Sony Marsilin Kannanaikal CP is a Passionist priest, he lives at St.Joseph’s Community, Hobart. The Gospel of the day challenges us to convert these words into action as Maximilian Kolbe did These words are easy to read and listen to but quick to forget and difficult to practice. What does the Lord our God ask of us today? To follow in His ways, to love Him, to serve Him with all our heart and with all our soul, to keep the commandments and the laws of the Lord. He gave his very life as charity and sacrifice for his fellow prisoner. He was arrested and imprisoned in the Nazi concentration camp and was executed by the Nazis in 1941. Today as we celebrate the feast day of St. He will show us these moments, and he always provides. “Give it to them for you and me,” Jesus reminds us. But they may also be more emotionally “precious”: a prayer for an enemy, a kind smile for the unlovable person, a patient ear for the one who feels unheard. The “coins” we’re called to give today may be silver or gold. You can now follow Daily and Sunday mass readings from the Roman Catholic Lectionary. Especially when we sense that we are not being treated as we should how easy it is to keep our best “coins” for ourselves to ensure our own well-being. Watch a video reflection by clicking on a month button below. As we continue to provide a video reflection each day, we are making changes in our video service to be compatible with more devices. This purpose is drawn from the universal law of the Church and applies to the episcopal conferences which are established all over. The video reflections for the daily readings are getting a fresh look and feel. We give charity financially yet withhold it emotionally. Conference of Catholic Bishops promotes the greater good which the Church offers humankind, especially through forms and programs of the apostolate fittingly adapted to the circumstances of time and place. I ponder to imagine how Peter, a fisherman felt when Jesus gave him special fishing instructions: “Take the first fish that comes up and when you open its mouth, you will find a coin take that and give it to them for you and me.”
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