Word for Friday November 21. Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

“Jesus entered the temple area and proceeded to drive out those who were selling things, saying to them ‘It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves.’ And every day he was teaching in the temple area. The chief priests, the scribes and the leaders of the people meanwhile were seeking to put him to death.” Luke 19:45-47. Pope Benedict XVI said, “Mary’s greatness consists in the fact that she wants to magnify God, not herself.”

Let us pray, Lord Jesus, You faced opposition at every turn while You walked the earth, always doing Your Father’s will. And even now, so many refuse to believe. Yet we see signs of hope, young people coming to the faith. We pray you raise up an army of young people Lord, ready to serve, to be
witnesses, and we ask this through the intercession of Mary, Our Mother. Amen. “Let your light shine!!” Be blessed. Larry.