19 Jun
Tue 		11th Week in Ordinary Time
2 Cor. 8:1-9
Ps. 146:2, 5-9
Mt. 5:43-48
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Novena to the Sacred Heart

Both readings in Matthew and the Letter to the Corinthians exhort us to a loving and a giving that goes beyond carnal responses. We are called to live by the wonderful grace of Him who was rich, yet for our sake became poor so that through His poverty we might become rich (2 Cor. 8:9). Yes, we are called to stretch ourselves and be perfect as our heavenly Father is perfect (Mt. 5:48).

The text in Corinthians also shows us that we are only capable of such gracious living if we give ourselves first to the Lord (2 Cor. 8:5). It is only when we choose to become, open receptacles to the person of our Lord Jesus and His truth that grace can fill our lives and enable us to rise above the standards of this world and have our love proved sincere.


Lord, fill us with Your grace that we can become the persons You meant us to be and live the kind of life You call us to.

DAILY OFFERING
Eternal Father, I offer You everything I do this day; my thoughts, words, joys and sufferings. Grant that, vivified by the Holy Spirit and united to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, my life this day may be of service to You and to others. I also pray that all those preparing for marriage discover in Sacrament the source of Christ's grace for living a fithful and fruitful love. Amen.

PRAYING WITH THE CHURCH
INTENTION
That our every activity may have its beginning and its end in Christ present in the Eucharist
Elaboration

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INTENTION : That our every activity may have its beginning and its end in Christ present in the Eucharist

In this month, dedicated to the Sacred Heart, we are encouraged to contemplate the Heart of Jesus in the Eucharist. It will spur us to seek in that Heart the inexhaustible mystery of the priesthood of Christ and of the Church. It will enable us to taste the spiritual sweetness of charity at its very source. It will make us rediscover our baptismal promises and thus be made more aware of having to live our apostolic dimension by spreading love and participating in the mission of evangelisation.

We pray the Lord of the harvest to grant the Church "shepherds after His own Heart" who will be ready to go out into the highways of the world to proclaim that He is the Way, the Truth and the Life. We pray that today's young people, docile to the voice of the Holy Spirit, will let the great expectations of the Church and of humanity resonate in the depths of their hearts and respond to Christ's invitation to consecrate, themselves enthusiastically and joyously with Him "for the life of the world".

The entire devotion to the Heart of Jesus is rooted and finds its summit in participation in the Holy Mass where we fraternally assembled, listen to the Word of God and learn to offer with Christ our lives.



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