DAILY HOLY MASS READINGS
You have but one Father in heaven;
you have but one master, the Christ. Mt 23:9, 10
Ruth 2:1-3, 8-11; 4:13-17, Psalm 128:1-5, Matthew 23:1-12
Ruth 2:1-3, 8-11; 4:13-17
Dear Love, Beloved of my soul,
The story of Ruth in today's Gospel is heartwarming and reveals how God rewards those who are kind, compassionate, and faithful. Ruth followed her mother-in-law who like herself was a widow, she was young enough to go back to her own country and find another husband from among her former people. However, after having married Naomi's son she embraced her family and her people as her own. She was prepared to go with her to a strange land and to care for both of them for she was young and strong.
God will always reward those who love faithfully and tenderly, generously and selflessly. So it was with Ruth. Boaz her future husband admired her for loving her Naomi and for giving up her own people in order to live and care for her. He watched for her and protected her and in the end married her. Their union was blessed with a son who would become the father of the most famous of kings, king David from whose line You descended.
God sees all and rewards more generously than we could ever imagine or ask for.
Psalm 128:1-5
Dear Love, Beloved of my soul,
In today's word You revealed that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and in the words of the Psalm You confirm all that You have said. To fear You is not the kind of servile fear we offer a tyrant but the fear born of a grateful heart for all the mercies that God shows us even though we are unworthy.
To those who follow God and obey His commandments God rewards generously and without measure. All that we do He blesses a hundredfold. If we are faithful He is even more faithful. His favor rests on those who desire to please Him in all things.
Beloved, those who have You in the very centre of their lives and allow Your Holy Spirit complete control will receive every good and perfect gift from Your loving hands. Blessings will fall over all and their children will be a blessing. Every day will see new blessings that cause us to bless and praise God with every breath we breathe.
Matthew 23:1-12
Dear Love, Beloved of my soul,
Today You want us to obey and follow the commandments faithfully. You want us to be humble. To care for one another to ease another's load. You desire that we not make an outward show of our spirituality so people can praise us. You remind us that whatever good we do must be done secretly and not done openly so all can see us and praise us. We are called to be the least, to take the lowest place, to quietly and unobtrusively serve God and one another. To be hidden while doing all that we ought. The last verse sums up the way we ought to live perfectly,
"The greatest among you must be your servant.
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled;
but whoever humbles himself will be exalted."
You have but one Father in heaven;
you have but one master, the Christ. Mt 23:9, 10
Ruth 2:1-3, 8-11; 4:13-17, Psalm 128:1-5, Matthew 23:1-12
Ruth 2:1-3, 8-11; 4:13-17
Dear Love, Beloved of my soul,
The story of Ruth in today's Gospel is heartwarming and reveals how God rewards those who are kind, compassionate, and faithful. Ruth followed her mother-in-law who like herself was a widow, she was young enough to go back to her own country and find another husband from among her former people. However, after having married Naomi's son she embraced her family and her people as her own. She was prepared to go with her to a strange land and to care for both of them for she was young and strong.
God will always reward those who love faithfully and tenderly, generously and selflessly. So it was with Ruth. Boaz her future husband admired her for loving her Naomi and for giving up her own people in order to live and care for her. He watched for her and protected her and in the end married her. Their union was blessed with a son who would become the father of the most famous of kings, king David from whose line You descended.
God sees all and rewards more generously than we could ever imagine or ask for.
Psalm 128:1-5
Dear Love, Beloved of my soul,
In today's word You revealed that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and in the words of the Psalm You confirm all that You have said. To fear You is not the kind of servile fear we offer a tyrant but the fear born of a grateful heart for all the mercies that God shows us even though we are unworthy.
To those who follow God and obey His commandments God rewards generously and without measure. All that we do He blesses a hundredfold. If we are faithful He is even more faithful. His favor rests on those who desire to please Him in all things.
Beloved, those who have You in the very centre of their lives and allow Your Holy Spirit complete control will receive every good and perfect gift from Your loving hands. Blessings will fall over all and their children will be a blessing. Every day will see new blessings that cause us to bless and praise God with every breath we breathe.
Matthew 23:1-12
Dear Love, Beloved of my soul,
Today You want us to obey and follow the commandments faithfully. You want us to be humble. To care for one another to ease another's load. You desire that we not make an outward show of our spirituality so people can praise us. You remind us that whatever good we do must be done secretly and not done openly so all can see us and praise us. We are called to be the least, to take the lowest place, to quietly and unobtrusively serve God and one another. To be hidden while doing all that we ought. The last verse sums up the way we ought to live perfectly,
"The greatest among you must be your servant.
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled;
but whoever humbles himself will be exalted."
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