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Reflection: People take up the subject on ‘Pro-Life’ mostly during the election time and use it for or against a presidential candidate. ‘Pro-Life’ must be understood in the context of our love and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ without whom we have no life let alone ‘Pro-Life’. How ‘Pro-Eucharist’ you are determines how ‘Pro-Life’ you are. Your love for the Eucharist, longing to receive the Body and Blood of Jesus through which we receive ‘Life’ in fulness, compels us to honor and respect our Godgiven, free gift of life.

Dear Family!

Reflection: On the 15th of October 2023, the Pope published another Apostolic Exhortation in honor of St. Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face. In the 1st part the pope reflects on God’s merciful love and forgiveness. In the 2nd part he invites us to trust in God in moments of joy and also in difficulty. In the last part the pope invites us to share our trust in God with others.

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Reflection: The readings remind us of our duty to be partakers of the banquet of the Lord. Isaiah’s time has seen poverty of people who could not afford great banquets. Banquets were organized by the kings for political reasons or for victory over enemies. ‘Banquet’ like a wedding feast is the biblical image of the encounter of love between the Lord and Israel. ‘Banquet’ is also the symbol of happiness in the time of the Messiah. It is the ‘banquet’ that unites us with the Kingdom of God.

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Reflection: The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches us, "The Church is a cultivated field, as tillage of God. On that land, the ancient olive tree grows whose holy roots were the prophets and in which the reconciliation of Jews and Gentiles has been brought about and will be brought about again. That land, like a choice vineyard, has been planted by the heavenly cultivator. Yet the true vine is Christ who gives life and fruitfulness to the branches, that is, to us, who through the Church remain in Christ, without whom we can do nothing" (CCC 755).

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Reflection: The readings this Sunday focus on repentance and humility. They are the sure ways of our salvation. The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches us that Jesus' call to conversion and penance does not aim first at outward works, "sackcloth and ashes," fasting and mortification, but at the conversion of the heart, interior conversion. Interior repentance is a radical reorientation of our whole life, a return, a conversion to God with all our heart, an end of sin, a turning away from evil. At the same time, it entails the desire and resolution to change one's life, with hope in God's mercy and trust in the help of his grace. (CCC 1430)