The Catholic Calendar for Friday, May 27, 2005
Friday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time
St. Augustine of Canterbury, bishop

Scripture from today's Liturgy of the Word:
Sirach 44:1,9-13
Psalm 149:1-6,9
Mark 11:11-26

A reflection on today's Sacred Scripture:

"...but believes that what he says will happen it shall be done for him."

In Chapter 4 of Luke we are told that Jesus could not perform miracles in his own country because the people there were too skeptical, too unbelieving.

Miracles are impossible if you do not believe. But miracles are all around you every day if you open your eyes to the work of Christ in the world. If you believe you will come to understand that every breath is a small miracle. Every birth is an amazing miracle. Every death is another miraculous birth into the life beyond.

If you believe in the word of God all that it says will come through in you and through you. You will become a miracle for someone else. Belief, faith, surrender are the keys. Believe and God will make the miracles happen. God will bless you, but more importantly He will bless others through you.

Hold true to your faith. Let it shine through you. For in your faith Christ changes the world through you. Faith makes you a good and faithful servant, a miracle worker through His grace.

- JuandelaCruz
(http://floscarmeli.stblogs.org/)

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