Pro-life reflections and intercessions related to the Sunday readings
Many say that having an unplanned child, especially those born into poor, single or unloving homes, condemns both the child and the mother to a life of great difficulty. But as the first reading suggests, “Who can know God’s counsel, or who can conceive what the Lord intends?”
Read MoreIn today’s Gospel, Our Blessed Lord reminds us that there will be people who will seek entry to the Kingdom too late and that each of us must strive now. We will only gain entry to the Kingdom if Jesus recognizes us as one of His own, one who does God’s will.
Read MoreIn today’s Gospel, our Lord tells us of His impatience to fulfill His baptism by dying on the cross and redeeming mankind: there is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how great is My anguish until it is accomplished! We too were called to fulfill our baptism by persevering in the faith.
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