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Read: John 16: 12-15 |
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Today’s Bible Reading
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Martyr, philosopher, and defender of Christianity. St. Justin Martyr was born around 120 AD in Palestine into a pagan Gentile family. He studied the wisdom of Plato, Aristotle, and other great Greek thinkers and became a professional philosopher. One day, while reading philosophy by the seashore, he was noticed by an old man who took the time to strike up a conversation about philosophy and religion. The elderly gentleman was a Christian and witnessed to Justin on how Jesus fulfilled all the prophecies in the Jewish holy books. As Justin investigated the matter, his realized that he had found the wisdom that he had been searching for all of his life.
Writings: Justin then became a Christian teacher and lived for a while in Ephesus, after which he moved to Rome, the Imperial Capital. He wrote and spoke openly about Christ, addressing two "apologies" or defenses of the Christian faith to the emperor himself. Justin Martyr became one of the most influential teachers of the 2nd century. Though contemporary writers tell us that he wrote extensively on many topics, only his two apologies and his Dialogue with Trypo, the Jew, survive today.
A rival philosopher turned Justin in to the authorities for his Christian faith, and Justin was martyred around the year 165 AD. An eyewitness account of his interrogation and martyrdom at the hands of the Roman authorities has been preserved for us and is read each year in the Church's office of Readings on June 1, St. Justin's feastday.
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Prayer of St. Gertrude the great dictated by Our Lady to release 1,000 Souls from Purgatory each time it is said. The prayer was extend to include living sinners which would alleviate the indebtedness accrued to them during their lives. “Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Most precious Blood of Thy Divine Son, Jesus in union with the Masses said throughout the world today, for all the holy Souls in Purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the Universal Church, those in my own home and within my family. Amen.” St. Gertrude the Great was born in Germany in 1263. She was a Benedictine Nun, and meditated on the Passion of Christ, which many times brought floods of tears to her eyes. She did many penances, and Our Lady appeared to her many times. Her holy Soul passed away in 1334. November 16 is her Feast Day. |
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God is “...who gives to everyone life and breath and everything.” For the 18 of us Returned Peace Corps Volunteers coming together for our first ever 45th Reunion of our India 29 Group, I reflect on my 45 years of life since then. I reflect on being a young adult woman in 1966 and having more of the grandeur of God's creation shown me as I experienced creation a half of a globe away. I had the opportunity to fly from Omaha to San Francisco via Las Vegas. I was humbled with the grandeur of the land topography as seen from the aerial view—the plains of Nebraska rolling into the mountains of Colorado followed by the deeply cut circuitous canyons as we continued west. I vividly remember the aerial view as the plane descended to New Delhi in 1966; I was so eager to get my first look, knowledge and understanding of India's topography, what villages looked like, etc. I reflect on God ...“ who gives to everyone life and breath and everything.” The Peace Corps service was a transformative life experience as I critically addressed my ethnocentrism. For me, it is a time of gratitude for “The God who made the world and all that is in it.” |