
Sharing the Word for June 4, 2020
Keeping the commandments is not a matter of observing a set of rules. It’s a matter of loving God and carrying out the consequences of that love.
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Keeping the commandments is not a matter of observing a set of rules. It’s a matter of loving God and carrying out the consequences of that love.

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JN 3:16-18
God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world,
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by Father Greg Friedman, OFM

Through the Trinity we have strength to live in relationship to one another. We’re to encourage one another and live in peace. Such a relationship is God’s plan for us.

There have been sufferings connected with the work of Timothy and Paul, but Paul is confident that God will continue to guard the gifts entrusted to them.

Jesus implies that we owe something to God because we have received from him. We owe something to government because we receive services of various kinds from it. Both government and religion have claims on us.

Pilgrimages may seem out of reach. California’s 21 missions bring this holy journey close to home. Enjoy Junípero Serra’s Camino.

San Antonio Winery was founded in the City of Angels in 1917 by Santo Cambianica, an immigrant from the Lombardy region of Italy. He dedicated his business to his patron saint from Padua.

Those baptized in Christ are made members of his body. We are made sharers in his divine life, and brothers and sisters to one another. In this way, the mother of Christ is our mother.

For me, visiting a dying person is a special, graced-filled moment because I am so much aware of the loving care the Church gives to one about to enter eternity.

Nothing is more crucial for Catholic-Jewish dialogue today than finding the truth about the Holy See’s actions toward Jews before and during World War II.