DAILY HOLY MASS READINGS
My sheep hear my voice, says the Lord,
I know them, and they follow me. Jn 10:27
Exodus 11:10 ---- 12:14
Psalm 116:12-13, 15-18
Matthew 12:1-8
Exodus 11:10 ---- 12:14
My Love, Beloved of my soul,
The Passover meal that the people of Israel share in before they were led from slavery into freedom is a foreshadow of the Eucharistic meal that You would institute with You as the Passover Lamb. The blood of the lamb sprinkled on lintel and doorpost protected the children of Israel and the Blood of the Lamb of God sets the children of God free from the slavery of sin that leads to death.
The people of Israel ate the lamb of sacrifice, so do we partake in the Lamb of Sacrifice at every Eucharist when we eat Your Body and drink Your Blood we are united with You, made one with You as well as with the Father and the Spirit,
The Jews celebrate this day every year but we are privileged to celebrate the Passover of the Lamb of God every day at Holy Mass when we gather around the Altar to celebrate the one, holy, and perfect Sacrifice offered by You to the Father in atonement for the sins of the whole world.
Psalm 116:12-13, 15-18
My Love, Beloved of my soul,
This is the Father's will, that we offer to Him in praise and thanksgiving, the only Sacrifice pleasing to Him in atonement for our sins and the sins of the whole world. It is the Holy Mass and the Eucharist that keeps the world alive despite the evil that is being unleashed in every sphere and aspect of human existence.
You have commanded that the Memorial of Your Passion, instituted at the Last Supper, be offered until You return. It is this heavenly manna that sustains us, gives us hope, increases our faith, and provides us with grace to overcome our frailty and our propensity to sin.
When we eat Your Body, and drink Your Blood faithfully as You have commanded us we are assured of being preserved from sin so we will not perish but receive a share in Your Life of glory in heaven. This is why we ought not to grieve as those who do not have hope when we lose a loved one.
Beloved, keep us faithful, keep me faithful to the end.
Matthew 12:1-8
My Love, Beloved of my soul,
I believe because we all are aware of the depths of our own iniquity and how easily we give in to temptation, that we are so ready to judge others and self-righteously constantly nitpick their faults. We are ever ready to point fingers at others all the while knowing that we are no better than they and perhaps worse like the Pharisees and Scribes of Your day.
The one thing that we are invited to do today is to allow mercy to dictate our words, thoughts, and actions. In the measure that we show mercy to others will mercy be shown to us. This is a very sobering thought. Help me always to be ready to find excuses for the perceived faults in another but harsh in rooting out the evil I know resides in me.
My sheep hear my voice, says the Lord,
I know them, and they follow me. Jn 10:27
Exodus 11:10 ---- 12:14
Psalm 116:12-13, 15-18
Matthew 12:1-8
Exodus 11:10 ---- 12:14
My Love, Beloved of my soul,
The Passover meal that the people of Israel share in before they were led from slavery into freedom is a foreshadow of the Eucharistic meal that You would institute with You as the Passover Lamb. The blood of the lamb sprinkled on lintel and doorpost protected the children of Israel and the Blood of the Lamb of God sets the children of God free from the slavery of sin that leads to death.
The people of Israel ate the lamb of sacrifice, so do we partake in the Lamb of Sacrifice at every Eucharist when we eat Your Body and drink Your Blood we are united with You, made one with You as well as with the Father and the Spirit,
The Jews celebrate this day every year but we are privileged to celebrate the Passover of the Lamb of God every day at Holy Mass when we gather around the Altar to celebrate the one, holy, and perfect Sacrifice offered by You to the Father in atonement for the sins of the whole world.
Psalm 116:12-13, 15-18
My Love, Beloved of my soul,
This is the Father's will, that we offer to Him in praise and thanksgiving, the only Sacrifice pleasing to Him in atonement for our sins and the sins of the whole world. It is the Holy Mass and the Eucharist that keeps the world alive despite the evil that is being unleashed in every sphere and aspect of human existence.
You have commanded that the Memorial of Your Passion, instituted at the Last Supper, be offered until You return. It is this heavenly manna that sustains us, gives us hope, increases our faith, and provides us with grace to overcome our frailty and our propensity to sin.
When we eat Your Body, and drink Your Blood faithfully as You have commanded us we are assured of being preserved from sin so we will not perish but receive a share in Your Life of glory in heaven. This is why we ought not to grieve as those who do not have hope when we lose a loved one.
Beloved, keep us faithful, keep me faithful to the end.
Matthew 12:1-8
My Love, Beloved of my soul,
I believe because we all are aware of the depths of our own iniquity and how easily we give in to temptation, that we are so ready to judge others and self-righteously constantly nitpick their faults. We are ever ready to point fingers at others all the while knowing that we are no better than they and perhaps worse like the Pharisees and Scribes of Your day.
The one thing that we are invited to do today is to allow mercy to dictate our words, thoughts, and actions. In the measure that we show mercy to others will mercy be shown to us. This is a very sobering thought. Help me always to be ready to find excuses for the perceived faults in another but harsh in rooting out the evil I know resides in me.
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