RELIGION AND ART

PRAYER BEFORE HOLY MAS S     Act of Love before Mass   31ST SUNDAY   IN ORDINARY TIME O my God, I love Thee with all my heart, with all my soul, with all my strength and with no other desire than to be inseparably united to Thee. It is through Thy Divine Son that this union is about to be realized within me. In Holy Communion I long to identify myself with Him, that it will no longer be myself, but Him, who lives in me; and when I have received Jesus within myself, then I shall love and be loved by Thee in that same measure, in which I am united to Him. Hasten then, to give me Thy Divine Son, at the hands of Thy priest, that through Jesus, I may unite myself forever to Thee, O God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit. Readings Lectures Reflection First Reading Deut. 6:2-6 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart Moses said to the people: ‘If you fear the Lord your God all the days of your life and if you keep all his laws and commandments which I lay on you, you wi

PRAYER BEFORE HOLY MASS   Act of Love beforeMass   SATURDAY 30TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME  O my God, I love Thee with all my heart, with all my soul, with all my strength and with no other desire than to be inseparably united to Thee. It is through Thy Divine Son that this union is about to be realized within me. In Holy Communion I long to identify myself with Him, that it will no longer be myself, but Him, who lives in me; and when I have received Jesus within myself, then I shall love and be loved by Thee in that same measure, in which I am united to Him. Hasten then, to give me Thy Divine Son, at the hands of Thy priest, that through Jesus, I may unite myself forever to Thee, O God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit  Mass readings   Textes Liturgiques   Reflections Romans 11:1-2,11-12,25-29 The Jews have not fallen forever Let me put a question: is it possible that God has rejected his people? Of course not. I, an Israelite, descended from Abraham through the tribe of Benjami

PRAYER BEFORE HOLY MAS S     Act of Love before Mass   FRIDAY 30TH WEEK   IN ORD. TIME O my God, I love Thee with all my heart, with all my soul, with all my strength and with no other desire than to be inseparably united to Thee. It is through Thy Divine Son that this union is about to be realized within me. In Holy Communion I long to identify myself with Him, that it will no longer be myself, but Him, who lives in me; and when I have received Jesus within myself, then I shall love and be loved by Thee in that same measure, in which I am united to Him. Hasten then, to give me Thy Divine Son, at the hands of Thy priest, that through Jesus, I may unite myself forever to Thee, O God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit.  Mass Readings   Lectures de la Messe    Reflection First Reading Romans 9:1-5 .I would willingly be condemned if it could help my brother What I want to say now is no pretence; I say it in union with Christ – it is the truth – my conscience in union with the Holy

PRAYER BEFORE MASS   THURSDAY 30TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME   Go before us O Lord, in this our sacrifice of Prayer and Praise, and grant that we say and sing with our lips we may believe in our hearts, and practice and show forth in our daily lives. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. PRAYER AFTER MASS  Bless, O Lord, our hearts and minds, and grant that as we leave Your house, we may continue to be aware of Your presence. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.  by Saint John Berchmans, Patron Saint of Altar Boys   Readings Lectures Reflection Sts. Simon & Jude First Reading Ephesians 2:19-22 In Christ you are no longer aliens but citizens like us You are no longer aliens or foreign visitors: you are citizens like all the saints, and part of God’s household. You are part of a building that has the apostles and prophets for its foundations, and Christ Jesus himself for its main cornerstone. As every structure is aligned on him, all grow into one holy temple in the Lord; and you too, in him, are