Armand Meuffels

[NATO @NATO]

Repost to join us in wishing our Ally 🇫🇷 France a joyeuse #FêteNationale!

#WeAreNATO🤝@FranceOTAN

#14Juillet #BastilleDay

[Bishop Robert Barron @BishopBarron]

Friends, Christianity is “euangelion”—good news—and news requires witnesses who are willing to speak!

[Vatican News @VaticanNews]

Gospel of the Day (Matthew 10,34-42.11,1)

Jesus said to his Apostles: “Do not think that I have come to bring peace upon the earth. I have come to bring not peace but the sword.
For I have come to set a man 'against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
and one's enemies will be those of his household.'
Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;
and whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me.
Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.
Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and whoever receives a righteous man because he is righteous will receive a righteous man's reward.
And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones to drink because he is a disciple--amen, I say to you, he will surely not lose his reward."
When Jesus finished giving these commands to his twelve disciples, he went away from that place to teach and to preach in their towns.

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[NATO @NATO]

Repost to join us in celebrating our Ally 🇲🇪 Montenegro on their Statehood Day!

#WeAreNATO 🤝 @MontenegroNATO

[Koninklijk Huis @koninklijkhuis]

🇳🇱 Reactie van Koning Willem-Alexander en Koningin Máxima op het overlijden van Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa.

[Bishop Robert Barron @BishopBarron]

Sts. Louis and Zélie Martin, examples of marital holiness, pray for us!

[Bishop Robert Barron @BishopBarron]

“The best thing is to place everything in the hands of the good God and to await events calmly and surrender to his will. That’s what I’m going to try to do.” —St. Zélie Martin

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Today is “Sea Sunday.” My thoughts go out to all sailors, fishermen and port workers around the world who, though marked by separation from their loved ones and sometimes by fear of the conflicts occur on the seas, sustain trade and the lives of many peoples through their patient and quiet labor.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Unfortunately, the winds of war are blowing once again in the Middle East, in Ukraine and in many other parts of the world, sowing violence, terror and death, and once again affecting many innocent people. Let us not allow these winds to extinguish the flame of hope and peace, even when it seems fragile and flickering.
I renew my hope that we will persevere on the path of dialogue, encounter and diplomacy. This is the only path capable of leading to a just and lasting peace, in which peoples can live in reconciliation, mutual security and respect for the dignity of every person.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

God's generosity towards us is not naïve but wise. He sees within us the potential of a good that, at times, we ourselves might fail to recognize. For this reason, the Lord, who knows the soil of our hearts better than we, never ceases to believe in us—in who we are and in who we can become, day by day, if we entrust ourselves to him in faith. #GospelOfToday (Mt 13:1–23) #Angelus

[Koninklijk Huis @koninklijkhuis]

🇬🇧 Response by King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima on the death of Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa.

[Vatican News @VaticanNews]

Gospel of the Day (Matthew 10,24-33)

Jesus said to his Apostles: “No disciple is above his teacher, no slave above his master.
It is enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher, for the slave that he become like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!
Therefore do not be afraid of them. Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed, nor secret that will not be known.
What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light; what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops.
And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father's knowledge.
Even all the hairs of your head are counted.
So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
Everyone who acknowledges me before others I will acknowledge before my heavenly Father.
But whoever denies me before others, I will deny before my heavenly Father."

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[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Lord of life, today we ask for the grace to recognize and protect the unique and unrepeatable value of every human being. May we learn to welcome life unconditionally, to tenderly care for fragility, to accompany each stage with respect, and to bravely defend those who have no voice. Let’s #PrayTogether at https://t.co/VVI6MfRjM5

[Vatican News @VaticanNews]

Gospel of the Day (Matthew 10,7-15)

Jesus said to his Apostles: “As you go, make this proclamation: 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'
Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give."
Do not take gold or silver or copper for your belts;
no sack for the journey, or a second tunic, or sandals, or walking stick. The laborer deserves his keep.
Whatever town or village you enter, look for a worthy person in it, and stay there until you leave.
As you enter a house, wish it peace.
If the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it; if not, let your peace return to you."
Whoever will not receive you or listen to your words--go outside that house or town and shake the dust from your feet.
Amen, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town."

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[Vatican News @VaticanNews]

Pope Leo XIV encouraged young people from across Iraq who gathered in Ankawa for their annual Youth Meeting from 8 to 11 July, to embrace their vocation as missionaries of hope.

In his video message, he urged them to become "Christ's light" in a country that continues to experience the consequences of war and instability.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Dear young people, never doubt the goodness of God, and do not be afraid of the plan the Lord has for each of your lives. https://t.co/42DL1q7iUd

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Root your hearts in the firm foundation of God's love for you. Discover the Heart of Christ, and do not be afraid to build your lives upon Him (1 Jn 4:16). In doing so, you will not only find the fullness you seek, but you will also be able to share with those around you the warmth of God's love and the reconciling power of His grace.

[NATO @NATO]

Repost to join us in celebrating our Ally the 🇺🇸 United States on their 250th Independence Day! #4thofJuly

#WeAreNATO 🤝 @USNATO

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Only in the cross of Jesus is evil overcome; only in his passion does our mortal weariness find consolation and redemption. In slavery, Christ is liberation. Amid the scourge of war, Christ is hope. In the hour of sin, Christ is forgiveness.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

“Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens”, says the Lord in the #GospelOfTheDay (Mt 11:25–30). Jesus takes upon himself humanity wounded by evil in order to heal and care for it.