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Christian Music Tuesday: “Forgiven” by Sanctus Real

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Our God is a forgiving Father. The whole purpose of giving us His only begotten Son is to facilitate forgiveness. The song “Forgiven” stresses that “I don’t have to carry the weight of who I’ve been, cause I’m forgiven.” God forgives us because we are a treasure in the arms of Christ.

Sanctus Real is a north American Christian rock band composed of Matt Hammitt (lead vocalist, guitar), Chris Rohman (lead guitar), Dan Gartley (bass), Pete Prevost (guitar), and Mark Graalman (drums). Since their formation in the year 1996, they have released eight albums (3 through an independent label and 5 through the Sparrow record label). The song “Forgiven” is from their latest album “Pieces of a Real Heart”.



Forgiven

by Sanctus Real

Well the past is playing with my head
And failure knocks me down again
I’m reminded of the wrong
That I have said and done
And that devil just wont let me forget

In this life
I know what I’ve been
But here in your arms
I know what I am

I’m forgiven
I’m forgiven
And I don’t have to carry
The weight of who I’ve been
Cause I’m forgiven

My mistakes are running through my mind
And I’ll relive my days, in the middle of the night
When I struggle with my pain, wrestle with my pride
Sometimes I feel alone, and I cry

In this life
I know what I’ve been
But here in your arms
I know what I am

When I don’t fit in and I don’t feel like I belong anywhere
When I don’t measure up to much in this life
Oh, I’m a treasure in the arms of Christ ‘cause

15th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Videos, Homilies, Images and Multimedia Slides

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The following are homilies, images, clipart, videos, and multimedia slides you might find useful for your celebration of the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C).

In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus tells the parable of the Good Samaritan. In the parable, a traveling Jew is beaten, robbed, and left half dead along the road. First a priest and then a Levite come by, but both avoid the injured man. Finally, a Samaritan comes by. Samaritans and Jews generally do not like each other, but the Samaritan helps the Jew.

READINGS

FIRST READING: Dt 30:10-14
PSALM: Ps 69:14, 17, 30-31, 33-34, 36, 37
SECOND READING: Col1:15-20
GOSPEL: Lk 10:25-37

LITURGIES

VIDEOS




The Good Samaritan (by Munn Brothers)
Source: http://vimeo.com/9227554




Good Samaratian
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeyYYmFINm4

HOMILIES

  • Go and do likewise [Daily Scripture Readings & Meditations]
    What does Jesus’ story tell us about true love for one’s neighbor? First, we must be willing to help even if others brought trouble on themselves through their own fault or negligence. Second, our love and concern to help others in need must be practical. Good intentions and showing pity, or emphathizing with others, are not enough. And lastly, our love for others must be as wide and as inclusive as God’s love. God excludes no one from his care and concern. God’s love is unconditional. Read more…
  • 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C [Kairos]
    The love which Jesus has for us, the love which caused him to make us, the Church, into his own body, is the same love he shares with the Father. This is the love to which we are all called. We must love all as he loves all. If, therefore, there is nothing and no one outside God’s love, how can we even dare suggest there is someone outside our love, someone who is not our neighbour? Read more…
  • 15th Sunday of Ordinary Time [Catholic Doors]
    Our neighbours are all around us. Our obligations consist of raising our children in the faith, providing for the homeless, feeding the hungry, helping the refugees and the immigrants, tending to the seniors, adopting the orphans, defending those who are persecuted, bringing the Gospel to the prisoners, reaching out to the prostitutes, etc… These are our neighbours, my neighbours, your neighbours. What we do for them, we do for the Lord Jesus. By reaching out to those in need, we reach out to Jesus. By refusing to extend our friendship to those in need, we are withholding our friendship from Jesus. Read more…

SLIDE PRESENTATION

Source: http://www.slideshare.net/happyfaith/year-c-15th-sunday-ot-4634637

Year C – 15th Sunday Ordinary Time (Luke 10:25-37)

IMAGES

To view and download their full size versions, please click on the images or the names of the artists/sources.


Be a Good Samaritan. by Fr. Stephen, MSC


Good Samaritan clarkvr


The Good Samaritan larryyoung63

CLIPART


by Misioneros Del Sagrado Corazón (Perú)


by Maximino Cerezo

14th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Videos, Homilies, Images and Multimedia Slides

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The following are homilies, images, clipart, videos, and multimedia slides you might find useful for your celebration of the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C).

In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus said to His disciples, “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest.” He sent them on their way with the warning that they will be “like lambs among wolves.”

