Saint Edmund R.C. Parish - Brooklyn

Today is Tuesday, 8th week in Ordinary Time

DAILY PRAYER
Lord Jesus,
I want to follow you as your disciple and to love you wholeheartedly with all that I have. Fill my heart with faith, hope, and love that I may always find peace and joy in your presence. Amen

DAILY VERSE (Matthew 11:25)

Alleluia, alleluia.
Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth;
you have revealed to little ones the mysteries of the Kingdom

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REFLECTION

Today’s Gospel exhorts us to see the radicality and rewards of Jesus’s call to discipleship, which cuts through so many of the social conventions of his time and ours. Jesus urges us to see that everyone—rich and poor, men and women, those on the inside and those on the outs—is summoned to discipleship, and that this summons is the most important consideration of all. It is the better part, to use Jesus’s words; it is the one thing necessary.

St. Augustine was right: “Lord, you have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you.” We are all wired for God. There is a hunger in us that nothing in this world can possibly satisfy. Only Jesus can lead us to the heavenly banquet; and that’s why we must follow him.
- BLESSING

May the Lord bless us,
protect us from all evil and bring us to everlasting life. Amen

Courtesy of Laudate app, Homily by Bishop Barron & other sources

Heavenly Father,
On this Memorial Day, we gather to remember and honor those who have given their lives in service to our country. We thank You for their bravery and sacrifice.
May Your eternal light shine upon them, granting them peace and rest.
We ask for comfort for their families and strength for our nation.
Help us to cherish the freedoms they fought for and inspire us to live in a way that honors their memory.
In Your holy name, we pray.
Amen.

Today is The Ascension of the Lord, A Solemnity and Holy Day of Obligation

DAILY PRAYER
May almighty God bless you on this day when his only Son
ascended into heaven to prepare a place for you. Amen!

DAILY VERSE (Matthew 28:19a, 20b)

Alleluia, alleluia.
Go and teach all nations, says the Lord;
I am with you always, until the end of the world

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REFLECTION

The Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord is celebrated today by the archdioceses and dioceses within the Ecclesiastical Provinces of Boston, Hartford, New York, Omaha and Philadelphia, for which the Ascension of the Lord always falls on the preceding Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter and is a Holyday of Obligation.

This holy solemnity, which the Acts of the Apostles 1:3 situates forty days after the Resurrection, commemorates Jesus’ return to his Father in heaven.

This solemn blessing for the Feast expresses its significance for us:

Blessing for Ascension:

May almighty God bless you on this day when his only Son
ascended into heaven to prepare a place for you.

Amen!

After his resurrection, Christ was seen by His disciples.
When He appears as judge may you be pleasing for ever in His sight.

Amen!

You believe that Jesus has taken His seat in majesty at the right hand of the Father. May you have the joy of experiencing that He is also with you to the end of time, according to His promise.

Amen!
- BLESSING

May the Lord bless us,
protect us from all evil and bring us to everlasting life. Amen

Courtesy of Laudate app, Homily by Bishop Barron & other sources