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Generosity is more than writing checks - it is our attention to the needs of other. Learn a little Christian history, something about generosity and the good life and take ways something to think about. Jesus urged his listeners to "not store up treasure for themselves" but to become "rich in what matters to God.”

The disciples ask Jesus to teach them how to pray as he prays. The Jewish people prayed the Shema and the psalms. Clearly, they know how to pray. But Jesus prays with an intimacy and relationship to God that the disciples yearned for. It is an intimacy pointed directly towards and through the Eucharist.

St. Martha the Dragonslayer is a story told in the 13th Century 'Golden Legend,' a medieval text telling stories about the saints. St. Martha, who figures in the Gospel of Luke this weekend, slays the dragon with holy water and the cross. What is the dragon represent? Find out in this week's Oro Valley Catholic.

"Which of these three, in your opinion, was neighbor to the robbers' victim?" He answered, "The one who treated him with mercy." Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise." Luke 10