11/3/10 cblog IF WE LOVE GOD SO MUCH, WE CANT HELP BUT LOVE & HELP OTHERS

11/3/10 cblog IF WE LOVE GOD SO MUCH, WE CANT HELP BUT LOVE & HELP OTHERS; Dominic "Martin depores born of spanish conquistador and..mother..went back home married noble woman..lived in great povery..I saw a little figure in a cathgift store once..took it up to counter ..told the clerk its wrong..it was of a white skinned person with white hair, but martin was black hair, dark skin, his mother would send him to the market..just enough for food to eat..as he was leaving town..would give food to people starving..got home w empty basket..imagine his mother's reaction..happened repeatedly..merchants in awe of this..so they began to give him extra...and he was able to get home without an empty basket..this love continued as he became a dominican...was a barber..and doctor..learned how to heal, mixed herbs, swept floor, he was so humble, did menial tasks, dominican, showed such love, he'd get people off the street, healed them,known for great healing..he fulfilled these readings, ..had no desire for status,..he fulfilled the "love" commandment..and his neighbor..giving them all he had to give..a wonderful example..we may have little, but others have less,, help, be there for others, if love god so much, we can't help but love & help"

Romans 14.7-12 "Brothers and sisters None of us lives for oneself, and no one dies for oneself For if we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord; so then, whether we live or die, we are the Lord's For this is why Christ died and came to life, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living Why then do you judge your brother or sister? Or you, why do you look down on your brother or sister? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of God; for it is written: As I live, says the Lord, every kneee shall bend before me and every tongue shall give praise to God So then each of us shall give an account of himself to God."

Responsorial Psalm R. ( 13) living. The LORD is my light and my

Luke 15.1-10 "The tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to Jesus, but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying"This man welcomes sinners and eats with them." So Jesus addressed this parable to them"What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the lost one until he finds it? And when he does find it, he sets it on his shoulders with great joy and, upon his arrival home, he calls together his friends and neighbors and says to them "Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep." I tell you, in just the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance"Or what woman having ten coins and losing one would not light a lamp and sweep the house, searching carefully until she finds it? And when she does find it, she calls together her friends and neighbors and says to them"Rejoice with me because I have found the coin that I lost." In just the same way, I tell you there will be rejoicing among the angels of God over one sinner who repents."