APOSTLESHIP OF PRAYER

JUNE  2009

LEAGUE LEAFLET

Daily Offering

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 international efforts to help poorer nations may bring prompt, concrete results, especially to relieve the crushing burden of foreign debt.

That local Church communities serving areas torn by violence may be supported through the love and concrete signs of nearness offered by Catholics from around the world.

God's Value of Money
By: Vonette Bright

"...Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions." Luke 12:15

In these days of economic slowdowns and job layoffs, it's good to remember the value God places on "money."

The poorest person in the world isn't the one who's gone bankrupt. They're the one who is without God, and consequently without hope in the world.

Some years ago, the editors of "The Wall Street Journal," made a powerful statement. They pointed out:
"Money is the article which may be used as a universal passport to everywhere, except heaven, and the universal provider of everything except... happiness."

And, they're right!

You see, as Christians our happiness is centered on our personal relationship with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Jesus said it best... "A person's life doesn't consist of the things which he possesses."

Because, ultimately... The best things in life... AREN'T "things"!

JUNE 2009

1 -M-S.Justin, (Ninth Week in Ordinary Time) Tb 1: 3; 2: 1a-8             Mk 12: 1-12

2 -T- S.Marcellinus and Peter, mts                          Tb 2: 9-14               Mk 12: 13-17

3 -W-S.Charles Lwanga & co., mts M                       Tb 3: 1-11a. 16-17a  Mk 12: 18-27

4 -T-(S. Metrophane)                                              Tb 6: 10-11; 7: 1bcde. 9-17; 8: 4-9a

                                                                                                                     Mk 12: 28-34

 5 -F-S. Boniface,                                                        Tb 11: 5-17             Mk 12: 35-37

6 -S- S.Norbert,                                                          Tb 12: 1. 5-15. 20   Mk 12: 38-44

7 -S-THE HOLY TRINITY (POPE’S DAY)                 Dt 4: 32-34. 39-40  Rom 8: 14-17

                                                                                                                     Mt 28: 16-20

8 -M-(Bl. Mariam Theresia )                                    2 Cor 1: 1-7             Mt 5: 1-12

9 -T- (Bl. Joseph Ancieta)                                         2 Cor 1: 18-22        Mt 5: 13-16

10 -W-(S. Getulius)                                                    2 Cor 3: 4-11          Mt 5: 17-19

11 -T-S.Barnabas, ap                                          Acts 11: 21b-26; 13: 1-3/ Mt 5: 20-26

12 -F-(S. John of Sahagun)                                       2 Cor 4: 7-15          Mt 5: 27-32

13 -S-S.Anthony of Padua,                                        2 Cor 5: 14-21        Mt 5: 33-37

14 -S-THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST             Ex 24: 3-8                Heb 9: 11-15

                                                                                                           Mk 14: 12-16. 22-26

15 -M- (S.Vitus)                                                         2 Cor 6: 1-10          Mt 5: 38-42

16 -T- (S. John Francis Regis)                                  2 Cor 8: 1-9             Mt 5: 43-48

17 -W- (S. Gregory Harbarigo)                              2 Cor 9: 6-11          Mt 6: 1-6. 16-18

18 -T- S. Francis Regis                                              2 Cor 11: 1-11        Mt 6: 7-15

19 -F-SACRED HEART OF JESUS                     Hos 11: 1. 3-4. 8c-9/Eph 3: 8-12. 14-19

                                                                                                                     Jn 19: 31-37

20 -S-Immaculate Heart of Mary                             2 Cor 12: 1-10        Lk 2: 41-51

21 -S-12th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME               Jb 38: 1. 8-11          2 Cor 5: 14-17

                                                                                                                     Mk 4: 35- 41

22 -M-S. Thomas More,                                            Gn 12: 1-9               Mt 7: 1-5

23 -T- (S. John Fisher)                                              Gn 13: 2. 5-18         Mt 7: 6. 12-14

24 -W-NATIVITY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST              Is 49: 1-6                 Acts 13: 22-26

                                                                                                                    Lk 1: 57-66. 80

25 -T- (S. Paulinus)                                                   Gn 16: 1-12. 15-16 Mt 7: 21-29

26 -F- (S. Josemaria Escriva)                                   Gn 17: 1. 9-10. 15-22/Mt 8: 1-4

27 –S- S. Cyril of Alexandria, bp, dr                        Gn 18: 1-15             Mt 8: 5-17

28 -S-13th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME /Wis 1: 13-15; 2: 23-24/2 Cor 8: 7. 9. 13-15

                                                                                                                     Mk 5: 21-43

29 -M-Ss. PETER AND PAUL,                                   Acts 12: 1-11/2 Tm 4: 6-8. 17-18

                                                                                                                     Mt 16: 13-19

30 -T- First Martyrs of the Church of Rome          Gn 19: 15-29           Mt 8: 23-27