READINGS

FIRST READING: Is 66:10-14c
PSALM: Ps 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16, 20
SECOND READING: Gal 6:14-18
GOSPEL: Lk 10:1-12, 17-20 or 10:1-9

LITURGIES

VIDEOS




Into the Harvest
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F94t_0uZDm4


Laborer
Source: http://simplyyouth.worshiphousemedia.com/mini-movies/14828/Laborer

HOMILIES

  • The Harvest is Plentiful… [Daily Scripture Readings & Meditations]
    When Jesus commissioned seventy of his disciples to go on mission, he gave them a vision of a great harvest for the kingdom of God. Jesus frequently used the image of a harvest to convey the coming of God’s reign on earth. The harvest is the fruition of labor and growth – beginning with the sowing of seeds, then growth, and finally fruit for the harvest. Read more…
  • 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C [Kairos]
    Jesus again has to help them get the perspective right. It was not human success that mattered, but rather that their names were written in heaven. The challenge for us is to check our baggage and see whether anything is weighing us down and preventing us from experiencing the freedom that comes to the disciples of Jesus. Read more…
  • 14th Sunday – Year C (July 4th) [Oxford University Catholic Chaplaincy]
    There is enormous joy in being disciples of Jesus; but that does not mean that we live in a magic world which no pain ever approaches. Next Sunday’s readings are all quite clear-eyed about the suffering that we can expect; but they know that it is not the end of the story, because God is in charge of our world. Read more…

SLIDE PRESENTATION

Source: http://www.slideshare.net/happyfaith/year-c-14th-sunday-ot

Year C – 14th Sunday Ordinary Time (Luke 10:1-12, 17-20)

IMAGES

To view and download their full size versions, please click on the images or the names of the artists/sources.


The Harvest Is Abundant But… by Fr. Stephen, MSC


Fields of gold… harvest by spisharam – AWAY

CLIPART


by Misioneros Del Sagrado Corazón (Perú)


by Maximino Cerezo

13th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Videos, Homilies, Images and Multimedia Slides

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The following are homilies, images, clipart, videos, and multimedia slides you might find useful for your celebration of the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C).

In this Sunday’s Gospel, someone told Jesus “I will follow you wherever you go.” And Jesus answered him, “Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head.”

READINGS

FIRST READING: 1 Kgs 19:16b, 19-21
PSALM: Ps 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11
SECOND READING: Gal 5:1, 13-18
GOSPEL: Lk 9:51-62

LITURGIES

VIDEOS




I Have Decided To Follow Jesus (by Third Day)
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUwpfId1Zr0




Free Responsorial Psalm • 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C
Source: http://vimeo.com/12534639

HOMILIES

  • No One Who Looks Back is Fit for the Kingdom of God [Daily Scripture Readings & Meditations]
    When the Lord calls us to follow him he gives us the grace to put aside everything that might keep us from doing his will. Loyalty to Jesus requires sacrifice, letting go of my will for God’s will. A would-be disciple responded by saying, I must first go and bury my father, that is, go back home and take care of him until he died. Jesus certainly did not mean that we should refuse to care for others, especially our parents in their old age. His startling statement, however, made clear that God must always be first in our lives. If we love him above all, then everything else will fall into its proper place and time. Read more…
  • Homily for the 13th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C [CACINA]
    How should we treat people of other faiths or cultures, or people who have hurt us, or people we are afraid of. Should we allow division because of tradition or should we try to find ways to understand and empathize with these people. We are people who are called, but are there people who are called to a different way? Is there only one way to follow Christ? We are called today to consider this in our own lives and battle against our own prejudices and our own fears, and to put into practice Jesus’ law of love that Paul tells us of today, and this is the Good News we need to find this week! Read more…

SLIDE PRESENTATION

Source: http://www.slideshare.net/happyfaith/year-c-13th-sunday-ot

Year C – 13th Sunday Ordinary Time (Luke 9:51–62)

IMAGES

To view and download their full size versions, please click on the images or the names of the artists/sources.


I Will Follow You by Fr. Stephen, MSC


followme by Brent Nelson

CLIPART


by Misioneros Del Sagrado Corazón (Perú)


by Maximino Cerezo

Featured Short Film, Website and Pages

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In this week’s roundup, we’ll see why Pope Benedict XVI considers priests as a gift for the church and for the world. If you are a Linux newbie you’ll surely find the next link useful as it shows you 5 things new users of the free operating system should know. Would you like to know what it means to call God “Father”? Then the third link is just right for you. This may raise a lot of eyebrows but the Vatican endorses the “Blues Brothers” film. Curious? Then click on the fourth link. The fifth link will show you that where you start your digital day says a lot about you.

