The Feast of Saints Marcellinus and Peter, Priest & Exorcist respectively.

Feast of Saints Marcellinus and Peter, Martyrs. 

"Jesus said to them in reply, “Have faith in God.  Amen, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it shall be done for him.  

"Therefore I tell you, all that you ask for in prayer, believe that you will receive it and it shall be yours." (Mark 11: 22 - 24).

Friday 2nd June 2023 in the 8th Week in Ordinary Time. Today is First Friday in June. The Church honors the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the Month of June. 

June 2nd Friday 2023 of the 8th Week of Ordinary Time is the feast of two early martyrs of the Church:  St. Marcellinus, Priest. St Peter, Exorcist. Both were martyred circa (+ 304). In prison, they converted many of their fellow prisoners including the jailer. Both were martyred under Emperor Diocletian. 

I like our key Scripture for today very much because Jesus teaches with clarity on the subject of Prayer. I consider myself a beggar and in the course of the day, I am constantly asking God for many favors: heal my headache, show me the way to get to that location quickly, how do I do this, Lord and so forth and so on.

Jesus has taught throughout His public ministry that prayer works. Not just the petty prayers like the ones I make frequently. [No prayer is petty in the eyes of God]. But also big ticket items: life and death issues, vocations and jobs, marriage and divorce, elections and the economy. Everything comes under God's powerful and merciful Divine Providence. This is true.  Jesus teaches that not even a single hair will fall from our head without our Father in Heaven knowing about it and permitting it.

Who are my heroes of faith and prayer in the Gospels?

Bartimaeus, Cornelius, the Syrophoenician woman and Jairus. Jesus praised the faith of these people and their prayers were answered according to their faith.

• Therefore pray with faith.

• Pray with persistence.

• Pray for God's will and purpose in your life.

• Pray for grace to forgive all your enemies.

• Pray always. 

• Pray for everything. Pray everywhere.

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