#sts. cyprian and cornelius!! pray for us

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Liturgical colors are great. I love being able to walk into a church to see it garbed in red and immediately think to myself, “ah, yes. Who died today”

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Happy Feast Day

Sts. Cornelius and Cyprian, pray for us! 

 Early Church Fathers, were instrumental in the Church’s understanding of the Sacraments of Baptism, Penance & the primacy of the Pope.

Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase here: (website)

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"Saints Cornelius and Cyprian, Pray for Us!" #SaintsoftheDay #OrateProNobis

📷 St. Anthony Abbot with St. Cornelius, St. Cyprian by Paolo Veronese / Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, Italy / #WikiGallery. #Catholic_Priest #CatholicPriestMedia 

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Daily Mass: Serving others in the name of the Lord. Catholic Inspiration

Photo by RDNE Stock project on Pexels.com As followers of Christ, we offer our lives in service to one another, out of respect for the Lord. (Lectionary- B, #443) *************** Catholic Inspiration Archives St. Cornelius & St. Cyprian, pray for us!

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Our Morning Offering - 16 September - The Lord's Prayer

Our Morning Offering – 16 September – The Lord’s Prayer

Our Morning Offering – 16 September – Wednesday of the Twenty Fourth week in Ordinary Time and the Memorial of Sts Cornelius & Cyprian

“So, my brothers, let us pray as God our Master has taught us. To ask the Father, in words His Son has given us, to let Him hear the prayer of Christ ringing in His ears, is to make our prayer one of friendship, a family prayer. Let the Father recognise the words…

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"THE SOULS OF THE SAINTS ARE REJOICING IN HEAVEN, THE SAINTS WHO FOLLOWED THE FOOTSTEPS OF CHRIST..." (ENTRANCE ANTIPHON).

"Jesus journeyed from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God.

"Accompanying him were the Twelve and some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, Joanna, the wife of Herod’s steward Chuza, Susanna, and many others who provided for them out of their resources." (Luke 8: 1 - 3).

Friday 16th September 2022 of the 24th Week of Ordinary Time is the feast of St Cornelius. Pope. Martyred under Emperor Gallus in 253. We also honor today St Cyprian. Bishop and Martyr. Cyprian from Carthage (modern Tunisia) was martyred in 258 under Emperor Valerian.

The two saints we honor today were acquainted with one another. They lived under one of the most severe persecutions of the Church. Tens of thousands were martyred. Rome was determined to stamp out once and for all Christianity in the empire. Many Christians did not have the courage to face martyrdom. So they denied Jesus in order to preserve their lives. When the violent persecution abated, those Christians who denied Jesus wanted to be received back into the Church. Some Bishops said Yes. Other Bishops refused them a second chance. The controversy nearly split the Church asunder.

Pope Cornelius wanted the Christians who apostasized to confess their sins and do appropriate penance and be allowed to rejoin the Church. Many Bishops opposed him.

St Cyprian from the powerful African Church in Carthage came to his support. Their side won and schism was prevented.

In the Prayer over the Gifts, the Church affirmed that the Eucharist gave Saints Cornelius and Cyprian the courage to offer their lives for Christ. The same Eucharist can keep us faithful in all our trials, the Church prays. If you can receive the Eucharist more than once a week and do not do so, how can you justify your abstinence from such a Gift?

In the Gospel of today, we see that

women who benefited from the ministry of Jesus provided for His needs and those of His disciples. They provided for them "out of their means." The widow of Zarephath provided for Elijah out of her meagre resources. God blessed this source and it never dried up.

This incidence is typical of God's arrangement for providing the future disciples of Christ. In the Old Testament, we see many instances of God providing for His servants through people. This principle was established with the levitical priesthood. Elisha, the prophet was likewise provided for by a couple in the course of his work. In the New Testament, we find abundant examples from the works of the Twelve and St Paul.

What are the lessons for us? God makes adequate provisions for the needs of those who preach the gospel. God prefers a situation of weakness and dependence for His servants so that His wisdom and power can triumph through their work. God infact wants His collaborators in the work of salvation to imitate the simplicity of Jesus Christ. He appoints people to supply the needs of His workers.

