Saturday, July 27, 2019

Saturday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time - Reflection

DAILY HOLY MASS READING


Humbly welcome the word that has been planted in you
and is able to save your souls. Jas 1:21BC


Exodus 24:3-8, Psalm 50:1-2, 5-6, 14-15,
Matthew 13:24-30


Exodus 24:3-8

My Love, Beloved of my soul,

The Church did not invent her liturgies but has continued them from the time of Moses, she knows that the Old Covenant precedes the New Covenant sealed in Your Blood. Abraham, Moses, and all the Patriarchs and Prophets offered sacrifices of animals to God. However, when You, the Lamb of God was sent into the world, You offered to the Father the once-for-all Sacrifice that has redeemed us and taken away the sins of the world. Truly Beloved, happy are we who share in the Supper of the Lamb.


Psalm 50:1-2, 5-6, 14-15

My Love, Beloved of my soul,

Never a truer word was spoken by the psalmist when he wrote these words, "God the LORD has spoken and summoned the earth, from the rising of the sun to its setting." Through the day as the sun rises in the sky and until it sets only to rise again around the world, the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is offered to God, in every corner of the globe. This is what keeps us alive. This is the reason why our evil, our terrible sins have not brought upon us the wrath of God and the punishment we deserve.  

"Gather my faithful ones before me, those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice." We offer to God a sacrifice of praise, thanksgiving, adoration, and worship in the Holy Mass every day. God's faithful call upon the Name above all names and He, in turn, fulfills the vows He made to us in You. We ask for forgiveness not only for our sins but the sins of the world, and God in His infinite, goodness, and mercy receives the only Sacrifice that is pleasing to Him and hears and answers us for He is full of mercy and compassion.


Matthew 13:24-30

My Love, Beloved of my soul,

The Kingdom of heaven is already among us. There has always been a faithful remnant. Beginning with the Apostles, and all those who followed, there have always been faith-filled men and women who were prepared to suffer every manner of persecution and privation in order to live the Gospel boldly and fearlessly.  

The Church has numerous martyrs and the blood of martyrs will continue to be spilled until You come again in glory. There will always be holy men and women who are prepared to give up the world and follow You closely, preaching and teaching the Good News and drawing many to believe. Yes, the Devil is at work and Satan and his minions work tirelessly to sow weed among the wheat; but You O Lord are patient slow to anger and abounding in love. We are all given time, even the least deserving of us, to repent and believe in the Gospel before the wheat is collected in Your barn and the weeds bundled for burning.

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