DAILY HOLY MASS READINGS
Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,
and I will give you rest, says the Lord. Mt 11:28
Philippians 2:5-11, Psalm 22:26-32, Luke 14:15-24
Philippians 2:5-11
My Love, Beloved of my soul,
What a blessing and a privilege it is to be a cradle Catholic and yet many of us do not fully appreciate what we are born into. Faith is a gift which has been handed down to us by our parents. What a terrible tragedy it is for those Catholic parents who themselves are totally ignorant of their faith raise equally ignorant children although they are baptized. Sacred vows were made before God and before God's people, the Church, which have not been fulfilled.
But those that do can exult with the psalmist as he praises You today. Your anointed people come together as one family to worship, praise, pray, give thanks and honor You. We are the Church, Your Body, and Your life courses through us.
We acknowledge You as King of Kings and Lord of Lords and we give You all glory and honor just as the Father commands us to. It is He who has raised You up and given You a place above all others and a Name above every other name. A Name that is filled with life and with power.
Grant O Lord that my children and my children's children and their descendants up to the thousandth generation shall receive the faith just as I did and that they remain faithful to the end. Amen.
Luke 14:15-24
My Love, Beloved of my soul,
Being God, the Eternal Word of the Father, You knew just what to say to bring the message home to those who believed that the Kingdom was theirs because of their heritage or whatever other erroneous reason they nurtured in their hearts.
The Kingdom of God is open to all - God does not discriminate man does. There are many who believe that their standing in the community, their position, their influence, the good works they do, the title they bear will automatically guarantee them a place at the Table of God. Today You disabuse us of this notion. Those who were invited rejected the invitation and their place is given to sinners, the outcast, the rejected. Those we least expect will be seated at the Banquet Feast and those who expected to have first place will find themselves cast out.
Beloved, teach us the value of being little, for only the poor in spirit will receive the Kingdom of God. Thank You.
Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,
and I will give you rest, says the Lord. Mt 11:28
Philippians 2:5-11, Psalm 22:26-32, Luke 14:15-24
Philippians 2:5-11
My Love, Beloved of my soul,
St. Paul reminds us of the precious virtue of humility. It is one that God Himself embraces. It is a contradiction when mere human beings are filled with pride and lord it over each other. We are all made of flesh and blood. We feel heat and cold equally. We bleed. We feel pain. We suffer. We are all subject to death and decay and yet some of us treat others shamefully.
We are called today to look at You and to imitate You. Not only to imitate but to cultivate the same attitude that You had. You who were God submitted gladly to His will even though You are equal to the Father and the Spirit. You became man, one like us in every respect save sin. You gave up Your place in heaven and emptied Yourself completely to become small, weak, subject to all that being human entails. Your humanity would suffer the final ignominy - death by crucifixion and all the humiliation and agony that went with it.
You fulfilled God's plan to perfection and this is why the world is saved only through You. You are the gateway to the Father. This is the Father's will. I tremble for those who believe this to be true but for one reason or the other, they refuse to accept You as their Lord and Savior. There are many people of other faiths who have heard of You, have read about You, have had Christians witness convincingly to them about You so they believe but are too cowardly to embrace Truth.
I pray my Lord and my God that they will have the humility to acknowledge You as the only Savior before the meet You as Judge, for then they will not be able to answer convincingly why they rejected You even though they knew the Gospel to be true.
Psalm 22:26-32
My Love, Beloved of my soul,
What a blessing and a privilege it is to be a cradle Catholic and yet many of us do not fully appreciate what we are born into. Faith is a gift which has been handed down to us by our parents. What a terrible tragedy it is for those Catholic parents who themselves are totally ignorant of their faith raise equally ignorant children although they are baptized. Sacred vows were made before God and before God's people, the Church, which have not been fulfilled.
But those that do can exult with the psalmist as he praises You today. Your anointed people come together as one family to worship, praise, pray, give thanks and honor You. We are the Church, Your Body, and Your life courses through us.
We acknowledge You as King of Kings and Lord of Lords and we give You all glory and honor just as the Father commands us to. It is He who has raised You up and given You a place above all others and a Name above every other name. A Name that is filled with life and with power.
Grant O Lord that my children and my children's children and their descendants up to the thousandth generation shall receive the faith just as I did and that they remain faithful to the end. Amen.
Luke 14:15-24
My Love, Beloved of my soul,
Being God, the Eternal Word of the Father, You knew just what to say to bring the message home to those who believed that the Kingdom was theirs because of their heritage or whatever other erroneous reason they nurtured in their hearts.
The Kingdom of God is open to all - God does not discriminate man does. There are many who believe that their standing in the community, their position, their influence, the good works they do, the title they bear will automatically guarantee them a place at the Table of God. Today You disabuse us of this notion. Those who were invited rejected the invitation and their place is given to sinners, the outcast, the rejected. Those we least expect will be seated at the Banquet Feast and those who expected to have first place will find themselves cast out.
Beloved, teach us the value of being little, for only the poor in spirit will receive the Kingdom of God. Thank You.
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