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…

General Intention

That the Synod of Bishops may help the pastors and theologians, the catechists and promoters who are engaged in the service of the Word of God to courageously transmit the truth of faith in communion with the entire Church.

Mission Intention

That in this month dedicated to the missions, through the promotional activities of the Pontifical Missionary Works and other organisms, every Christian Community may feel the need to participate in the Church's universal mission with prayer, sacrifice and concrete help.

LET GO OF THE PAST

My child,

Give up! Give up those hurts of the past. It's time to move on. Satan loves to have you live in the past because that renders you ineffective to live in the present-in the now.

Tell Me, child. What is it that has happened to you? Who hurt you? What mistakes have you made that you regret? Did what happen to you change the fact that Jesus loves you, and He died on the cross for you so you could live in heaven with Him for all eternity?

Can anything or anyone ever change that fact? You know that nothing can ever nullify what Jesus did for you on the cross. If that's true, and it is, then nothing else matters, does it?

There is nothing that can happen to you, nothing anyone can do to you that can ever change the fact that My Son, Jesus, loves you and died on the cross for you so you gain heaven for all eternity. No one can ever take that away from you. No One!

Hold on to that thought. Put things in their proper perspective. When you do that, you'll see that being loved unconditionally, attaining salvation and the right to go to heaven is your ultimate goal. Everything else pales in comparison to that.

Even physical death cannot take heaven away from you, for then the real you-your spirit-just changes abodes. Physical death for Christians is moving from living in the temple of the Holy Spirit, your body, to living in heaven.

I know, My child, I know. Your mind is often filled with hurtful things that happen to you. Sometimes you even say to people "You don't know how much it hurt Me when such and such happened." Well, I ask you again, does what happen to you in the past change the fact that Jesus loves you and died for you, and now you can spend eternity with Him in heaven? I don't have to wait for your answer, because I know immediately your mind said, "No!"

Then, child, nothing else matters! Compared to eternity, all problems are nothing. Loving Me, being in My family, gaining the right to live in heaven for eternity-that's what's important in life. If you lose that, you've lost it all. Don't hold grudges. forgive! Nothing you can gain on earth can make up for that loss, and nothing can happen to you on earth that can take that away from you- Nothing!

Love,
God

-- Author Unknown

OCTOBER 2008

1 -W- S.Thérèse of Lisieux, Jb 9: 1-12. 14-16 Lk 9: 57-62

2 -T- The Guardian Angels Jb 19: 21-27 Mt 18: 1-5. 10

3 -F- S. Francis Borgia Jb 38: 1. 12-21; 40: 3-5/Lk 10: 13-16

4 -S- S. Francis of Assisi, Jb 42: 1-3. 5-6. 12-17/Lk 10: 17-24

5 -S- 27th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Is 5: 1-7 Phil 4: 6-9

Mt 21: 33-43

6 -M- S. Bruno, Gal 1: 6-12 Lk 10: 25-37

7 -T- Our Lady of the Rosary Gal 1: 13-24 Lk 10: 38-42

8 -W- (S. Pelagia) Gal 2: 1-2. 7-14 Lk 11: 1-4

9 -T- S. Denis Gal 3: 1-5 Lk 11: 5-13

10 -F- Gal 3: 7-14 Lk 11: 15-26

11 -S- (Blessed John XXIII) Gal 3: 22-29 Lk 11: 27-28

12 -S- 28th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Is 25: 6-10a Phil 4: 12-14. 19-20

Mt 22: 1-14

13 -M- (S. Edward the Confessor) Gal 4: 22-24. 26-27. 31 – 5: 1Lk 11: 29-32

14 -T- S. John Ogilvie

15 -W- S.Teresa of Avila, Gal 5: 18-25 Lk 11: 42-46

16 -T- S. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Eph 1: 1-10 Lk 11: 47-54

17 -F- S. Ignatius of Antioch Eph 1: 11-14 Lk 12: 1-7

18 -S- S. Luke, ev 2 Tm 4: 10-17b Lk 10: 1-9

19 -S- 29th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Is 45: 1. 4-6 1 Thes 1: 1-5b

Mt 22: 15-21

20 -M- S. Paul of the Cross, Eph 2: 1-10 Lk 12: 13-21

21 -T- (S. Hilarian) Eph 2: 12-22 Lk 12: 35-38

22 -W- Blessed Timothy Giaccardo Eph 3: 2-12 Lk 12: 39-48

23 -T- S. John of Capistrano, Eph 3: 14-21 Lk 12: 49-53

24 -F- S. Anthony Mary Claret, Eph 4: 1-6 Lk 12: 54-59

25 -S- (S. Crispin) Eph 4: 7-16 Lk 13: 1-9

26 -S- 30th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Ex 22: 20-26 1 Thes 1: 5c-10

Mt 22: 34-40

27 -M- (Blessed Emiliana) Eph 4: 32 – 5: 8 Lk 13: 10-17

28 -T- Ss. Simon and Jude, aps Eph 2: 19-22 Lk 6: 12-16

29 -W- (S. Narcissus) Eph 6: 1-9 Lk 13: 22-30

30 -T- Bl. Dominic Collins Eph 6: 10-20 Lk 13: 31-35

31 -F- S. Alphonsus Rodriguez Phil 1: 1-11 Lk 14: 1-6