Word for Monday October 18th. “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest

Word for Monday October 18th. “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest…behold, I am sending you like lambs among wolves.” Luke 10:2-3. St. Teresa of Avila said, “Christ has no body now on earth but yours, no hands but…

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St. Francis of Assisi

On Oct. 4, Roman Catholics celebrate the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the Italian deacon who brought renewal to the Church through his decision to follow Jesus’ words as literally as possible. In a January 2010 general audience, Pope Benedict XVI recalled this “giant of holiness” as a “great saint and a joyful man,”…

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