DAILY HOLY MASS READINGS
Whoever loves me will keep my word, says the Lord;
and my Father will love him and we will come to him. JN 14:23
JAMES 1:12-18
PSALM 94:12-15, 18-19
MARK 8:14-21
JAMES 1:12-18
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
We live in a hedonistic age, a culture that is clueless as to what it means to discipline our appetites for our own good and the good of others. We are so like Eve who was tempted, lured, and enticed into eating the forbidden fruit which led to her ruin and to the ruin of our race.
Weakened by the taint of original sin we find ourselves caught up in our sinful desires, we readily believe in the tantalizing mantra that if we hurt no one we can live as we please and do as we please.
Thank You, Father, for the gift of Your Son and for redemption through Him. Thank You, for the Holy Spirit who lives in us and directs us in the way of Truth and Life. Thank You, Beloved, for Your victory over death and granting us a share in that victory. Amen.
PSALM 94:12-15, 18-19
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
How easy it would have been for God to start over after the sin of our first parents. How easy it would have been for Him to give in to His righteous anger at the stupidity of the first man and woman created with such love. Thank You, Father, for not destroying us but for finding a remedy for original sin at the cost of the Life of Your only, beloved Son.
Thank You for the infinite mercy that You have for us and for
reaching out to us every time we cry out to You for help.
Thank You for the Law of Love that is written on our hearts by the Holy Spirit. Thank You for sealing us in love and for the hope we have of eternal life and joy with You in the Kingdom of God.
MARK 8:14-21
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
Despite the fact that You performed so many marvelous miracles the disciples were still so hard of understanding. They continued to be caught up in the temporal and were blind to the deeper signs that pointed to Your divinity. Yet are we any different?
We continue to be tainted by the leaven of the Herods and the of the Pharisees of this world. We so easily lose sight of the things that lead to eternal life. The Sacraments are given to us as channels of grace and we ignore them, we trivialize them, we take them for granted leaving ourselves open to attack on every side.
To us, You sadly say, "Do you not yet understand or comprehend? Are your hearts hardened? Do you have eyes and not see, ears and not hear? And do you not remember? Do you still not understand?"
Whoever loves me will keep my word, says the Lord;
and my Father will love him and we will come to him. JN 14:23
JAMES 1:12-18
PSALM 94:12-15, 18-19
MARK 8:14-21
JAMES 1:12-18
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
We live in a hedonistic age, a culture that is clueless as to what it means to discipline our appetites for our own good and the good of others. We are so like Eve who was tempted, lured, and enticed into eating the forbidden fruit which led to her ruin and to the ruin of our race.
Weakened by the taint of original sin we find ourselves caught up in our sinful desires, we readily believe in the tantalizing mantra that if we hurt no one we can live as we please and do as we please.
Thank You, Father, for the gift of Your Son and for redemption through Him. Thank You, for the Holy Spirit who lives in us and directs us in the way of Truth and Life. Thank You, Beloved, for Your victory over death and granting us a share in that victory. Amen.
PSALM 94:12-15, 18-19
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
How easy it would have been for God to start over after the sin of our first parents. How easy it would have been for Him to give in to His righteous anger at the stupidity of the first man and woman created with such love. Thank You, Father, for not destroying us but for finding a remedy for original sin at the cost of the Life of Your only, beloved Son.
Thank You for the infinite mercy that You have for us and for
reaching out to us every time we cry out to You for help.
Thank You for the Law of Love that is written on our hearts by the Holy Spirit. Thank You for sealing us in love and for the hope we have of eternal life and joy with You in the Kingdom of God.
MARK 8:14-21
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
Despite the fact that You performed so many marvelous miracles the disciples were still so hard of understanding. They continued to be caught up in the temporal and were blind to the deeper signs that pointed to Your divinity. Yet are we any different?
We continue to be tainted by the leaven of the Herods and the of the Pharisees of this world. We so easily lose sight of the things that lead to eternal life. The Sacraments are given to us as channels of grace and we ignore them, we trivialize them, we take them for granted leaving ourselves open to attack on every side.
To us, You sadly say, "Do you not yet understand or comprehend? Are your hearts hardened? Do you have eyes and not see, ears and not hear? And do you not remember? Do you still not understand?"
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