APOSTLESHIP OF PRAYER
NOVEMBER
2007
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 testimony of love offered by the Saints may fortify Christians in their devotion to God and their neighbour, imitating Christ who came to serve and not to be served.
That the Christian communities of Asia, contemplating the face of Christ, may know how to find the most suitable ways to announce Him, in full faithfulness to the Gospel, to the peoples of that vast continent so rich in culture and ancient forms of spirituality.
NEW VERSION OF FOOTPRINTS
Imagine you and the Lord Jesus are walking down the road together. For much of the way, the Lord's footprints go along steadily, consistently, rarely varying the pace. But your footprints are a disorganized stream of zigzags, starts, stops, turnarounds, circles, departures and returns.
For much of the way, it seems to go like this, but gradually your footprints come more in line with the Lord's, soon paralleling His consistently. You and Jesus are walking as true friends! This seems perfect, but then an interesting thing happens: Your footprints, that
once etched the sand next to Jesus', are now walking precisely in His steps.
Inside His larger footprints are your smaller ones, you and Jesus are becoming one. This goes on for many miles, but gradually you notice another change. The footprints inside the large footprints seem to grow larger.
Eventually they disappear altogether.
There is only one set of footprints: they have become one. This goes on for a long time, but suddenly the second set of footprints are back. This time it seems even worse! Zigzags all over the place. Stops. Starts. Deep gashes in the sand. A veritable mess of prints.
You are amazed and shocked. Your dream ends. Now you pray: "Lord, I understand the first scene with zigzags and fits. I was a new Christian; I was just learning. But you walked on through the storm and helped me learn to walk with you."
"That is correct."
" ... and when the smaller footprints were inside of Yours, I was actually learning to walk in Your steps; followed you very closely."
"Very good. You have understood everything so far."
"... when the smaller footprints grew and filled in Yours, I suppose that I was becoming like you in every way."
"Precisely."
"So, Lord, was there a regression or something? The footprints separated, and this time it was worse than at first."
There is a pause as the Lord answers with a smile in his voice. "You don't know? That was when we danced."
-- Author Unknown
NOVEMBER 2008
1 -S- ALL SAINTS Rv 7: 2-4. 9-14 1 Jn 3: 1-3
Mt 5: 1-12a
2 -S- THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED
3 -M- S. Martin de Porres, Phil 2: 1-4 Lk 14: 12-14
4 -T- S.Charles Borromeo, Phil 2: 5-11 Lk 14: 15-24
5 -W- (S. Sylvia) Phil 2: 12-18 Lk 14: 25-33
6 -T- (S. Leonard of Limousin) Phil 3: 3-8a Lk 15: 1-10
7 -F- (S. Carina) Phil 3: 17 – 4: 1 Lk 16: 1-8
8 -S- (S. Godfrey) Phil 4: 10-19 Lk 16: 9-15
9 -S- Dedication Of The Lateran Basilica In Rome Ez 47: 1-2. 8-9. 12
1 Cor 3: 9c-11. 16-17/ Jn 2: 13-22
10 -M- S. Leo the Great, Ti 1: 1-9 Lk 17: 1-6
11 -T- S. Martin of Tours, Ti 2: 1-8. 11-14 Lk 17: 7-10
12 -W- S. Josaphat, Ti 3: 1-7 Lk 17: 11-19
13 -T- S. Stanislaus Kostka, Phlm 7-20 Lk 17: 20-25
14 -F- S. Joseph Pignatelli 2 Jn 4-9 Lk 17: 26-37
15 -S- S. Albert the Great, 3 Jn 5-8 Lk 18: 1-8
16 -S- 33rd SUNDAY IN ORD. TIME Prv 31: 10-13. 19-20. 30-31
1 Thes 5: 1-6 Mt 25: 14-30
17 -M- S. Elizabeth of Hungary, Rv 1: 1-4; 2: 1-5 Lk 18: 35-43
18 -T- Dedication of the Basilicas of Ss Peter and Paul/Acts 28: 11-16. 30-31 Mt 14: 22-33
19 -W- (S. Roque Gonzalez)
Rv 4: 1-11
Lk 19: 11-28
20 -T- (S. Felix of Valois) Rv 5: 1-10 Lk 19: 41-44
21 -F- Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Rv 10: 8-11 Lk 19: 45-48
22 -S-
S. Cecilia,
Rv 11: 4-12
Lk 20: 27-40
23 -S- CHRIST THE KING Ez 14: 11-12. 15-17/1 Cor 15: 20-26. 28 Mt 25: 31- 46
24 -M- S. Andrew Dung-Lac, Rv 14: 1-3. 4b-5 Lk 21: 1-4
25 -T- S. Catherine of Alexandria, Rv 14: 14-19 Lk 21: 5-11
26 -W- S. John Berchmans Rv 15: 1-4 Lk 21: 12-19
27 -T- (S. Virgilus) Rv 18: 1-2. 21-23; 19: 1-3. 9a
Lk 21: 20-28
28
-F- (S. James of the
29 -S- (S. Saturnius) Rv 22: 1-7 Lk 21: 34-36
30 -S- FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT Is 63: 16b-17. 19b; 64: 2-7
1 Cor 1: 3-9 Mk 13: 33- 37