The featured website this week is Kuya Mac’s Kuwaderno and the featured short film is Joaquin Baldwin’s “Sebastian’s Voodoo”.

  • Priests are a Gift for the Church and for the World
    “The Year for Priests came to an end on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus which is traditionally the ‘day of priestly sanctification’, and this time it was especially so”, the Pope told the faithful gathered below his study window in St. Peter’s Square. Read more…
  • 5 Things New Linux Converts Should Know
    If you’ve recently converted to Linux from Windows, or if you’re just giving Linux a shot, there are a few things you need to know right off the bat about how Linux works and where the major differences are when compared to Windows. Read more…
  • Why Call God “Father?”
    A hundred years ago this month, Father’s Day was first observed in Spokane, Washington. This June not only the USA but 55 other countries around the world will honor the roles fathers play in the family and the community. This modern secular holiday invites us to ask a very important question — what does it mean to call God “Father?” Read more…
  • Vatican Endorses “The Blues Brothers”
    On the 30th anniversary of the film’s release, “L’Osservatore Romano,” the Vatican’s official newspaper, called the film a “Catholic classic” and said it should be recommended viewing for Catholics everywhere. Read more…
  • What Do You Check First: Email or Facebook?
    Where you start your digital day says a lot about you, according to a new study from ExactTarget, an email and social media marketing company. If you check email first, the company said, you tend to be more task-oriented and only interact with brands online when you need something, such as researching a deal, getting information about promotions or finding new product information. Read more…

Featured Website: Kuya Mac’s Kuwaderno

URL: http://kuyamac.tumblr.com/

Kuya Mac’s Kuwaderno is the blog of Michael Vivas. Among other things, Michael is a youth leader, an artist, a musician, a prayer warrior, a web designer, a user interface engineer and a usability practitioner. His blog is both eye candy and inspirational.

Featured Short Film: Sebastian’s Voodoo

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ePWK0qfisE

A voodoo doll must find the courage to save his friends from being pinned to death.

The director, Joaquin Baldwin, is an Annie Award nominee director and animator from Paraguay. Living in Los Angeles, he is now finishing his MFA in animation at UCLA. He has received over 50 international awards for his animated films Sebastian’s Voodoo and Papiroflexia, and also several grants including the Jack Kent Cooke full Graduate Scholarship in 2006.



11th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Video, Homilies, Images and Multimedia Slides

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The following are homilies, images, clipart, video, and multimedia slides you might find useful for your celebration of the 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C).

In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus dines in a Pharisee’s house. Upon learning that he was at table in the house of the Pharisee, a sinful woman in the city comes to Jesus and weeps at his feet and bathes his feet with her tears. She then wipes her tears with her hair and anoints Jesus with oil. All these the woman did to show her love to Jesus and to express sorrow for her sins.

READINGS

FIRST READING: 2 Sm 12:7-10, 13
PSALM: Ps 32:1-2, 5, 7, 11
SECOND READING: Gal 2:16, 19-21
GOSPEL: Lk 7:36—8:3 or 7:36-50

LITURGIES

VIDEO

The video below is about praising God and giving Him thanks for His goodness and for all the great and wonderful things He has done for humanity.

Source: http://vimeo.com/4007573


Thanks verses from Chris Gambill on Vimeo.

HOMILIES

  • Which of Them Will Love Him More? [dailyscripture.net]
    Why did a woman with a bad reputation approach Jesus and anoint him at the risk of ridicule and abuse by others? The woman’s action was motivated by one thing, and one thing only, namely, her love for Jesus and her gratitude for forgiveness… She took the most precious thing she had and spent it all on Jesus. Her love was not calculated but extravagant. In a spirit of humility and heart-felt repentance, she lavishly served the one who showed her the mercy and kindness of God. Read more…
  • Eleventh Sunday: Treasuring Forgiveness [www.st.ignatius.net]
    God’s forgiveness is offered not just to us and to those whom we know who have hurt us, but also to those whom we don’t really know but whom we rather avoid. Perhaps they appear to be in the underbelly of polite society. Maybe they are people who have come to the Lord for forgiveness. Maybe they are people who need us to lead them to forgiveness. We are not called to arrogance. We are called to holiness. Read more…
  • The Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time [onlineministries.creighton.edu]
    The Gospel-reading ends quite significantly with the naming of those women who were also close friends and disciples of Jesus. In the culture of the times, women’s power was limited. Jesus invites, welcomes and dignifies them by His open embracing of their presence. They are finding in this holy Man a power that is used – not abused. In the Kingdom which Jesus preaches women are empowered to give Him birth, care, and sent to tell His good news from the touching experiences of their own lives. Read more…

