Gospel for the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

sicaa_communications@yahoogroups.com through its new meditation channel, sicaa_spirituals, presents its first feature : the Gospel for the 22nd Sunday of the Ordinary on August 31, 2008 according to Matthew 16 : 21 - 27

"Jesus began to show his disciples
that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer greatly
from the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes,
and be killed and on the third day be raised.
Then Peter took Jesus aside and began to rebuke him,
“God forbid, Lord! No such thing shall ever happen to you.”
He turned and said to Peter,
“Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me.
You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do.”

Then Jesus said to his disciples,
“Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself,
take up his cross, and follow me.
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it,
but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world
and forfeit his life?
Or what can one give in exchange for his life?
For the Son of Man will come with his angels in his Father’s glory,
and then he will repay all according to his conduct.”

View a Power Point Presentation of "Reflections for the 22nd Sunday" forwarded by Vr, Cristino Pine O.F.M. of S.I.C. H.S. Batch of 1994, who is now based in Italy, sourced from O.F.M. Philippines in Manila as written by Fr. Cielito Almazan O.F.M.

Fr. Cris wrote to sicaa_communications@yahoogroups.com on August 28, 2008 (Phil. Time) :

"masusukat ang lalim ng pagkakilala natin kay Hesus sa patuloy na pagsunod natin sa kanya sa kabila ng mga pagsubok na ating pinagdadaanan.

a sunday replete with life blessings!"

View "Reflections for the 22nd Sunday" captured in video from Power Point by clicking "sicaa_veoh". (subject to video capture setting refinements that are in process).

Or click sicaa_multiply to view the original power point presentation in blog entitled "sicaa_spirituals for the 22nd ordinary sunday" (because this blog site has no "attach" command)

We hope to improve the blog features in sicaa_spirituals as we go along. Pardon the delay in this first posting.

God bless us Ildefonsian Crusaders in Christ and All !

mcsicaa.

Note : In the sicaa_veoh video which is posted here on a dry run basis for setting adjustments , Fr. Cristino Pine in the credits page is from SIC HS Batch 1994, not 1992 which is a typo...