JOIN IN THE SHRINE NOVENA On any Tuesday you may join those making a novena at the National Shrine of St. Anthony by reciting and continuing to pray the following prayers for nine consecutive Tuesdays. Mass is offered in the Shrine chapel every Tuesday, or you may wish to attend Mass on that day at any convenient church. In God’s own way, we are always blessed by this trust and perseverance. The word Anthony is Latin name translated as PRAISE ATTRACT JESUS’ ATTENTION If you examine your life, you would agree that much of what you say is nothing more than empty talk. We walk to be seen, give to be praised and talk to be noticed but to gain the attention of people, not our Heavenly Father. Remember that idle words may entertain men; they do not reach God. Ask Blind Bartimaeus and he will tell you that the voice of humility is the one that God hears most clearly (Mark 10:46-52). On that busy road, many cried out for Jesus’ attention but not many cried in faith. Of all graces, Jesus honours faith the most. Instead of worrying about what others think of you or striving to please men, be bothered about getting Jesus’ attention because He is the Author and Finisher of our faith and holds our future in His hands. By looking into the Word and acting on it, we bring Jesus on the scene. HEAR THE WORD OF JOY “To the ends of the earth…proclaim the word of joy ‘Ask, that your joy may be full.’ Proclaim it not only to the just who are in the Church’s midst, but to the outer bounds of the earth…., that is, outside the precepts of the Lord, which are for us the bounds within which we must live. Let them hear the word of joy so that they might obtain the full joy which has no bounds. May Jesus Christ lead us to this joy. Amen.”
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