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We are fashioned by God’s grace
SIXTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME February 12, 2017 COLLECT O God, who teach us that you abide in hearts that are just and true,
grant that we may be so fashioned by your grace as to become a dwelling pleasing to you. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Reflection: This collect originated in the Gelasian Sacramentary for the Sunday after the Ascension of the Lord. God abides in the hearts that are just and true.
We are members of the Family of God
Source: http://anglatak.blogspot.com/2017/02/we-are-members-of-family-of-god.html FIFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME February 5, 2017 COLLECT Keep your family safe, O Lord, with unfailing care, that, relying solely on the hope of heavenly grace, they may be defended always by your protection. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Homily for feast of the Presentation of the Lord: full text
Homily of His Holiness Pope Francis Feast of the Presentation of the Lord 2 February 2017 When the parents of Jesus brought the Child in fulfilment of the prescriptions of the law, Simeon, “guided by the Spirit” (Lk 2:27), took the Child in his arms and broke out in a hymn of blessing and praise. “My eyes”, he said, “have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples, a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to
We are called to Discipleship
Source: http://anglatak.blogspot.com/2017/01/we-are-called-to-discipleship.html January 22, 2017 COLLECT Almighty ever-living God,
direct our actions according to your good pleasure, that in the name of your beloved Son we may abound in good works. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
THE REVELATION OF SALVATION
Source: http://anglatak.blogspot.com/2017/01/the-revelation-of-salvation.html Epiphany of the Lord January 8 At the Mass during the Day Collect: O God, who on this day revealed your Only Begotten Son to the nations by the guidance of a star, grant in your mercy that we, who know you already by faith, may be brought to behold the beauty of your sublime glory. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Thanks to the Blessed Mother
Source: http://anglatak.blogspot.com/ (The Octave Day of the Nativity of the Lord [Christmas] SOLEMNITY OF MARY, THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD January 1 Collect: O God, who through the fruitful virginity of Blessed Mary bestowed on the human race the grace of eternal salvation, grant, we pray, that we may
Be Like St. Joseph (4th Sunday of Advent, 2016)
Today is the 4th Sunday of Advent and we are faced about the images of the paschal mytery of Christ. The Church is reminding us that the birth of Jesus is “concretization” and part of God’s plan of salvation. This collect is familiar to us, because it is the prayer we used in the Angelus.
Joyful Expectation ( 3rd Sunday of Advent, 2016)
Source: http://anglatak.blogspot.com/2016/12/joyful-expectation-3rd-sunday-of-advent.html Collect: O God, who see how your people
faithfully await the feast of the Lord’s Nativity, enable us, we pray, to attain the joys of so great a salvation and to celebrate them always
with solemn worship and glad rejoicing.
Acceptance – Repentance – Endurance (2nd Sunday of Advent, 2016)
Source: http://anglatak.blogspot.com/2016/12/acceptance-repentance-endurance-2nd.html COLLECT Almighty and merciful God, may no earthly undertaking hinder those who set out in haste to meet your Son, but may our learning of heavenly wisdom gain us admittance to his company.
Afterthought – 11th Sunday of Ordinary Time – June 12, 2016
Source: Neo Jeremiah Voice of the Young Prophet Newsletter (June 12, 2016 issue) In today’s gospel (Luke 7:36-50), we meet two different personalities – one, a Pharisee who invited Jesus to dine with him at his house, and the other, a sinful woman, who learned about Jesus’ whereabouts and came unbidden.
Ang Pag-ibig ay Ibinabahagi – Corpus Christi Sunday – May 29, 2016
Source: Neo Jeremiah Voice of the Young Prophet Newsletter (May 29, 2016 issue) Makahulugan ang isinulat ni Papa Benedicto XVI sa apostolic exhortation na pinamagatang Sacramentum Caritatis. Ayon sa kanya, “The love that we celebrate in the sacrament is not something we can keep to ourselves. By its very nature, it…