Wednesday 3rd December 2014 First Reading: Isaiah 25:6-10a Psalm Response: Ps 23:1-6 Gospel Reading: Matthew 15:29-37 Today´s Saint: Francis Xavier At that time: Jesus walked by the Sea of Galilee, went up on the mountain, and sat down there. Great crowds came to Him, having with them the lame, the blind, the deformed, the mute, and many others. They placed them at His feet, and He cured them. The crowds were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the deformed made whole, the lame walking, and the blind able to see, and they glorified the God of Israel. Jesus summoned His disciples and said, “My heart is moved with pity for the crowd, for they have been with Me now for three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, for fear they may collapse on the way.” The disciples said to Him, “Where could we ever get enough bread in this deserted place to satisfy such a crowd?” Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” “Seven,” they replied, “and a few fish.” He ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then He took the seven loaves and the fish, gave thanks, broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, who in turn gave them to the crowds. They all ate and were satisfied. They picked up the fragments left over–seven baskets full. Shalom semuanya, Seringkali, kita kurang percaya diri atau memakai kacamata kita jika kita dikasih tugas. Saya nggak bisa, saya nggak sanggup dst padahal kita belum mencobanya. Didalam Injil hari ini, kita bisa melihat bagaiman Tuhan Yesus mengadakan mujijat perbanyakkan roti dan ikan. Hari ini kita bersama Gereja Katolik sedunia merayakan pesta St Fransiskus Xaverius (St Francis Xavier) yang mau memberitakan Kabar Gembira Tuhan ke daerah-daerah yang belum mengenal Tuhan Yesus Kristus termasuk ke Indonesia, Singapura, Filipina, China, Japan, India, Sri Langka dsb. St Fransiskus Xaverius pergi ke daerah-daerah asing sendirian tanpa ada keraguan, ketakutan dan kecemasan karena St Fransiskus Xaverius percaya dan mengimani bahwa Tuhan sendiri yang akan membimbing dan melengkapi segala tugas dan pelayanannya. Marilah kita belajar mencontoh kehidupan St Fransiskus Xaverius. St Francis Xavier (source: catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=423) FRANCIS XAVIER, ST. (1506-1552). Born in the family castle of Xavier, near Pamplona in the Basque area of Spanish Navarre on Apr. 7, he was sent to the University of Paris 1525, secured his licentiate in 1528, met Ignatius Loyola and became one of the seven who in 1534, at Montmartre founded the Societyof Jesus. In 1536 he left Paris to join Ignatius in Venice, from whence they all in tended to go as missionaries to Palestine (a trip which never materialized), was ordained there in 1537, went to Rome in 1538, and in 1540, when the pope formally recognized the Society, was ordered, with Fr. Simon Rodriguez, to the Far East as the first Jesuit missionaries. King John III kept Fr. Simon in Lisbon, but Francis, after a years voyage, six months of which were spent at Mozambique where he preached and gave aid to the sick eventually arrived in Goa, India in 1542 with Fr. Paul of Camerino an Italian, and Francis Mansihas, a Portuguese. There he began preaching to the natives and attempted to reform his fellow Europeans, living among the natives and adopting their customs on his travels. During the next decade he converted tens of thousands to Christianity. He visited the Paravas at the tip of India. near Cape Comorin, Tuticorin (1542), Malacca (1545), the Moluccas near New Guinea and Morotai near the Philippines (1546-47), and Japan (1549- 51). In 1551, India and the East were set up as a separate province and Ignatius made Francis its first provincial. In 1552 he set out for China, landed on the island of Sancian within sight of his goal, but died before he reached the mainland. Working against great difficulties, language problems ( contrary to legend, he had no proficiency in foreign tongues ), inadequate funds, and lack of cooperation, often actual resistance, from European officials, he left the mark of his missionary zeal and energy on areas which clung to Christianity for centuries. He was canonized in 1622 and proclaimed patron of all foreign missions by Pope Pius X. F. D. Dec. 3.St Francis Xavier pray for us... Bisa juga kita dengar di youtube kehidupan St Francis Xavier, klik dibawah ini: https://youtube/watch?v=t3erLl7cTTI God loves us, Suhardi, Haryati dan Samuel sel dewasa dan sel remaja St Dominic of Holy Rosary, Sydney, Australia
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