What will it look and feel like? If we fellow sisters and brothers; children of God our Heavenly Father, stood united in prayer for one another. Ministering to one another and affirming one another in the faith of Christ Jesus our Lord. Trusting alone in the providence of God our loving Father. Surely those around us will know that we are Christians by our welcoming love.
Would we not have brought Heaven to earth? By demonstrating the joy of the Gospel, through reconciliation, healing, liberation of evil and advocating our Lord’s justice in the world. His will be done on earth as in Heaven.
Oh Papa in Heaven, I rejoice that I am Your child. Bless me afresh, for my identity and destiny. Amen
Saint Gregory VII, Saint Mary Magdalen de’ Pazzi, and Saint Bede the Venerable, pray for us…
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First reading
James 5:13-20
A good man’s heartfelt prayer has great power
If any one of you is in trouble, he should pray; if anyone is feeling happy, he should sing a psalm. If one of you is ill, he should send for the elders of the church, and they must anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord and pray over him. The prayer of faith will save the sick man and the Lord will raise him up again; and if he has committed any sins, he will be forgiven. So confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, and this will cure you; the heartfelt prayer of a good man works very powerfully. Elijah was a human being like ourselves – he prayed hard for it not to rain, and no rain fell for three-and-a-half years; then he prayed again and the sky gave rain and the earth gave crops.
My brothers, if one of you strays away from the truth, and another brings him back to it, he may be sure that anyone who can bring back a sinner from the wrong way that he has taken will be saving a soul from death and covering up a great number of sins.
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Gospel
Mark 10:13-16
It is to such as these little children that the kingdom of God belongs
People were bringing little children to Jesus, for him to touch them. The disciples turned them away, but when Jesus saw this he was indignant and said to them, ‘Let the little children come to me; do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs. I tell you solemnly, anyone who does not welcome the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.’ Then he put his arms round them, laid his hands on them and gave them his blessing.
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