DAILY HOLY MASS READINGS
One does not live on bread alone,
but on every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.
MT 4:48
WISDOM 2:1A, 12-22
PSALM 34:17-21 & 23
JOHN 7:1-2, 10, 25-30
WISDOM 2:1A, 12-22
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
In every age, the wicked have sought to kill the innocent because they are a torment to the conscience of those who choose to do evil and live evil lives. The Word of God is alive. The Word of God in today’s Liturgy from the Book of Wisdom prophesies clearly what wicked people will do the Son of God. The world hated You from the beginning and they continue to hate those who follow You especially us who belong to the Church You established because she refuses to conform to it. God’s Laws are to be obeyed because they are good and holy and we thrive when we live according to His law.
Everything that the writer in the Book of Wisdom was inspired to write foretells what You will suffer at the hands of the Pharisees, the Scribes, and the Chief Priests. You were not afraid to call out sin no matter where You found it. You were unafraid to call out those in authority for being hypocrites and they hated You with a murderous hatred and they found no rest until they vicious hate brought about Your horrific death on the Cross. They did not know that by putting You to death they would inadvertently give the world and all who believe its greatest gift, eternal life through You passion, death, and glorious resurrection.
PSALM 34:17-21 & 23
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
In the responsorial psalm, we see clearly why God made You a Victim for sinners. We would have been without consolation, without hope, if we had to live without hope of redemption or justice for the innocent. We would have been pitiable creatures, especially the poor, the outcast, the broken, the forsaken, the suffering if this life was all we had. It would be a terrible injustice if the rich, the powerful, the influential, who were evil and lived off the poor, lording over them until their death without any consequences; then it would have been better off had they never lived.
The psalmist assures us that this is not so. God is alive and God is close to the weary and the broken-hearted. He hears every sigh even though the world does not hear it. Those who are crushed by the hand of the wicked have God on their side. We are redeemed by the Blood of the Lamb and all who wish to be saved can take refuge in You.
JOHN 7:1-2, 10, 25-30
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
Isn’t it strange my Lord, that our Christian brothers delight in saying, “Aha here is a verse that denies Mary’s perpetual virginity,” because there are many references to Your brothers in this chapter? Wonder why it bothers them so much to give Your Mother from whom You took Flesh the honor and the reverence that is due to her. They are so viscerally antagonistic that they refuse to even ponder rationally why the Church reveres her so much and raises her up for our veneration. Their loss.
In verses 25-30 we see that despite the fact that the authorities were plotting to kill You and the time of Your deliverance into their hands was fast approaching, You still went to the temple because there was more that You needed to reveal before Your hour would come. The words You had to say would be recorded in the Gospel so we could know that You came from God and believing we would be saved.
One does not live on bread alone,
but on every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.
MT 4:48
WISDOM 2:1A, 12-22
PSALM 34:17-21 & 23
JOHN 7:1-2, 10, 25-30
WISDOM 2:1A, 12-22
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
In every age, the wicked have sought to kill the innocent because they are a torment to the conscience of those who choose to do evil and live evil lives. The Word of God is alive. The Word of God in today’s Liturgy from the Book of Wisdom prophesies clearly what wicked people will do the Son of God. The world hated You from the beginning and they continue to hate those who follow You especially us who belong to the Church You established because she refuses to conform to it. God’s Laws are to be obeyed because they are good and holy and we thrive when we live according to His law.
Everything that the writer in the Book of Wisdom was inspired to write foretells what You will suffer at the hands of the Pharisees, the Scribes, and the Chief Priests. You were not afraid to call out sin no matter where You found it. You were unafraid to call out those in authority for being hypocrites and they hated You with a murderous hatred and they found no rest until they vicious hate brought about Your horrific death on the Cross. They did not know that by putting You to death they would inadvertently give the world and all who believe its greatest gift, eternal life through You passion, death, and glorious resurrection.
PSALM 34:17-21 & 23
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
In the responsorial psalm, we see clearly why God made You a Victim for sinners. We would have been without consolation, without hope, if we had to live without hope of redemption or justice for the innocent. We would have been pitiable creatures, especially the poor, the outcast, the broken, the forsaken, the suffering if this life was all we had. It would be a terrible injustice if the rich, the powerful, the influential, who were evil and lived off the poor, lording over them until their death without any consequences; then it would have been better off had they never lived.
The psalmist assures us that this is not so. God is alive and God is close to the weary and the broken-hearted. He hears every sigh even though the world does not hear it. Those who are crushed by the hand of the wicked have God on their side. We are redeemed by the Blood of the Lamb and all who wish to be saved can take refuge in You.
JOHN 7:1-2, 10, 25-30
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
Isn’t it strange my Lord, that our Christian brothers delight in saying, “Aha here is a verse that denies Mary’s perpetual virginity,” because there are many references to Your brothers in this chapter? Wonder why it bothers them so much to give Your Mother from whom You took Flesh the honor and the reverence that is due to her. They are so viscerally antagonistic that they refuse to even ponder rationally why the Church reveres her so much and raises her up for our veneration. Their loss.
In verses 25-30 we see that despite the fact that the authorities were plotting to kill You and the time of Your deliverance into their hands was fast approaching, You still went to the temple because there was more that You needed to reveal before Your hour would come. The words You had to say would be recorded in the Gospel so we could know that You came from God and believing we would be saved.
No comments:
Post a Comment