21/09/2025
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*PASTORAL CARE CORNER*
Caring Shepherd,
Carrying Christ,
Healing hearts
through the screen
Enjoy.
*SUNDAY OF WEEK 25 IN ORDINARY TIME*
📕 *First Reading:*
Amos 8:4-7
*Responsorial Psalm:*
112(113):1-2,4-8
🔁 *Response*
Praise the Lord, who raises the poor.
📕 *Second Reading:*
1 Timothy 2:1-8
*THE POWER AND NECESSITY OF PRAYER*
*“Prayer of this kind is good, and God our Savior is pleased with it, for He wants all men to be saved.” —1 Timothy 2:3-4.*
Jesus died on the cross so that all would be saved from sin, death, and damnation. We are saved by His grace, which we must decide to accept by faith (Eph 2:8) and live in love with all our hearts (see Lk 10:27). The decisions to accept God’s saving graces are the most important decisions of our lives.
These decisions are extremely difficult to make, for we are strongly pressured by the world, the flesh, and the devil to choose pride, pleasure, and selfishness rather than God’s grace and love (see Eph 2:2-3). However, the Lord calls us to “lead undisturbed and tranquil lives in perfect piety and dignity” (1 Tm 2:2). In this context, we are much more likely to repeatedly choose grace and thereby salvation.
Consequently, we must make it a priority to pray for everyone, particularly for godly leaders who will set up a society of peace, tranquility, and respect for human rights (see 1 Tm 2:1ff). We must then submit ourselves to the godly authority of pastors, other leaders, husbands, parents, employers, etc.
Our culture of death sets us up to reject grace after grace by making bad decision after bad decision. However, a civilization of love in which we live “undisturbed and tranquil” lives brings out the best in us as we decide again and again to live in grace. Grace and peace to you (Phil 1:2).
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*Gospel Reading:*
Luke 16:1-13
*Today’s Wisdom Drop*
1️⃣ Prayer is never wasted; every intercession brings the world closer to God’s universal plan of redemption.
2️⃣ To pray only for ourselves is to limit grace, but to pray for all is to share in Christ’s universal love.
3️⃣ The Church becomes most like Christ when her prayers embrace the whole human family.
4️⃣ Intercessory prayer is the bridge between God’s mercy and humanity’s need.
5️⃣ Prayer aligns us with God’s saving will; it reshapes our hearts to love as He loves.
6️⃣ The power of prayer lies not in changing God’s mind, but in opening our hearts to His will for all.
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*BLESSINGS FOR YOU*
A digital shepherd, rooted in God’s Word, brings grace, hope, and joy to the online world.
He shares light through screens, preaches beyond church walls, and reaches souls in the digital wilderness one at a time.
Even in noise and uncertainty, he carries God’s message with trust and purpose.
Amen.
