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July 27, 2025

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

For Leo, our Pope. May God’s healing grace offer him mercy and compassion to pray and to lead us in faith.

We pray to the Lord.

For courage to pray. May we surrender to such a gift of God’s healing joy. May hope be on our lips and in our actions of forgiveness.

We pray to the Lord.

For us who often feel lost on our journey of faith. May we embrace God’s eternal mercy in all our relationships. May we be consumed with love along our way.

We pray to the Lord.

For all devasted by natural disasters in our country. May we lean on the goodness of others and ask God for what we need.

We pray to the Lord.

For people who are confined to prisons. May we all ask for freedom in our lives and support in our survival.

We pray to the Lord.

For people who need daily bread. May the hungry rely on God and the goodness of people. May our Eucharist be broken and shared even among the starving and neglected.

We pray to the Lord.

For courage to serve our neighbors. May our prayer lead us to generosity and peace. May the needs of people not be forgotten in our time and place.

We pray to the Lord.

For us who cry out in need. May God hear the prayers of us who stumble and fall. May we always rely on God’s healing fidelity toward humanity. May the Eucharist fill us with abundance and mercy.

We pray to the Lord.

For all who have died. May we seek God’s healing in our grief. May our loved ones find eternal rest and peace.

We pray to the Lord.

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July 20, 2025

Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

For Leo, our Pope, and ___, our Bishop. May they courageously seek the presence of Christ Jesus and live in service among all people.

We pray to the Lord.

For people who have lost employment and health benefits. May courage become their food and hope be their way for the survival of family life.

We pray to the Lord.

For the survivors of the Texas flood. May they be consoled and healed as they grieve from such profound loss.

We pray to the Lord.

For people who are ill. May we all seek the healing presence of Christ and bask in the light of his love. May the truth of Christ be at home in our bodies.

We pray to the Lord.

For all who seek Christ. May our hearts be open as we seek Jesus in our silent listening. May justice become our way of life as we learn to serve without measure.

We pray to the Lord.

For people who obsess on regrets. May we not live in the past nor in the future. May we seek God’s grace in our present ways of life.

We pray to the Lord.

For people who survive depression, loneliness and fear. May our mental anguish be eased in the presence of Christ, our healer and guide.

We pray to the Lord.

For all who narrate stories that put down other people. May our voices be filled with truth and may we speak only the good others need to hear.

We pray to the Lord.

For all who wait for the love of God’s Kingdom in heaven. May all our dead be gently accompanied into eternal life.

We pray to the Lord.

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Today’s reflection is published in Give Us This Day, July 2025, from Liturgical Press, Collegeville, MN

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

July 13, 2025

Where God Dwells

On my first day of seminary in 1974, I realized the word of God in front of me, not abstract in a library or echoed in a choir. Walking around campus of the Univesity of Notre Dame for the first time with a new classmate, a man collapsed in front of us. His two young children screamed for help. We huddled around the man, my classmate began CPR. Someone called for an ambulance while a priest anointed him. Unfortunetly, the young father died on the sidewalk.

Even though I never met the oldest son who came to campus as a freshman nor the mother who had remained home because of illness, the family claims a place in my heart. The message of God is manifest before our eyes. Our neigbhor cannot be ignored, not the ill or the children, not the stranger nor the unbeliever. Our neighbor is not bound by ethnic identity or mental health, not by age or social status. Our neighbor is where God dwells, especially the one who needs care, who longs to be seen. As Christians, we carry the memories of the burdened in our hearts, filling us with love of humanity and hope for heaven.

I learned lessons early that broke through walls of classrooms. Only Jesus shows us how to bend down to hold the mystery and beauty of illness, anguish, and even death. Only Jesus shows us how to herald the Scriptures in community and manifest them on days we least expect.    

Fr. Ronald Patrick Raab

Fr. Ronald Patrick Raab, CSC, serves as religious superior at Holy Cross House, a medical retirement facility at Notre Dame, Indiana. He is a retreat director, award-winning author, and visual artist. Learn more at ronaldraab.com

July 13, 2025

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

For Leo, our Pope. May God inspire his journey of faith to help us discover hope and peace in every land and nation.

We pray to the Lord.

For a new desire to know our neighbor. May we learn to stand on the ground of people who are different from ourselves. May we see beauty in eyes that sparkle with love and difference.

We pray to the Lord.

For a humble view of our own lives. May we not stand on pedestals to make us look good. May we seek the truth of our lives in Christ Jesus.

We pray to the Lord.

For survivors of summer fires and fast floods. May summer storms that bring violence ease and may we learn to serve people who most need the basics of life.

We pray to the Lord.

For a rich view of the land upon which we stand and live. May we learn to care for the earth and its riches. May the next generation come to know such beauty.

We pray to the Lord.

For people who are housed under blankets and make-shift huts. May we ease the burdens of people who suffer addiction and loneliness.

We pray to the Lord.

For us who feel self-satisfied in our present lives. May we learn to surrender to the gift of God’s fidelity toward us. May we live with such faith and hope for our future.

We pray to the Lord.

For people who suffocate their present life with thoughts of violence and shame. May we learn to affirm our lives in Christ Jesus. May we be fed with hope as our daily bread.

We pray to the Lord.

For us who grieve the loss of a loved one. May we ease our losses in the sight of Christ Jesus. May God welcome all to the feast of heaven.

We pray to the Lord.

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Prayers of the Faithful

July 6, 2025

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

For Leo, our Pope. May he inspire us to bring the gospel to the corners of the earth. May we travel with love and purpose.

We pray to the Lord.

For all who are burdened with ill health or mental anguish. May our bodies speak the truth of our longing for love and purpose. May we surrender our pain to the beauty of God’s care for us.

We pray to the Lord.

For our children at play. May the summer months inspire hope and joy in our young people. May we seek art, creativity, and God’s gifts within us for the good of others.

We pray to the Lord.

For all who seek an intentional life. May we not live in excess or with hoarding. May we find freedom to live simply.

We pray to the Lord.

For all who hear God’s call to serve other people. May we listen attentively to the sound of Jesus calling us to follow the gospel. May we listen with love to his saving word.

We pray to the Lord.

For all who live on streets or in deep woods. May our neighbors rest upon hope for their lives. May we serve people who need the basics of life.

We pray to the Lord.

For all who seek to help the earth to heal. May our efforts confront climate change to ensure our planet for generations to come.

We pray to the Lord.

For a new hospitality among us. May we welcome our neighbors, strangers, sojourners, and visitors with love and peace. May we see the beauty of all people. May walls of fear crumble at our Eucharistic altars.

We pray to the Lord,

For all who have died. May our loved ones find welcome at the feast of heaven.

We pray to the Lord.

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