Quote to reflect this week

“May God grant you courage and true wisdom in all you do and say.”

St. Mary MacKillop

Morning Offering

O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary
I offer you my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of this day
for all the intentions of your Sacred Heart
in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world,
for the salvation of souls, the reparation of sins, the reunion of all Christians,
and in particular for the intentions of the Holy Father this month.
Amen.

In those days, Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought out bread and wine,
\nand being a priest of God Most High,
\nhe blessed Abram with these words:
\n            \"Blessed be Abram by God Most High,
\n                        the creator of heaven and earth;
\n            and blessed be God Most High,
\n                        who delivered your foes into your hand.\"
\nThen Abram gave him a tenth of everything.

R (4b)  You are a priest for ever, in the line of Melchizedek.
\nThe LORD said to my Lord: \"Sit at my right hand
\n            till I make your enemies your footstool.\"
\nR You are a priest for ever, in the line of Melchizedek.
\nThe scepter of your power the LORD will stretch forth from Zion:
\n            \"Rule in the midst of your enemies.\"
\nR You are a priest for ever, in the line of Melchizedek.
\n\"Yours is princely power in the day of your birth, in holy splendor;
\n            before the daystar, like the dew, I have begotten you.\"
\nR You are a priest for ever, in the line of Melchizedek.
\nThe LORD has sworn, and he will not repent:
\n            \"You are a priest forever, according to the order of  Melchizedek.\"
\nR You are a priest for ever, in the line of Melchizedek.

Brothers and sisters:
\nI received from the Lord what I also handed on to you,
\nthat the Lord Jesus, on the night he was handed over,
\ntook bread, and, after he had given thanks,
\nbroke it and said, \"This is my body that is for you.
\nDo this in remembrance of me.\"
\nIn the same way also the cup, after supper, saying,
\n\"This cup is the new covenant in my blood.
\nDo this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.\"
\nFor as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup,
\nyou proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes.

R. Alleluia, alleluia.
\nI am the living bread that came down from heaven, says the Lord;
\nwhoever eats this bread will live forever.
\nR. Alleluia, alleluia.

Jesus spoke to the crowds about the kingdom of God,
and he healed those who needed to be cured.
As the day was drawing to a close,
the Twelve approached him and said,
"Dismiss the crowd
so that they can go to the surrounding villages and farms
and find lodging and provisions;
for we are in a deserted place here."
He said to them, "Give them some food yourselves."
They replied, "Five loaves and two fish are all we have,
unless we ourselves go and buy food for all these people."
Now the men there numbered about five thousand.
Then he said to his disciples,
"Have them sit down in groups of about fifty."
They did so and made them all sit down.
Then taking the five loaves and the two fish,
and looking up to heaven,
he said the blessing over them, broke them,
and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.
They all ate and were satisfied.
And when the leftover fragments were picked up,
they filled twelve wicker baskets.