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Theo Tigno•
10/7/2005 12:59 pm
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Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary |
Luke 11:15-26
When Jesus had driven out a demon, some of the crowd said: "By the power of Beelzebul, the prince of demons, he drives out demons." Others, to test him, asked him for a sign from heaven. But he knew their thoughts and said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste and house will fall against house. And if Satan is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that it is by Beelzebul that I drive out demons. If I, then, drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your own people drive them out? Therefore they will be your judges. But if it is by the finger of God that I drive out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come upon you. When a strong man fully armed guards his palace, his possessions are safe. But when one stronger than he attacks and overcomes him, he takes away the armor on which he relied and distributes the spoils. Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.
"When an unclean spirit goes out of someone, it roams through arid regions searching for rest but, finding none, it says, 'I shall return to my home from which I came.' But upon returning, it finds it swept clean and put in order. Then it goes and brings back seven other spirits more wicked than itself who move in and dwell there, and the last condition of that man is worse than the first."
Dawg's thought:
Today's prayer intention is for a greater embrace of God's plan of the dignity of every human being made as man or woman. May the embrace of this dignity shed light on those who are affected by homosexuality.
Today is the Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary.
Brothers and sisters, we are constantly under attack by the evil one. Today's reading gives us hope in our attacks: God has power over all creation!
We have many weapons against the evil one. Many saints who have gone before us and many saints who live among us use one the greatest weapons that has existed long before the atomic bomb: the Rosary.
Today's reading is also a stern warning to anyone who will take this incredible weapon. The temptations will be greater to put your weapons down. Look at your vices and look at the virtues you've turn into vices through the sin of pride. Be steadfast in this battle, brothers and sisters. Take up your weapons, the Rosary being one of them, and prepare for the test. Take care and God Bless.
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