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8/9/2026

Contents: Volume 2


 

1. -- Lanie LeBlanc OP - <lanie@leblanc.one>
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Fr. Jude Siciliano OP - <FrJude@JudeOP.org>

3. -- Elaine H. Ireland <ehireland@gmail.com>

4. -- Carmen Mele OP <cmeleop@yahoo.com>
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Blessings,

Dr. Lanie LeBlanc OP

Southern Dominican Laity

lanie@leblanc.one

 

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From today’s Gospel reading:

 

During the fourth watch of the night, Jesus came toward the disciples [in the storm] walking on the sea. When the disciples saw him walking on the sea they were terrified.

“It is a ghost,” they said, and they cried out in fear.

At once Jesus spoke to them, “Take courage, it is I, do not be afraid.”

 

Reflection:

 

After the multiplication of the loaves and fish, Jesus sent his disciples off in the boat, dismissed the crowds and then went to pray. Jesus’ powers to calm the storm are manifested right after prayer. The power to overcome storms seems to come from praying. Jesus prays at crucial points in the gospels: before important decisions; before and during his suffering and here, before he calms the storm. He is praying his disciples through the storm.

 

So, we ask ourselves:

 

·        Would some of the storms we now face be more manageable if we put aside time for prayer?

·        Is there someone we know experiencing their own storms we could be praying for at our Eucharist?

 

Click here for a link to this Sunday’s readings:

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/080926.cfm

 

Fr. Jude Siciliano OP - <FrJude@JudeOP.org>

 

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Elaine H. Ireland <ehireland@gmail.com>

 

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Carmen Mele OP <cmeleop@yahoo.com>


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