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    Monday, November 7, 2022,

    Titus 1:1-9
    Psalm 24:1-6
    Luke 17:1-6
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    SAVE THE CHILDREN
    “A presbyter must be irreproachable, married only once, the father of children who are believers and are known not to be wild and insubordinate.” —Titus 1:6

    If you are a parent, you certainly want your children to be “believers,” “known not to be wild and insubordinate” (Ti 1:6). Yet some of the most committed Christians have children not under the lordship of Jesus. Why are many Christian parents unable to pass on their faith in Jesus to their own children?

    Perhaps we may have compromised with the world. God’s Word tells us: “Have no love for the world, nor the things that the world affords” (1 Jn 2:15). Even the “strictest” parents have exposed their children to hours, even years, of ungodly influences through handheld electronic devices, TV, and modern education. We shrug off the effects of this constant bombardment, and then are surprised when our children do things which indicate almost no relationship with Christ.

    Another reason for the devil’s success in robbing us of our own children is lack of family prayer. Most Christian couples don’t pray together frequently. Family prayer is often relegated to meal prayers when the family occasionally gets together for supper. We don’t receive because we don’t ask (Jas 4:2). We didn’t stay together because we didn’t pray together.

    However, the good news is that there’s still time to get your children back to God. Remember St. Monica and her son St. Augustine. God promises: “Those who oppose you I will oppose, and your sons” and daughters “I will save” (Is 49:25).



    Prayer: Father, may my faith be stronger than the devil’s discouragement. I believe every one of my children will accept Jesus as Lord and Savior.

    Promise: “The apostles said to the Lord, ‘Increase our faith.’ ” —Lk 17:5

    Praise: By letting her children know she prayed for them, Louise eventually saw them return to Mother Church and their heavenly Father.



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    Saturday, November 5, 2022,

    Philippians 4:10-19
    Psalm 112:1-2, 5-6, 8-9
    Luke 16:9-15
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    GETTING A PROMOTION
    “If you can trust a man in little things, you can also trust him in greater; while anyone unjust in a slight matter is also unjust in greater.” —Luke 16:10

    Think of something you believe God wants you to do. You have thought about this for some time, but you have never been able to do it. What is the problem? Possibly you have not been faithful in small matters (see Lk 19:17) so that God has not promoted you to greater things.

    For example, for decades we have been trying to stop abortion, reverse the seemingly relentless march of the culture of death, and replace it with a civilization of love and life. We are sure the Lord wants us to do this, but we have not been successful in doing it. Possibly we have not been faithful in smaller matters, such as praying with our spouses, shutting off the TV, putting down our handheld electronic device, going to Confession regularly, fasting frequently, speaking of Jesus at work, etc.

    The Lord has “an eye for detail” — detailed obedience. If we are obedient across the board, we can do great things by bringing down the strongholds, lies, and pretensions of the evil one (2 Cor 10:4, 6). We can even make every thought captive to Jesus (2 Cor 10:5).

    Jesus was faithful in small matters, such as many years of obscurity, family life, and manual labor. He was entrusted with the greatest work — the salvation of all people. Be faithful as Jesus was faithful.



    Prayer: Father, may I do all the works You have planned for me (see Eph 2:10).

    Promise: “What I say to you is this: Make friends for yourselves through your use of this world’s goods, so that when they fail you, a lasting reception will be yours.” —Lk 16:9

    Praise: “In Him Who is the Source of my strength I have strength for everything” (Phil 4:13).



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    Friday, November 4, 2022, St. Charles Borromeo

    Philippians 3:17—4:1
    Psalm 122:1-5
    Luke 16:1-8
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    ARE YOU WATCHABLE?
    “Be imitators of me.” —Philippians 3:17

    St. Paul’s statement to the Christians in Philippi to imitate him sounds a bit overconfident (Phil 3:17). He likewise told the Christians of Corinth: “Imitate me as I imitate Christ” (1 Cor 11:1). Yet St. Paul has a marvelous point. Faith is more often caught than taught. Mothers and fathers are clearly in such a position. Children naturally imitate their parents. Often we see children doing exactly as their parents do, both for good and for bad.

    Jesus realized that He was setting “an example” for His disciples (see 1 Pt 2:21). When He washed the feet of His disciples, He said: “What I just did was to give you an example: as I have done, so you must do” (Jn 13:15).

    At work, in school, others are watching. Someone is imitating you, consciously or unconsciously. Therefore, beg the Lord for more grace, more of the Holy Spirit (see Lk 11:13). Ask God for the grace to be “a noble example” of a disciple of Christ (see 2 Mc 6:28).

    Regardless of whether you are aware of anyone imitating you, “be made perfect” (Mt 5:48). Be imitable. Imitate Christ.



    Prayer: Father, may my life be pleasing to You (Ps 104:34) and worthy of imitation.

    Promise: “He will give a new form to this lowly body of ours and remake it according to the pattern of His glorified body.” —Phil 3:21

    Praise: St. Charles was born into a noble family and could have lived a life of luxury. However, at a young age, he asked his father to use most of his “trust fund” as a gift to the poor.

    (This teaching was submitted by a member of our editorial team.)
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    Thursday, November 3, 2022 , St. Martin de Porres

    Philippians 3:3-8
    Psalm 105:2-7
    Luke 15:1-10
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    LOST AND FOUND
    “Those things I used to consider gain I have now reappraised as loss in the light of Christ. I have come to rate all as loss in the light of the surpassing knowledge of my Lord Jesus Christ.” —Philippians 3:7-8

    Philemon lost a slave named Onesimus (Phlm 11); when Onesimus ran away, it was a loss of an asset to Philemon. But then through the ministry of St. Paul, Philemon gained a brother in Christ (Phlm 16). Onesimus was lost as a slave and then was found as a brother (see Lk 15:32).

    We lose our lives for Christ and, because of our surrender to Him, we consequently find our lives in Christ (Lk 9:24-25; Jn 12:25-26). For what does it profit us to gain the whole world and lose our lives? (Lk 9:24ff)

    There is a strong link between loss of attachments, possessions, power, and status, and being “found” by Jesus, the Good Shepherd Who has come “to search out and save what was lost” (Lk 19:10; 15:4-5). We lose our old life and all that binds us to the world. In so doing, if we receive the Good Shepherd and allow Him to find us, we are “found”; we gain a new life.

    Lose everything for Jesus. Let Him be your gain (Phil 3:8).



    Prayer: Father, may I come to “know Christ and the power flowing from His resurrection” (Phil 3:10).

    Promise: “He, the Lord, is our God; throughout the earth His judgments prevail.” —Ps 105:7

    Praise: St. Martin de Porres was the son of a Spanish nobleman and a former Panamanian slave. He is the patron saint for those of multi-cultural heritage, barbers, and health care workers.

    (This teaching was submitted by a member of our editorial team.)

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