How do the disciples of Christ today appropriate God's blessings and provisions for them? First, they must be aware of these provisions in the Bible. They must understand what God's word or promise is saying to their particular situation. Disciples of Jesus must believe his word and act on this word. Prayer, trust and obedience activate the power of the word.

Daily Bible Verse @ SeekFirstcommunity.com

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January 20 - St. Fabian - 250 A.D

He succeeded St. Anterus in the pontificate, in the year 236. Eusebius relates, 367 that in an assembly of the people and clergy, held for the election of a pastor in his room, a dove, unexpectedly appearing, settled, to the great surprise of all present, on the head of St. Fabian; and that this miraculous sign united the votes of the clergy and people in promoting him, though not thought of before, as being a layman and a stranger. He governed the church sixteen years, sent St. Dionysius and other preachers into Gaul, and condemned Privatus, a broacher of a new heresy in Africa, as appears from St. Cyprian. 368 St. Fabian died a glorious martyr in the persecution of Decius, in 250, as St. Cyprian and St. Jerom witness. The former, writing to his successor, St. Cornelius, calls him an incomparable man; and says, that the glory of his death had answered the purity and holiness of his life. 369 The saints made God, and the accomplishment of his holy will, the great object of all their petitions in their prayers, and their only aim in all their actions. “God,” says St. Austin, 370 “in his promises to hear our prayers, is desirous to bestow himself upon us; if you find any thing better than him, ask it, but if you ask any thing beneath him, you put an affront upon him, and hurt yourself by preferring to him a creature which he framed: pray in the spirit and sentiment of love, in which the royal prophet said to him, ‘Thou, O Lord, art my portion.’ 371 Let others choose to themselves portions among creatures, for my part, Thou art my portion, Thee alone have I chosen for my whole inheritance.”

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Your faith has saved you, go in peace! September 16, 2021

Sts. Cornelius and Cyprian

Dear Family of Mary!

Here is the Gospel for today:

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke 7:36-50:

A certain Pharisee invited Jesus to dine with him, and he entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at table. Now there was a sinful woman in the city who learned that he was at table in the house of the Pharisee. Bringing an alabaster flask of ointment, she stood behind him at his feet weeping and began to bathe his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them, and anointed them with the ointment.

When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner.”

Jesus said to him in reply, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” “Tell me, teacher,” he said. “Two people were in debt to a certain creditor; one owed five hundred days’ wages and the other owed fifty. Since they were unable to repay the debt, he forgave it for both. Which of them will love him more?” Simon said in reply, “The one, I suppose, whose larger debt was forgiven.” He said to him, “You have judged rightly.”

Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? When I entered your house, you did not give me water for my feet, but she has bathed them with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You did not give me a kiss, but she has not ceased kissing my feet since the time I entered. You did not anoint my head with oil, but she anointed my feet with ointment. So I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven; hence, she has shown great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little.” He said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”

The others at table said to themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?” But he said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”

Now read this message from Our Lady, given through Mirjana Soldo:

May 2, 2013

“Dear children; Anew, I am calling you to love and not to judge. My Son, according to the will of the Heavenly Father, was among you to show you the way of salvation, to save you and not to judge you. If you desire to follow my Son, you will not judge but love like your Heavenly Father loves you.

And when it is the most difficult for you, when you are falling under the weight of the cross do not despair, do not judge, instead remember that you are loved and praise the Heavenly Father because of His love.

My children, do not deviate from the way on which I am leading you. Do not recklessly walk into perdition. May prayer and fasting strengthen you so that you can live as the Heavenly Father would desire; that you may be my apostles of faith and love; that your life may bless those whom you meet; that you may be one with the Heavenly Father and my Son.

My children, that is the only truth, the truth that leads to your conversion, and then to the conversion of all those whom you meet – those who have not come to know my Son – all those who do not know what it means to love.

My children, my Son gave you a gift of the shepherds. Take good care of them. Pray for them. Thank you.”

