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August, 2017

Pope's Prayer Intention

Artists, That artists of our time, through their ingenuity, may help everyone discover the beauty of creation.


18 posted on 08/15/2017 9:41:42 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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Daily Gospel Commentary

Wednesday of the Nineteenth week in Ordinary Time
Commentary of the day
Saint Ephrem (c.306-373), deacon in Syria, Doctor of the Church
Unpublished hymn (quoted in André Louf, "Teach us to pray", 1972)

"There am I in the midst of them"

Someone who celebrates alone in the heart of the wilderness,
is a great assembly.
If two together celebrate among the rocks,
thousands and tens of thousands are present there.
If three are gathered together,
a fourth is among them.
If there are six or seven together,
twelve thousand thousand are assembled.
If they range themselves in rank,
they fill the firmament with prayer!

If they be crucified on the rock, marked  with a cross of light,
the Church is constituted.
When they come together,
the Spirit hovers over their heads,
When they end their prayer
the Lord rises to serve his servants (Lk 12:37; Jn 13:4).

19 posted on 08/15/2017 9:43:56 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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