SLIDE PRESENTATION

Source: http://www.slideshare.net/happyfaith/year-c-11th-sunday-ot

Year C – 11th Sunday Ordinary Time (Luke 7:36-8:3)

IMAGES

To view and download their full size versions, please click on the images or the names of the artists/sources.


Forgiven by Fr. Stephen, MSC


The Word of God by sylkky2


Mary Magdalene at the Feet of Jesus by CAMERA MAD DOM


Saint Mary Magdalene Wipes the Feet of Jesus by CAMERA MAD DOM

CLIPART


by Misioneros Del Sagrado Corazón (Perú)

Corpus Christi Sunday: Video, Homilies, Images and Multimedia Slides

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The following are homilies, images, clipart, video, toon and multimedia slides you might find useful for your celebration of the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Year C). The phrase Corpus Christi is Latin for Body of Christ. The annual feast commemorates the institution of the Holy Eucharist.

For more information about the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ please follow this link: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04390b.htm

READINGS

FIRST READING: Gn 14:18-20
PSALM: Ps 110:1, 2, 3, 4
SECOND READING: 1 Cor 11:23-26
GOSPEL: Lk 9:11b-17

VIDEO

One of the main points of the following video is that if you cannot feed a hundred people then feed just one. What matters in the end is that you love others with perseverance and sincerity. We need a love that never gets tired.



HOMILIES

  • You Must Feel Good to Become Good [www.bible.claret.org]
    Unfortunately many people see religion, and particularly prayer, as a way of escaping woundedness and pain. For Jesus pain was a reality to be faced and he faced it in his passion. He asked us to celebrate Eucharist, “Do this in memory of me.” to remember him as the one who went through suffering to glory. Read more…
  • All Ate and Were Satisfied [dailyscripture.net]
    When God gives, he gives abundantly. He gives more than we need for ourselves that we may have something to share with others, especially those in need. God takes the little we have and multiplies it for the good of others. Read more…
  • Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ [www.catholicmatters.com]
    Infinite love, which we finite beings cannot even begin to understand, is the answer and the explanation. Instead, then, of wasting any time on trying to solve this mystery, which we know to be a fact, let us try to thank him for it and use this gift of his love as often as possible. This will be the greatest proof that we appreciate this divine gift. Read more…

SLIDE PRESENTATION

Source: http://www.slideshare.net/happyfaith/year-c-body-and-blood-of-christ

Year C: Body and Blood of Christ (Luke 9:11b-17)

GOSPEL TOON

Source: http://www.toondoo.com/cartoon/1853062

IMAGES

To view and download their full size versions, please click on the images or the names of the artists/sources.


Feeding The Five Thousand by Fr. Stephen, MSC


Corpus Christi by rivieragalleryartist

CLIPART


by Misioneros Del Sagrado Corazón (Perú)


by Maximino Cerezo

Trinity Sunday: Video, Homilies, Images and Multimedia Slides

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The following are homilies, images, clipart, video, toon and multimedia slides you might find useful for your celebration of the Solemnity of the Most Blessed Trinity (Year C). The Dogma of the Trinity states that God is the Triune God, existing as Three Persons but one being. While these Three Persons are one, they are truly distinct one from another. They are not three Gods but one God.

For more information about the Dogma of the Trinity please follow this link: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15047a.htm

READINGS

FIRST READING: Prv 8:22-31
PSALM: Ps 8:4-5, 6-7, 8-9
SECOND READING: Rom 5:1-5
GOSPEL: Jn 16:12-15

VIDEO

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR75Bqxy580



HOMILIES

  • Is God Only in Heaven [www.bible.claret.org]
    The fact that God is Trinity tells us that our God is above us, around us and within us. If we are to relate to God as fully as possible we should be relating to all modes of his presence as fully as possible. If a person is to be healthy the brain, the heart and the stomach must all be functioning and inter-functioning well. We cannot be healthy if one is neglected. So, too, if we are to be spiritually well we must be relating healthily to God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Read more…
  • The Spirit of truth [dailyscripture.net]
    It is the Holy Spirit who reveals the Father and the Son to us and who gives us the gift of faith to know and understand the truth of God’s word. Through the Holy Spirit, we proclaim our ancient faith in the saving death and resurrection of Jesus Christ until he comes again. The Lord gives us his Holy Spirit as our divine Teacher and Helper that we may grow in the knowledge and wisdom of God. Read more…
  • Trinity Sunday [www.catholicmatters.com]
    The Father, Son and Holy Spirit know all our human weaknesses, they knew them before they arranged to make us sharers in their own eternal happiness. They know also that it is those of us who try and try again to rise above our human weaknesses, who will finally share their heaven with them. Read more…