Our Lady tells us not to judge, but to remember how much we have been forgiven and be filled with love and joy. Jesus demonstrated this very thing in the Gospel for today. The woman who had sinned greatly was able to be freed from her sins, because she understood the great love of Jesus, and His power to forgive her. In her deep humility, she received His forgiveness and was filled with love. Simon the Pharisee on the other hand had no idea of his own sins, because all he could do was preoccupy himself the with sins of the poor woman at Jesus’ feet. He wasted precious time with Jesus by so doing. He could have been forgiven and freed by Jesus of all his sins that day, but his prideful and judging spirit blocked him from that moment of grace.

Our Lady wants us to follow Jesus and not judge but love! Why? Because she doesn’t want us to end up like the Pharisee, lost in the blindness of his own self-satisfaction. May we listen to Jesus and Mary, and look only at our own sins, with the desire to be forgiven. Then we will be able to help others to find the same peace we will have.

In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan Mary TV 2021

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September 16, 2021, Memorial of Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs Today we remember the lives of incredible men. * St. Cornelius, a pope who focused his attention on the Sacrament of Penance and the readmission of Christians who had denied their faith during the time of persecution. * St. Cyprian, important to the development of Christian practice in the third century, specifically in Africa. Sts. Cornelius & Cyprian, pray for us!

Today’s Scripture Readings The life of St. Cornelius → https://bit.ly/2OfnxuU The life of St. Cyprian → https://bit.ly/2vk7i8M Body: What’s in your heart right now? What kind of journey do you plan to take this week? When we give ourselves goals and dreams to strive toward, we challenge ourselves to do bigger and better things—especially for Christ! Find a new path or a new destination to explore.

Mind: Clear your mind of any unfulfilling things from last week. Continue this week with a spirit ready to tackle on anything! Tell yourself, “I can do anything I put my mind to!” Be your own #1 fan and don’t wait for the world to tell you that you’ve got what it takes. God knows what you’re capable of. He’ll inspire greatness out of you.

Soul: Today, put yourself in someone’s shoes. Envision yourself walking in the times of Jesus and see how you can take those lessons and imply them into your life today. Are you listening to Jesus’ preaching?

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"A certain Pharisee invited Jesus to dine with him, and he entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at table. Now there was a sinful woman in the city who learned that he was at table in the house of the Pharisee. Bringing an alabaster flask of ointment, she stood behind him at his feet weeping and began to bathe his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them, and anointed them with the ointment." (Luke 7: 36.....50).

Thursday 16th September 2021, 24th Week in Ordinary Time is the feast of St Cornelius. Pope. Martyred under Emperor Gallus in 253. We also honor today St Cyprian. Bishop and Martyr. Cyprian from Carthage (Tunisia) was martyred in 258 under Emperor Valerian.

The two saints we honor today were acquainted with one another. They lived under one of the most severe persecution of the Church. Tens of thousands were martyred. Rome was determined to stamp out once and for all Christianity in the empire. Many Christians did not have the courage to face martyrdom. So they denied Jesus in order to preserve their lives. When the violent persecution abated, those Christians who denied Jesus wanted to be received back into the Church. Some Bishops said Yes. Other Bishops refused them a second chance. The controversy nearly split the Church asunder. Pope Cornelius wanted the Christians who apostasized to confess their sins and do appropriate penance and be allowed to rejoin the Church. Many Bishops opposed him. St Cyprian from the powerful African Church in Carthage came to his support. Their side won and schism was prevented. The Lord was impressed by their good work and awarded the two the crown of martyrdom.

In the Prayer over the Gifts, the Church affirmed that the Eucharist gave Saints Cornelius and Cyprian the courage to offer their lives for Christ. The same Eucharist can keep us faithful in all our trials the Church prays. If you can receive the Eucharist more than once a week and do not do so, how can you justify your abstinence from such a Gift?

The sinful woman who encountered Jesus in the house of Simon received Jesus in spiritual Communion by her actions. And Jesus said to her: “Your sins are forgiven.... Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”

Daily Bible Verse @ Seekfirstcommunity.com

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St. Boniface, Bishop and Martyr, Apostle to Germany, great Missionary, pray for us!

