Monday 28 October 2013 First Reading: Ephesians 2:19-22 Psalm Response: Psalm 19:2-5 Gospel Reading: Luke 6:12-16 Todays Feast: Saints Simon and Jude Jesus went up to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God. When day came, He called His disciples to Himself, and from them He chose Twelve, whom He also named Apostles: Simon, whom He named Peter, and his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called a Zealot, and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor. Shalom semuanya, Tahukah kita semua bahwa kita adalah anggota keluarga Allah? Tahukah kita bahwa para santo/santa, para martir dan orang-orang kudus disurga adalah saudara/i kita? Kita mempunyai saudara/i kita yang sering berdoa buat kita; sering menghibur kita; sering menolong kita namun kita tidak bisa melihat bentuk fisiknya karena mereka telah hidup berbahagia bersama Allah disurga yaitu para santo/santa pelindung kita, para malaikat pelindung kita, para santo/santa, para malaikat, para martir dan orang-orang kudus disurga termasuk saudara/i kita yang telah meninggal dunia dan kini hidup berbahagia bersama Allah disurga. Kita merayakan All Saints Day tanggal 1 November 2013. All Saints Day, the day on which Catholics celebrate all the saints, known and unknown, is a surprisingly old feast. It arose out of the Christian tradition of celebrating the martyrdom of saints on the anniversary of their martyrdom. In the first reading today, St. Paul says that we form a building, the foundation of which is the apostles and prophets. The capstone is Jesus. Brothers and sisters: You are no longer strangers and sojourners,but you are fellow citizens with the holy ones and members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the Apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the capstone. Through Him the whole structure is held together and grows into a temple sacred in the Lord; in Him you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit. (Eph 2:19-22). Jadi jangan takut kalau kita berdoa atau meminta pertolongan kepada para santo/santa dan para orang kudus disurga karena mereka adalah saudara/i kita yang telah hidup berbahagia bersama Allah Tirtunggal Maha Kudus disurga. In our Gospel reading today, Jesus discerns which of His disciples should be trained as future leaders of the Church. Today we celebrate the sainthood of two: Simon who was called a Zealot because he was zealous about obeying both Jewish law and Canaanite law, and Jude (or Judas) the son of James and a relative of Jesus. They are both good examples of how Christians can be so imperfect yet so very effective in ministry. Jude had a pastoral approach to ministry. He wrote his New Testament letter after experiencing hardships in his ministry. His letter includes a strong encouragement to persevere in difficulties. However, he didnt always have this wisdom. Back at the Last Supper, he had tried to convince Jesus to show Himself to the whole world after His resurrection (see John 14:22). Simon had a legalistic approach to ministry. He promoted scrupulous obedience to religious and civil laws. But he learned that the Law of Love is the bottom line and the highest goal of all other laws, rules, and regulations. Jesus taught him that a successful evangelizer meets people where theyre at and then lovingly invites them to conversion. (source: gnm.org/index.html) We all belong to an imperfect household in Catholic Church has survived 2000 years of scandals and divisions and other human failings, because built upon the foundation of the Apostles and prophets with Jesus Christ Himself is the capstone. Sudahkah kita menyadari dan mensyukurinya? Bangga sebagai anggota Gereja Katolik, bangga sebagai anggota Keluarga Allah. St Jude (source: catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=127) St. Jude, known as Thaddaeus, was a brother of St. James the Less, and a relative of Our Saviour. St. Jude was one of the 12 Apostles of Jesus. Ancient writers tell us that he preached the Gospel in Judea, Samaria, Idumaea, Syria, Mesopotamia, and Lybia. According to Eusebius, he returned to Jerusalem in the year 62, and assisted at the election of his brother, St. Simeon, as Bishop of Jerusalem. He is an author of an epistle (letter) to the Churches of the East, particularly the Jewish converts, directed against the heresies of the Simonians, Nicolaites, and Gnostics. This Apostle is said to have suffered martyrdom in Armenia, which was then subject to Persia. The final conversion of the Armenian nation to Christianity did not take place until the third century of our era. Jude was the one who asked Jesus at the Last Supper why He would not manifest Himself to the whole world after His resurrection. Little else is known of his life. Legend claims that he visited Beirut and Edessa; possibly martyred with St. Simon in Persia. Jude is invoked in desperate situations because his New Testament letter stresses that the faithful should persevere in the environment of harsh, difficult circumstances, just as their forefathers had done before them. Therefore, he is the patron saint of desperate cases and his feast day is October 28. Saint Jude is not the same person as Judas Iscariot who betrayed Our Lord and despaired because of his great sin and lack of trust in Gods mercy. St Jude Thaddaeus pray for us.... God loves us, Suhardi, Haryati and Samuel sel dewasa dan sel remaja St Dominic of Holy Rosary, Sydney, Australia Ia (Tuhan) harus semakin besar tetapi aku harus makin kecil (Yoh 3:30)
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