DAILY HOLY MASS READINGS
Let your countenance shine upon your servant
and teach me your statutes. Ps 119:135
Ezekiel 12:1-12, Psalm 78:56-59, 61-61,
Matthew 18:21 --- 19:1
Ezekiel 12:1-12
My Love, Beloved of my soul,
They angered him with their high places
and with their idols roused his jealousy.
God heard and was enraged
and utterly rejected Israel.
And he surrendered his strength into captivity,
his glory in the hands of the foe.
He abandoned his people to the sword
and was enraged against his inheritance.
Ever since Sodom and Gomorrah and perhaps even before them, since the fall of man, the human race has had disordered desires and inclinations that are abhorrent and God and contrary to nature. This is the work of Satan. The works of evil can only be destroyed with prayer and fasting. Let us now shy away from doing both Beloved, rather grant us a full measure of Your Holy Spirit in order that we may do our part to heal and restore that which evil has so wantonly striven to destroy. Amen.
Matthew 18:21 --- 19:1
My Love, Beloved of my soul,
Let your countenance shine upon your servant
and teach me your statutes. Ps 119:135
Ezekiel 12:1-12, Psalm 78:56-59, 61-61,
Matthew 18:21 --- 19:1
Ezekiel 12:1-12
My Love, Beloved of my soul,
Let the sinner never forget that he or she cannot sin with impunity - You are a God of justice. If You were not then where would be the vindication for the those who are persecuted, marginalized, stripped of all their rights, and left to perish by the wayside? It is because we have a just God that the sinner, the outcast, the beggar can raise their eyes towards heaven with hope.
Today, as we read about the scandals in the highest places, the princes of the Church have systematically abused their power and their position have been struck down by divine justice. Many of the sheep are tempted to flee and many are scattered for they are wounded very deeply.
We have become a house of rebel and those who were put in charge of the household have become even more rebellious. This is not the time for making excuses for anyone least of all those who made solemn vows before God, have made a mockery of them before Him and before His people.
Watch over tenderly Beloved over those who have been faithful but who now suffer because of those among them who have violated the innocent and robbed them of their dignity. Keep Your sheep strong and faithful - let us not be so scandalized that we do not recognize that Satan is behind this evil. Let us rally around those who are innocent and through prayer, fasting, and reparation plead with God to cleanse and restore His Church.
Psalm 78:56-59, 61-61
They tempted and rebelled against God the Most High,
and kept not his decrees.
They turned back and were faithless like their fathers;
they recoiled like a treacherous bow.
Psalm 78:56-59, 61-61
My Love, Beloved of my soul,
Reading the verses of the psalm of today it would seem that the psalmist is writing about the Church and the abject failure of the shepherds to be faithful to their vows and their office.
and kept not his decrees.
They turned back and were faithless like their fathers;
they recoiled like a treacherous bow.
They angered him with their high places
and with their idols roused his jealousy.
God heard and was enraged
and utterly rejected Israel.
And he surrendered his strength into captivity,
his glory in the hands of the foe.
He abandoned his people to the sword
and was enraged against his inheritance.
Ever since Sodom and Gomorrah and perhaps even before them, since the fall of man, the human race has had disordered desires and inclinations that are abhorrent and God and contrary to nature. This is the work of Satan. The works of evil can only be destroyed with prayer and fasting. Let us now shy away from doing both Beloved, rather grant us a full measure of Your Holy Spirit in order that we may do our part to heal and restore that which evil has so wantonly striven to destroy. Amen.
Matthew 18:21 --- 19:1
My Love, Beloved of my soul,
Your Word is active and alive and as relevant today as when You first spoke them.
This parable addresses those who have failed colossally in keeping the faith themselves and fostering and nurturing it in others.
Be merciful O Lord, and once the rot has been removed help us heal. Restore what has been lost and strengthen with Your love what remains. Amen.
Peter approached Jesus and asked him,
"Lord, if my brother sins against me,
how often must I forgive him?
As many as seven times?"
Jesus answered, "I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times.
That is why the Kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king
who decided to settle accounts with his servants.
When he began the accounting,
a debtor was brought before him who owed him a huge amount.
Since he had no way of paying it back,
his master ordered him to be sold,
along with his wife, his children, and all his property,
in payment of the debt.
At that, the servant fell down, did him homage, and said,
'Be patient with me, and I will pay you back in full.'
Moved with compassion the master of that servant
let him go and forgave him the loan.
When that servant had left, he found one of his fellow servants
who owed him a much smaller amount.
He seized him and started to choke him, demanding,
'Pay back what you owe.'
Falling to his knees, his fellow servant begged him,
'Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.'
But he refused.
Instead, he had the fellow servant put in prison
until he paid back the debt.
Now when his fellow servants saw what had happened,
they were deeply disturbed,
and went to their master and reported the whole affair.
His master summoned him and said to him, 'You wicked servant!
I forgave you your entire debt because you begged me to.
Should you not have had pity on your fellow servant,
as I had pity on you?'
Then in anger his master handed him over to the torturers
until he should pay back the whole debt.
So will my heavenly Father do to you,
unless each of you forgives his brother from his heart."
When Jesus finished these words, he left Galilee
and went to the district of Judea across the Jordan.
Peter approached Jesus and asked him,
"Lord, if my brother sins against me,
how often must I forgive him?
As many as seven times?"
Jesus answered, "I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times.
That is why the Kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king
who decided to settle accounts with his servants.
When he began the accounting,
a debtor was brought before him who owed him a huge amount.
Since he had no way of paying it back,
his master ordered him to be sold,
along with his wife, his children, and all his property,
in payment of the debt.
At that, the servant fell down, did him homage, and said,
'Be patient with me, and I will pay you back in full.'
Moved with compassion the master of that servant
let him go and forgave him the loan.
When that servant had left, he found one of his fellow servants
who owed him a much smaller amount.
He seized him and started to choke him, demanding,
'Pay back what you owe.'
Falling to his knees, his fellow servant begged him,
'Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.'
But he refused.
Instead, he had the fellow servant put in prison
until he paid back the debt.
Now when his fellow servants saw what had happened,
they were deeply disturbed,
and went to their master and reported the whole affair.
His master summoned him and said to him, 'You wicked servant!
I forgave you your entire debt because you begged me to.
Should you not have had pity on your fellow servant,
as I had pity on you?'
Then in anger his master handed him over to the torturers
until he should pay back the whole debt.
So will my heavenly Father do to you,
unless each of you forgives his brother from his heart."
When Jesus finished these words, he left Galilee
and went to the district of Judea across the Jordan.
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