RB: Ch 2:11-15
Mass: 1 Jn 5:5-13; Resp Ps 147; Lk 5:12-16
He would withdraw to deserted places to pray.
Jesus was a busy man. As proclaimed in today's Gospel Acclamation: 'Jesus proclaimed the Gospel of the Kingdom and cured every disease among the people.' Still, our Lord took time to pray. We need to spend with God. We need the touch and healing presence of the Lord. In a recent communication with a dear friend, herself a woman of prayer and a woman I greatly admire, I ended with, 'Life is fragile.' She responded: 'Yes it is … and even more the reason why we need God and are so lost without Him.' Amen.
The first step in prayer is to be humble, go to the Father and say: 'Look at me, I am a sinner.' And the Lord listens.
(Pope Francis, Twitter, January 11, 2019)
WHEN HE SAW JESUS, HE FELL PROSTRATE, PLEADED WITH HIM AND SAID, 'LORD, IF YOU WISH, YOU CAN MAKE ME CLEAN.' JESUS STRETCHED OUT HIS HAND, TOUCHED HIM, AND SAID, 'I WILL DO IT. BE MADE CLEAN.'
I am aware of something within me that gleams and flashes before my soul; were this perfected and fully established in me, that would surely be eternal life!
(Meister Eckhart)
The Holy Father's January Prayer Intention:
You young people have, in the Virgin Mary, a reason for joy and a source of inspiration. Take advantage of the World Youth Day in Panama to contemplate Christ together with Mary. We will pray the Rosary together for peace, each of us in our own language. And ask for strength to dream and to work for peace.
Let us pray that young people, especially in Latin America, follow the example of Mary and respond to the call of the Lord to communicate the joy of the Gospel to the world.
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