Hosea 2:16, 17C-18, 21-22, Psalm 145:2-9, Matthew 9:18-26

DAILY HOLY MASS READINGS

Our Savior Jesus Christ has destroyed death
and brought life to light through the Gospel. 2 Tim 1:10

Hosea 2:16, 17C-18, 21-22, Psalm 145:2-9, 
Matthew 9:18-26

Hosea 2:16, 17C-18, 21-22

My Love, Beloved of my soul,

I belong to You. I know that I have been fickle. I know that I have not always been faithful to You but You do know my Lord and my God that I love You and I desire You above all created things. 

Allure me Beloved. Lead me into the desert. Speak to me in the silence of my heart which is all Yours. And I will answer You and I will say to You, "Thank You for loving me. Thank You for lifting me up I who am nothing. I desire to belong to You wholeheartedly, without reserve, holding nothing back. 
Grant me the grace I need never to forsake You at the slightest temptation as I have done thus far. I am weak Beloved, help me. You are the Bridegroom of my soul. I am espoused to You forever You have said so and Your word is true. Thank You for Your infinite mercy and love for me who is the least of Your creatures, the most sinful, the weakest of all. I desire to me faithful Lord grant me the grace I need to keep my gaze fixed unwaveringly on You and to choose to put Your first always.Psalm 145:2-9

My Love, Beloved of my soul,

Truly You are gracious and merciful. Were it not so I would be destroyed forever a long time ago. You are great and Your love for me is unfathomable considering what a sinful, weak, feeble, wretched creature I am. I will praise Your Name with every breath I breathe from my rising until the time I sleep and even when I sleep may my spirit praise You.

Thank You for Your gracious love that has numbered me among those who believe in the Good News and because I believe I am saved. You have blessed me mightily and I am truly thankful.

All creation gives You praise Beloved because You are worthy. I unite my own voice to that of heaven and earth to sing of Your glory.  Thank You for Your compassion without which I would have been destroyed long before this. Thank You for calling me and for accepting me as Your own despite my unworthiness. Amen.

Matthew 9:18-26

My Love, Beloved of my soul,

Every time we sleep the sleep of death through sin and someone pleads with You on our behalf to come and lay Your hands on us, You do so and we live. So it is with the official's daughter. Only hers was a physical death we die spiritually over and over again when we choose to do what is evil in Your sight.

On the way to the official's house, the woman who suffered for twelve years desired only to touch the tassel of Your cloak convinced that that was all she needed to do to be healed. Such was her faith. She did and her faith was rewarded. She was healed instantly. However, You would not permit her faith to go unnoticed because it was so remarkable. Today, over two thousand years later, we read about her great faith. She who believed but wanted to be unnoticed lives forever through the Gospels.

You will reward even one with faith the size of a mustard seed if we put our faith into action.

You rewarded the official's faith by restoring his daughter to life.

Thank You for restoring me to life everytime I approach You in the confessional.

Thank You Beloved for all You do for me and those I love.