, opera written by Engelbert Humperdinck in 1891-1892)
Study
Every Catholic convert or revert has a story. The one Marty Smart
liked to tell involved a blade of grass.
Marty spent her career as a naval officer, the kind of job where
people measure tangibles. She got into one of those "spiritual but not
religious conversations" with someone, who then said to her, "How can
you not believe in God when you look at a blade of grass?" Marty
didn't get it at first, but she marked that as the start of a journey
to Catholicism that ended in this life on Monday. Today, her passing
is being marked at St. Charles Borromeo in Arlington, followed by a
reception at the Army Navy Country Club.
Marty knew a lot about laying down her life, and not just in the
military. Before she was fifty, she was the matriarch of her extended
family. She was determined that the love her sister and brother and
parents had for her nieces and nephew would not be forgotten. She made
regular trips to the West Coast to spend time with the next
generation, and helped them come to the DC area for visits. She was
active in the Arlington Cursillo movement, frequently stepping forward
to assist in challenging situations with that beautiful smile and can-
do attitude.
After some atypical behavior late last year, Marty went to get checked
out. It turned out she had a brain tumor. Her family and friends set
up one of those information-sharing Web sites. Marty's last post
there, from January, read in part: This wasn't quite what I had
planned for the last few weeks but as with all things good comes
through. As things stand now, I am expecting to start treatment in the
next couple of weeks. Not sure just what that path will take but rest
assured that I am excited and looking forward to wherever this plan
takes me.
Amen. You are missed, friend.
Action
Consider offering some palanca for others who have brain tumors or
making a donation in Marty's honor to the American Brain Tumor
Association (www.abta.org).
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