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CMCS Manhood Monday
Your weekly dose of "Living the Goodness of a Catholic Man".
July 20, 2020

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Faithful in the Journey
From Today's Readings:

Monday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Alleluia PS 95:8

R. Alleluia, alleluia.
If today you hear his voice,
harden not your hearts.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

* [Psalm 95] Twice the Psalm calls the people to praise and worship God (Ps 95:126), the king of all creatures (Ps 95:35) and shepherd of the flock (Ps 95:7a7b). The last strophe warns the people to be more faithful than were their ancestors in the journey to the promised land (Ps 95:7c11). This invitation to praise God regularly opens the Church’s official prayer, the Liturgy of the Hours.


“When we stand before God, we will be accountable for our own lives, not for our ancestors’”

~ Reverend Franklin Graham

 

 

"So many children are growing up in broken families, which causes great trauma. The devil loves to attach to our traumas and cause us to do things we don’t really want to do. That is why healing is such an important piece of what the world needs today. Without healing, these traumas get passed on from one generation to the next and they get worse. I believe that broken marriages and fatherlessness, which causes deep trauma, is the root cause for many of our societal ills today."

~ Fr. Burke Masters



Read more of this post on the Catholic Chicago Men Blog.

Frank's Picture of the Week
Photo: 'The Door of our Hearts' - Copyright 2018 Frank J Casella

"No man has ever risen to the real stature of spiritual manhood until he has found that it is finer to serve somebody else than it is to serve himself."

~ Woodro Wilson

Many of us lock the front doors to our houses, but do we do the same with our hearts?

When we fail to be open and welcoming, we fall to legalism and judgement, to name a few.

The paradox of leadership, both in the workplace and at home, is to ask what it means to be servants of those under us.

When we take the time to do the most humble tasks, we become a better leader, and find ourselves in the process.


Thanks for Reading.

Make it a great week. See you back here again next Monday.

Frank J Casella,CMCS-Director

A larger collection of photographs can be viewed on my portfolio.


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