My Family Prayer Book

September 14, 2025 - The Exaltation of the Holy Cross  Welcome everybody - today we will read from pages  120 and 121  on the feast of the exaltation of the Holy Cross - the symbol of our salvation as also the call to discipleship. - Bishop Barron : most vile symbol of torture and cruelty in the Roman Empire  - Suffering is the way of discipleship but  yoke to Christ  Let's take a moment to say a silent prayer for the victims of 9/11 and all the senseless wars and violence all over the world - there are no winners, only losers. And sadness on the part of God for the havoc mankind is wreaking on his creation. Opening Prayer In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Heavenly Father, We thank You for gathering us here in Your name. As we open Your Holy Word, we ask You to send forth Your Holy Spirit to be among us. Open our hearts to receive Your truth. Open our minds to understand Your message. Open our lips to speak words of l...

  Eighteenth Sunday Exodus 16:2-15 Three times the Lord was tested: Parting of the Red Sea to save them from the army of Pharoah (Exodus 14:11) Sweeting of drinking water at Marah (Exodus 15:24) No food in the desert when their travel provisions ran out In chapter 2 of Exodus, the stresses and chaos of the exodus out of bondage in Egypt through the wilderness is intense and debilitating, so much so that the people begin to long for their former lives as slaves in Egypt. However God’s grace pushes them forward by providing strength for the journey in the form of daily food (quail and manna) and a structure to their days (pick only what you need expect before the Sabbath) freeing them to follow the instructions regarding the keeping of the Sabbath. In the chaos of the pandemic, we too should follow a pattern of prayer, worship and gratitude and trust that the Lord will lead us out of this darkness. Psalm 78 Psalm 78, next to psalm 119, is the second longest psalm in the Psalter (next...