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Happy Mother Paula and Father Founder Day!
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Mother Paula Emunds, Co-Foundress 8 January 1865 - 21 May 1948
VALIANT WOMAN 1. A valiant woman strong and true, 2. Christ’s Precious Blood, her priceless treasure, 3. God is my Father, I’m God’s child, 4. In loving union with our God, Text: Marian Maskulak, cps Sung by: CPS Generalate - 20 May 2020, Rome, Italy |
Abbot Francis Pfanner, Father Founder 21 September 1825 - 24 May 1909
DAILY SEEKING 1. Full of love for God and neighbor Francis Pfanner sought God’s way. 2. Set on fire to spread the Gospel prayer and work filled all his days. 3. As we gather round God’s table sharing life and breaking bread, |
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DO NOT BE AFRAID
Video Summary of Pope Francis' Urbi et Orbi - Vatican Media
Pope Francis gave an extraordinary message “To the City and to the World” (Urbi et Orbi) on 27 March 2020 to pray for an end to the Covid-19 pandemic. "We are all on the same boat" in this crisis and we cry out to Jesus as the disciples did, "Teacher, do you not care if we perish?" Pope Francis reminded us of Jesus’ response to the disciples: “Why are you afraid? Have you no faith?” (Mark 4:40)
“Dear brothers and sisters, from this place that tells of Peter’s rock-solid faith, I would like this evening to entrust all of you to the Lord, through the intercession of Mary, Health of the People and Star of the stormy Sea. From this colonnade that embraces Rome and the whole world, may God’s blessing come down upon you as a consoling embrace. Lord, may you bless the world, give health to our bodies and comfort our hearts. You ask us not to be afraid. Yet our faith is weak and we are fearful. But you, Lord, will not leave us at the mercy of the storm. Tell us again: ‘Do not be afraid’ (Mt 28:5). And we, together with Peter, ‘cast all our anxieties onto you, for you care about us’ (cf. 1Pet 5:7).”
Urbi et Orbi Reflection of Pope Francis Full Text
Worldwide Crisis, Worldwide Prayer
Lockdown
Yes there is fear.
Yes there is isolation.
Yes there is panic buying.
Yes there is sickness.
Yes there is even death.
But,
They say that in Wuhan after so many years of noise
You can hear the birds again.
They say that after just a few weeks of quiet
The sky is no longer thick with fumes
But blue and grey and clear.
They say that in the streets of Assisi
People are singing to each other
across the empty squares,
keeping their windows open
so that those who are alone
may hear the sounds of family around them.
World Day for Consecrated Life / Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
"My eyes have seen your salvation" (Luke 2:30). These are the words of Simeon, whom the Gospel presents as a simple man, "righteous and devout." Pope Francis continues to say, "You too, dear consecrated brothers and sisters, you are simple men and women who caught sight of the treasure worth more than any worldly good. And so you left behind precious things, such as possessions, such as making a family for yourselves. Why did you do this? Because you fell in love with Jesus, you saw everything in him, and enraptured by his gaze, you left the rest behind.
Religious life is this vision. It means seeing what really matters in life. It means welcoming the Lord’s gift with open arms, as Simeon did. This is what the eyes of consecrated men and women behold: the grace of God poured into their hands. The consecrated person is one who every day looks at himself or herself and says: “Everything is gift, all is grace”.
Dear brothers and sisters, let us thank God for the gift of the consecrated life and ask of him a new way of looking, that knows how to see grace, how to look for one’s neighbour, how to hope. Then our eyes too will see salvation.
Full text of Pope Francis' Homily on the 24th World Day for Consecrated Life
Homily of Fr. Thulani Mbuyisa, CMM - Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
