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Wed 		11th Week in Ordinary Time
St Romuald, abbot
2 Kgs. 2:1, 6-14
Ps. 31:20,21,24
Mt. 6:1-6,16-18
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We are often deceived by outward appearances. We put too much weight and importance on what can be seen and felt and miss the point of what is truly important, that is the heart. It is the heart that counts in the sight of God, this God who always sees beyond the surface of things right into the hearts of us and knows every secret and the motives of every thought and action. We must therefore guard our hearts that we may stand pure and righteous before our Father. For this same reason too we must constantly put on the mind of Christ in facing all of life's situations inside and outside ourselves so that we will not fall into the traps and snares of the evil one. We are capable of deceiving others by our outward actions but we cannot deceive God!! Let us then let all our actions spring from a pure heart and be pleasing to God as well as for the good of all humankind.


Lord, help us to guard our hearts that we may give them back to you, pure and faithful, and that You may know that we too love You in return.

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 the leaders and members of different religions may co-operate in their search for world peace, based on conversion of hearts and brotherly dialogue.
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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 the leaders and members of different religions may co-operate in their search for world peace, based on conversion of hearts and brotherly dialogue.

While respecting others' beliefs, all religions are called on to form a spiritual United Nations under the common denominator of belief in God who unites us all. We as believers are asked to place our particular faith at the service of the common human good.

This religious goal of humanism should manifest itself in healthy co-operation and not mere coexistence among all the men and women in the world. The universal criterion for achieving a basic common denominator among all the religions is moving from instinctive and sentimental dimensions to social and spiritual ones. And the influence of religions on millions of people is so deep it can be said that without religious peace there cannot be world peace. "Religion and peace go together: unleashing a war in the name of religion is an obvious contradiction". (John Paul II).

Therefore, we must neutralise our disorderly inclinations: selfishness, pride, ambition, lust for money and power, self-sufficiency, a superiority complex. We cannot be at peace with ourselves if we are not at peace with God.



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