SLIDE PRESENTATION

Source: http://www.slideshare.net/happyfaith/year-c-trinity-sunday-john-161215

Year C: Trinity Sunday (John 16:12-15)

GOSPEL TOON

Source: http://www.toondoo.com/cartoon/1799763

IMAGES

To view and download their full size versions, please click on the images or the names of the artists/sources.


Trinity by Fr. Stephen, MSC


Holy Trinity by jdbradley


Father, Son, and Holy Spirit by Deacon Steve

CLIPART


by Misioneros Del Sagrado Corazón (Perú)


by Maximino Cerezo

Pentecost Sunday: Video, Homilies, Images and Multimedia Slides

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The following are homilies, images, clipart, video, toon and multimedia slides you might find useful for your celebration of Pentecost Sunday (Year C). The word Pentecost comes from the Ancient Greek “pentekoste” which literally means the fiftieth day. It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples of Jesus.

In this Sunday’s gospel, Jesus came and stood in the midst of his disciples and said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”

READINGS

FIRST READING: Acts 2:1-11
PSALM: Ps 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34
SECOND READING: 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 or Rom 8:8-17
GOSPEL: Jn 20:19-23 or Jn 14:15-16, 23b-26

VIDEO

Source: http://vimeo.com/11058526



HOMILIES

  • Forgiveness and the Spirit Within [www.bible.claret.org]
    What happened on Pentecost was similar to what happened in the battle between Goliath and David. The disciples of Jesus were looking for an external victory. They wanted Jesus to drive out the Roman occupying power and take over political supremacy. All they could see was external. But at Pentecost they became aware that the power was within, that the message of Christ was about internal attitude, it was about uniting and removing barriers of language and race and domination. Read more…
  • Receive the Holy Spirit! [dailyscripture.net]
    God recreates us for his glory. Jesus’ gift of peace to his disciples was more than an absence of trouble. His peace included the forgiveness of sins and the fulness of everything good. Do you want power to live a faith-filled life as a disciple of Jesus? Read more…
  • Pentecost Sunday [www.catholicmatters.com]
    God the Father created us with the intention and plan to raise us up to adopted sonship with him. God the Son took human nature so that we might share in the divinity. Representing all men he gave perfect obedience and reverence to the Creator “even unto death on a cross,” and thus merited sonship for us. The Holy Spirit, the “fruit of divine love,” came from the Father and the Son to bring to perfection the work of our sanctification. Read more…

SLIDE PRESENTATION

Source: http://www.slideshare.net/happyfaith/year-c-pentecost-sunday-john-201923

Year C: Pentecost Sunday (John 20:19-23)

GOSPEL TOON

Source: http://www.toondoo.com/cartoon/1761097

IMAGES

To view and download their full size versions, please click on the images or the names of the artists/sources.


As the Father Has Sent Me by Fr. Stephen, MSC


Pentecost Theme Slide by lars hammar


Pentecost Mosaic by army.arch


Proclaiming the Power of Pentecost by ><((>

CLIPART


by Misioneros Del Sagrado Corazón (Perú)


by Maximino Cerezo

Watch These Artists Paint Jesus

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Watching paintings come to life is an immersive experience. I’ve seen a good number of artists paint live and the experience always left a deep impression on me.

The following is a collection of seven videos showing artists paint Jesus live. What these videos show us is that painting can be a deeply spiritual experience and that prayer can be a colorful and creative process too.

All the paintings featured in the videos are created in real time. You’ll see the process from start to finish – from empty canvas to impressive work of art.

Easter 2010 jesus painting

Kelly Croy, Chalk Artist and Speaker: Face of Jesus

Jesus puzzle painting on Easter

How to paint Jesus Christ Crucifixion speed painting by Gordon Bruce

Jesus Painting

HOW TO PAINT JESUS USING WATERCOLORS

Jesus Painting Brought To Life At The Vineyard Community Church