Deacon Jim Friend

📅 Sunday, July 27, 2025 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time 📖 Luke 11:1–13 “Lord, teach us to pray.” 🙏 The disciples saw Jesus pray, and they wanted what He had. So He gave them the Our Father and taught them to keep knocking. Prayer is a relationship. One built on trust,…

Saturday Rosary • Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary 💙 July 26, 2025 - Multiple Languages Available! youtu.be/Dtkw0HO8Izw

Saturday Pray the Joyful Mysteries of the Holy Rosary ✨ 1️⃣ Annunciation 2️⃣ Visitation 3️⃣ Nativity 4️⃣ Presentation 5️⃣ Finding of Jesus in the Temple ✝️ #Catholic #Pray #Rosary #SaturdayMotivation #CatholicTwitter #PrayTheRosary 🙏youtu.be/Au4_3TZ12uU

📅 Saturday, July 26, 2025 🕊 Memorial of Saints Joachim & Anne 📖 Gospel: Matthew 13:24–30 In today’s Gospel, Jesus tells of wheat and weeds growing together, good and bad, side by side. The lesson? Be patient. Let God sort it out. His timing is perfect. 🌾⏳ As we honor…

🗓️ July 25 | Feast of Saint James, Apostle 📖 Mt 20:20–28 James started out chasing glory, but Jesus showed him true greatness is found in service, not status. He drank the cup, gave his life, and became the first apostle to be martyred. Not honored for how he started, but how…

🗓️ July 24 | Memorial of Saint Sharbel Makhlūf 📖 Gospel: Matthew 13:10–17 Why parables? 🤔 Jesus says many “look but don’t see, hear but don’t listen.” Parables invite us to slow down, reflect, and truly listen. 🎧 In our noisy world, are we giving God space to speak? 🕊️…

📅 Wed, July 23, 2025 🙏 Saint Bridget of Sweden 📖 Matthew 13:1-9 – The Sower 🌱 God sows His Word everywhere, even into our messy, thorny hearts. 👑 Saint Bridget let it grow deep, even through pain. She prayed: “Lord, show me the way, and make me willing to walk it.” 🕊️ Is…

#Compline "Protect us, Lord, as we stay awake; watch over us as we sleep, that awake, we may keep watch with Christ, and asleep, rest in His peace. Amen." 🙏

🕊️ Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene | 📅 Tuesday, July 22, 2025 📖 Gospel: John 20:1-2, 11-18 Mary weeps at the tomb… Until she hears her name: “Mary.” ✨ It’s Jesus. Alive. Her sorrow becomes joy! 📢 She’s sent: “Go and tell.” ➡️ The Apostle to the Apostles. 🔥 St. Gregory the…

🕊️ July 21 | Memorial of St. Lawrence of Brindisi 📖 Matthew 12:38–42 The Pharisees ask for a sign, but Jesus says the only one they’ll get is Jonah. Why? Because faith isn’t about flash, it’s about trusting God already at work. 🔥 St. Lawrence preached with Scripture as his…

Sunday’s prayer to St. Michael the Archangel #CatholicTwitter #CatholicX #Pray #Faith #SundayThoughts #SundayMotivation #16thSunday #OrdinaryTime

I have often been sorry for having spoken, but never for having kept silent. — St. Arsenius the Great

Good Morning,Sweet Jesus this day is for You;Bless everything that I think,say and do…Amen.

Sunday Pray the Glorious Mysteries of the Holy Rosary ✨ 1️⃣ Resurrection 2️⃣ Ascension 3️⃣ Descent of the Holy Spirit 4️⃣ Assumption 5️⃣ Coronation ✝️ #Catholic #Pray #Rosary #SundayMotivation #PrayTheRosary 🙏youtu.be/3UbhPm43h-c

🕊️ Sunday Gospel | July 20, 2025 📖 Luke 10:38–42 Martha 🧹 is stressed, Mary 🙏 is still. Jesus says: “Mary has chosen the better part.” Not a knock on Martha, just a reminder: before we serve, we sit at His feet. 🪑✨ 🧘‍♀️ Pause. 🗣️ Listen. ❤️ Then serve with joy. “The fruit…

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✨Jesus, I Trust in You!✨ #SaturdayMotivation #Pray youtube.com/KristinsCrosses

O God, do not leave me. I have done nothing good in Your sight, but according to Your goodness, let me now make a beginning of good. — St. Arsenius the Great

Saturday Pray the Joyful Mysteries of the Holy Rosary ✨ 1️⃣ Annunciation 2️⃣ Visitation 3️⃣ Nativity 4️⃣ Presentation 5️⃣ Finding of Jesus in the Temple ✝️ #Catholic #Pray #Rosary #SaturdayMotivation #CatholicTwitter #PrayTheRosary 🙏youtu.be/Au4_3TZ12uU

📅 Saturday, July 19, 2025 🕊️ Saturday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time 📖 Gospel: Matthew 12:14–21 ✝️ Jesus doesn’t shout. He doesn’t force. He heals quietly, loves gently, and lifts up the broken. “A bruised reed he will not break.” (Mt 12:20) In a loud world, His gentleness…