From a letter by Saint Boniface, bishop and martyr

(Ep. 78: MGH, Epistolae, 3, 352-354)

The careful shepherd watches over Christ’s flock

In her voyage across the ocean of this world, the Church is like a great ship being pounded by the waves of life’s different stresses. Our duty is not to abandon ship but to keep her on her course.

The ancient fathers showed us how we should carry out this duty: Clement, Cornelius and many others in the city of Rome, Cyprian at Carthage, Athanasius at Alexandria. They all lived under emperors who were pagans; they all steered Christ’s ship—or rather his most dear spouse, the Church. This they did by teaching and defending her, by their labors and sufferings, even to the shedding of blood.

I am terrified when I think of all this. Fear and trembling came upon me and the darkness of my sins almost covered me. I would gladly give up the task of guiding the Church which I have accepted if I could find such an action warranted by the example of the fathers or by holy Scripture.

Since this is the case, and since the truth can be assaulted but never defeated or falsified, with our tired mind let us turn to the words of Solomon: Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not rely on your own prudence. Think on him in all your ways, and he will guide your steps. In another place he says: The name of the Lord is an impregnable tower. The just man seeks refuge in it and he will be saved.

Let us stand fast in what is right and prepare our souls for trial. Let us wait upon God’s strengthening aid and say to him: O Lord, you have been our refuge in all generations.

Let us trust in him who has placed this burden upon us. What we ourselves cannot bear let us bear with the help of Christ. For he is all-powerful and he tells us: My yoke is easy and my burden is light.

Let us continue the fight on the day of the Lord. The days of anguish and of tribulation have overtaken us; if God so wills, let us die for the holy laws of our fathers, so that we may deserve to obtain an eternal inheritance with them.

Let us be neither dogs that do not bark nor silent onlookers nor paid servants who run away before the wolf. Instead let us be careful shepherds watching over Christ’s flock. Let us preach the whole of God’s plan to the powerful and to the humble, to rich and to poor, to men of every rank and age, as far as God gives us the strength, in season and out of season, as Saint Gregory writes in his book of Pastoral Instruction.

RESPONSORY

1 Thessalonians 2:8; Galatians 4:19

I have longed to give you the Gospel,

and more than that, to give you my very life;

– you have become very dear to me, alleluia.

My little children, I am like a mother giving birth to you,

until Christ is formed in you.

– You have become very dear to me, alleluia.

CONCLUDING PRAYER

Let us pray.

May the Martyr Saint Boniface be our advocate, O Lord,

that we may firmly hold the faith

he taught with his lips and sealed in his blood

and confidently profess it by our deeds.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

one God, for ever and ever.

– Amen.

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 Happy Feast Day

Sts. Cornelius and Cyprian, pray for us! 

Early Church Fathers, instrumental in the Church’s understanding of the Sacraments of Baptism, Penance & the primacy of the Pope.

Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase here: (website)

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Daily Mass: Spiritual fruit and a strong foundation. Catholic Inspiration

Photo by Zen Chung on Pexels.com Jesus uses two examples – spiritual fruitfulness and a foundation built on rock – to teach the disciples how to put our faith into daily practice. Mass Readings – Saturday of the 23rd Week of the Year *************** Catholic Inspiration Archives St. Cornelius & St. Cyprian, pray for us!

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Quote/s of the Day – 16 September - The wisdom of St Cyprian of Carthage

Quote/s of the Day – 16 September – The wisdom of St Cyprian of Carthage

Quote/s of the Day – 16 September – The Memorial of Sts Cornelius & Cyprian

“Not by words alone but also by deeds, has God taught us to pray.   He Himself prayed frequently and demonstrated what we ought to do, by the testimony of His own example.   As it is written: “But he himself was in retirement in the desert and in prayer” and again, “He went out into the mountain to pray and continued all…

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A faith that is eager and firm

