1/15/10 MESSAGE TO SCHOOL KIDS, ST. CORNELIUS(8a) M: "...getting... back in the routine..up early for school..back home...homework..& keep saying 'Here I am Lord,..." "speak Lord, your servant is...learn & make progress,,proper response to Christmas..recognize...can do great things if we live our life in Jesus..workaday Spirit..makethe best of each day...great report, acts of wonder..people came to Jesus & couldn't get in...if having party at your house..couldn't get in..how would you feel if we went on top of the house & pulled off the tiles..but these people were so sure that Jesus could heal..they used bare hands to rip off tiles..what does that tell you ? Rereally wanted to get close to Jesus,,but had to work hard..why do bad things happen? Suffer? Sick? Not easy to answer.shouldn't be losing temper, shouldn't be impatient..shouldn't call names..shouldn't lose game. Things should be better...part is the rebellion agianst God,,the first sin..Jesus comes along...gives strength. Baptism.......thirst..great thirst..like those who wanted to get in the house to see Jesus..baptism Saturday..gal had son, "Stand Up for Jesus" respect, honor, regard..love one another..when fall short..big strong desire to get back up & try harder,, so the Spirit of Jesus..when lazy & sleepy in class does the message get thru ? No, the lesson goes in one ear & out the other..if I'm lazy & distracted & don't really want to grow, it won't happen.."
1 Samuel 8:4-7, 10-22a All the elders of Israel came in a body to Samuel at Ramah and said to him, Now that you are old, and your sons do not follow your example, appoint a king over us, as other nations have, to judge us. Samuel was displeased when they asked for a king to judge them He prayed to the LORD, however, who said in answer: Grant the peoples every request It is not you they reject, they are rejecting me as their king. Samuel delivered the message of the LORD in full to those who were asking him for a king He told them The rights of the king who will rule you will be as follows: He will take your sons and assign them to his chariots and horses and they will run before his chariot. He will also appoint from among them his commanders of groups of a thousand and of a hundred soldiers. He will set them to do his plowing and his harvesting and to make his implements of war and the equipment of his chariots He will use your daughters as ointment makers, as cooks, and as bakers He will take the best of your fields, vineyards, and olive groves, and give them to his officials. He will tithe your crops and your vineyards and give the revenue to his eunuchs and his slaves. He will take your male and female servants, as well as your best oxen and your asses, and use them to do his work. He will tithe your flocks and you yourselves will become his slaves. When this takes place, you will complain against the king whom you have chosen, but on that day the LORD will not answer you. The people, however, refused to listen to Samuels warning and said Not so! There must be a king over us. We too must be like other nations, with a king to rule us and to lead us in warfare and fight our battles. When Samuel had listened to all the people had to say, he repeated it to the LORD, who then said to him, Grant their request and appoint a king to rule them.Responsorial Psalm 89:16-17, 18-19 R. (2)       For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord. Blessed the people who know the joyful shout in the light of your countenance, O LORD, they walk. At your name they rejoice all the day,
Mark 2:1-12 When Jesus returned to Capernaum after some days, it became known that he was at home. Many gathered together so that there was no longer room for them, not even around the door and he preached the word to them They came bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. Unable to get near Jesus because of the crowd, they opened up the roof above him After they had broken through, they let down the mat on which the paralytic was lying When Jesus saw their faith, he said to him, Child, your sins are forgiven. Now some of the scribes were sitting there asking themselves Why does this man speak that way? He is blaspheming Who but God alone can forgive sins?they were thinking to themselves so he said, Why are you thinking such things in your hearts? Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, Your sins are forgiven,or to say, Rise, pick up your mat and walk? But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on earth. he said to the paralytic, I say to you, rise, pick up your mat, and go home. He rose, picked up his mat at once, and went away in the sight of everyone. They were all astounded and glorified God, saying, We have never seen anything like this."
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