Shalom

12 Jun Tue	10th Week in Ordinary Time
	2 Cor. 1:18-22 Ps. 119:129-133, 135 Mt. 5:13-16

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Paul in his letter assures us that for those who believe in Jesus there is no "yes and no" but always "yes". Jesus tells His disciples, as He tells you and me today, that we are salt of the earth and light of the world. The point of today's reading is simple enough to understand. Our faith in Jesus is not a compromise with the forces of the world. We must be convinced, just as St Paul was, that Jesus is our absolute and final response to the realities we face in our lives. Jesus is our "yes" to all. Only with such a conviction can we be the light that must shine in our own personal and concrete lives. Any compromise will make us lose our saltiness and the light that we possess. There are no half measures. Many of us live by compartmentalizing our lives. Some of us live a faith that is confined to a comfortable corner and go on pursuing other areas even if they contradict what Christ has taught us about the compassionate Father. Let us pray that God will help us make our faith in Christ the all permeating response in our lives as a whole, especially those areas that continue to deny Him a place.

Lord, help me to make You the absolute "yes" in my life. Amen.

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
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P R A Y I N G W I T H T H E C H U R C H

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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