A letter of St Cyprian Cyprian to his brother Cornelius.  My very dear brother, we have heard of the glorious witness given by your courageous faith. On learning of the honour you had won by your witness, we were filled with such joy that we felt ourselves sharers and companions in your praiseworthy achievements. After all, we have the same Church, the same mind, the same unbroken harmony. Why then should a priest not take pride in the praise given to a fellow priest as though it were given to him? What brotherhood fails to rejoice in the happiness of its brothers wherever they are?  Words cannot express how great was the exultation and delight here when we heard of your good fortune and brave deeds: how you stood out as leader of your brothers in their declaration of faith, while the leader’s confession was enhanced as they declared their faith. You led the way to glory, but you gained many companions in that glory; being foremost in your readiness to bear witness on behalf of all, you prevailed on your people to become a single witness. We cannot decide which we ought to praise, your own ready and unshaken faith or the love of your brothers who would not leave you. While the courage of the bishop who thus led the way has been demonstrated, at the same time the unity of the brotherhood who followed has been manifested. Since you have one heart and one voice, it is the Roman Church as a whole that has thus borne witness. Dearest brother, bright and shining is the faith which the blessed Apostle praised in your community. He foresaw in the spirit the praise your courage deserves and the strength that could not be broken; he was heralding the future when he testified to your achievements; his praise of the fathers was a challenge to the sons. Your unity, your strength have become shining examples of these virtues to the rest of the brethren. Divine providence has now prepared us. God’s merciful design has warned us that the day of our own struggle, our own contest, is at hand. By that shared love which binds us close together, we are doing all we can to exhort our congregation, to give ourselves unceasingly to fastings, vigils and prayers in common. These are the heavenly weapons which give us the strength to stand firm and endure; they are the spiritual defences, the God-given armaments that protect us.  Let us then remember one another, united in mind and heart. Let us pray without ceasing, you for us, we for you; by the love we share we shall thus relieve the strain of these great trials.

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Homily 24th Sunday Ordinary Time (As much as I can remember)

Deny Yourself

           The story of a kid who asked for 2 ice creams during a medical mission in the city: he was followed by Fr. Villarojo out of curiosity and the kid gave the ice cream to his sister who was in the corner of the covered court. (Fr. Villarojo couldn’t remember if the ice cream was limited to 1 scoop or 1 cone). He denied himself of the thing that a child usually would never pass. He could have eaten eat and tasted it but instead he gave it to his sister. This is the case for a child, as we grow old and become adults, let us remember to deny ourselves for others.

What does it mean to abandon yourself? St. Paul in his epistle to the (Philippians) reminds us that Jesus abandoned himself of the goods of this world. The in the incarnation of Jesus he has left the realm of the father, of being with the father. He did not lose his divinity but by being one of us he has opened a way for us to salvation. With his humanity, He afforded us the possibility of being with God.

In the words of Pope Francis in his recent Apostolic Exhortation Gaudete et Exultate, That we (should be like Jesus) (try to be like Jesus) (aim to be like Jesus).

Carry Your Cross

           Joke: The woman after the homily, after the mass, went home and carried her husband. The husband asked why she did so. She replied that she was told by the priest in the homily to carry her cross. It can be that our own husband, wife, children, and parents become our cross. It can be our friends. But it can be our own selves too. We continually ask ourselves why we haven’t changed for the better it is because we haven’t carried our own cross. Carrying our cross means lifting the worries up to the Lord. The story of the widow whose child has 2 children and was left by her own husband: the woman took time after the mass and prayed. Fr. Villarojo was able to speak to her and learn about her story. The struggle she is facing is a lot but then she still manages to spend time in prayer, and in that way she carries the cross and lifts it up to the Lord and this is why she is able to be in peace.

Follow Me

           Following Jesus is not to be taken literally that when we become Christians by name we are then followers of Christ and then it is done. We are reminded by the James in the second reading that faith in God is paired with the work of our hands. When we have faith in God we should do works of charity.That is why we ask the Lord that every time that we reflect the gospel that he may grant us the courage to imitate him. That we may follow his way. Christian life is an imitation of the life of Jesus.

Let us ask the intercession of our blessed mother that we may be like Jesus in his denial of himself, in his taking up of the cross of humanity, and that we may follow him.

Cebu, on the Feast of Sts. Cornelius and Cyprian 16 September 2018 Mary Monica