APOSTLESHIP OF PRAYER
AUGUST 2008
LEAGUE LEAFLET
God, our Father, I offer you my day.
I offer you my prayers, thoughts, words, actions, joys and sufferings in union with your Son Jesus Christ, who continues to offer himself in the Eucharist for the salvation of the world.
the Holy Spirit, who guided Jesus, be my guide and my strength today so that I witness to your love. With Mary, the mother of our Lord and of the Church, I pray especially for this month’s intentions as proposed by the Holy Father…
That the human family may know how to respect God's design for the world and thus become ever more aware of the great gift of God which Creation represents for us.
That the answer of the entire people of God to the common vocation to sanctity and mission may be promoted and fostered, with careful discernment of the charisms and a constant commitment to spiritual and cultural formation.
Love - A Solution to A Lot of Problems:
It is so wonderful knowing that you are loved in this life. A soul
that knows that it is loved has little trouble loving as well. The
soul, in fact, hungers for love.
We all want to be loved. We want to be loved by our parents. We want
to be loved by our brothers and sisters. We want to be loved by our
friends and family. We want to be loved by our husbands and wives. We
want to be loved by our children. We want to be loved by everyone.
It is a lack of love more than anything else that causes so many
problems in this world. If we all loved each other there would be no
war. How can you kill someone you truly love?
There would be no starvation either. How can you let someone you love
go hungry? There would also be no abused children. How can you hurt
someone you love? There would be no endangered Earth as well. How can
you pollute and damage a planet that you love?
We all need to choose love. We all need to share love with everyone
unconditionally. We all need to learn to love. How can we do this? How
can we choose, share, and learn to love? I think that the first step
is to realize that we are loved ourselves. God loves us all. It
doesn't matter who we are or what we have done. God still loves us.
God forgives us our mistakes and loves us for who we are. Even if
every other person in the world fails to love us, God doesn't.
God's love is eternal. It never waivers, never lessens, and never
ends. All we have to do is open our hearts and accept it. God's love
is always there and is always unconditional. Know that you are loved
then. Know that God loves you.
With God's love in your heart you can love as well. You can choose
love, share love, and learn to love more each day. You can help to
bring this world and all who live in it to the love they so
desperately need.
By: Joseph J. Mazzella
AUGUST 2008
1 -F- S. Alphonsus Liguori, Jer 26: 1-9 Mt 13: 54-58
2 -S- S. Peter Julian Eymard, p Jer 26: 11-16. 24 Mt 14: 1-12
3 -S- 18th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Is 55: 1-3 Rom 8: 35. 37-39
Mt 14: 13-21
4 -M- S. John Mary Vianney, p Jer 28: 1-17 Mt 14: 22-36
5 -T- Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome /Jer 30: 1-2. 12-15. 18-22
Mt 14: 22-36 or Mt 15: 1-2. 10-14
6 -W- TRANSFIGURATION OF THE LORD Dn 7: 9-10. 13-14 2 Pt 1: 16-19
Mt 17: 1-9
7 -T- S. Sixtus II, /Cajetan, Jer 31: 31-34 Mt 16: 13-23
8 -F- S. Dominic Guzman, Na 2: 1. 3; 3: 1-3. 6-7/Mt 16: 24-28
9 -S- S. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Hab 1: 12 – 2: 4 Mt 17: 14-20
10 -S- 19th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 1 Kgs 19: 9a. 11-13a/Rom 9: 1-5
Mt 14: 22-33
11 -M- S. Clare, Ez 1: 2-5. 24-28c Mt 17: 22-27
12 -T- S. Murtag Ez 2: 8 – 3: 4/Mt 18: 1-5. 10. 12-14
13 -W- Ss. Pontian, / Hippolytus, Ez 9: 1-7; 10: 18-22/Mt 18: 15-20
14 -T- S. Maximilian Mary Kolbe, Ez 12: 1-12 Mt 18: 21 – 19: 1
15 -F- ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Rv 11: 19a; 12: 1-6a. 10ab
1 Cor 15: 20-27 Lk 1: 39-56
16 -S- S. Stephen of Hungary, Ez 18: 1-10. 13b. 30-32/Mt 19: 13-15
17 -S- 20th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Is 56: 1. 6-7/Rom 11: 13-15. 29-32
Mt 15: 21-28
18 -M- S. Jane Frances de Chantal, Ez 24: 15-23 Mt 19: 16-22
19 -T- S. John Eudes, Ez 28: 1-10 Mt 19: 23-30
20 -W- S. Bernard, Ez 34: 1-11 Mt 20: 1-16
21 -T- S. Pius X, pp Ez 36: 23-28 Mt 22: 1-14
22 -F- Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ez 37: 1-14 Mt 22: 34-40
23 -S- S. Rose of Lima, v Ez 43: 1-7ab Mt 23: 1-12
24 -S- 21st SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Is 22: 19-23 Rom 11: 33-36
Mt 16: 13-20
25 -M- S. Louis of France, 2 Thes 1: 1-5. 11-12/Mt 23: 13-22
26 -T- (S. Sapirinus) 2 Thes 2: 1-3a. 14-17/Mt 23: 23-26
27 -W- S. Monica, 2 Thes 3: 6-10. 16-18/Mt 23: 27-32
28 -T- S. Augustine, 1 Cor 1: 1-9 Mt 24: 42-51
29 -F- Martyrdom of S. John the Baptist 1 Cor 1: 17-25 Mk 6: 17-29
30 -S- (Ss. Felix & Adauctus) 1 Cor 1: 26-31 Mt 25: 14-30
31 -S- 22nd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Jer 20: 7- Rom 12: 1-2
Mt 16: 21-27