DAILY HOLY MASS READINGS
The seed is the word of God, Christ is the sower;
all who come to him will live forever.
NEHEMIAH 21:4-9
PSALM 102:2-3, 16-18, 19-21
JOHN 8:21-30
NEHEMIAH 21:4-9
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
We are no better than the children of Israel whom God brought out of slavery with so many signs and wonders. We are bitter by our broken lives and we seek to put them together by ourselves. We have forgotten the price paid for our salvation. We have allowed sin to kill our soul and we wander around in barren deserts, wastelands where there is no comfort, no shade, no water to slake our thirst or bread to satisfy our hunger.
We have deliberately and willfully turned away from the life You offered, for we believed that it was impossible to discipline our flesh and our senses and now we are dying. We have sinned O Lord, against You alone have we sinned. What is evil in Your sight we have done. We repent as the people of Israel repented of their evil murmuring against God. There is no life apart from You. There is no nourishment apart from the Eucharist. Only the Living Water that pours out of You can satisfy our thirst. We lift up our eyes to the Cross and we beg You to forgive us, heal us, and fill us once again with the joy of our salvation that we received from You.
Psalm102:2-3, 16-18, 19-21
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
Hear the cry of Your people who are afflicted and have no one but You to help us. We have turned away from You but now we return with contrite hearts and repentant spirits. We have sinned and we have done what is abhorrent to You. We have grieved the Holy Spirit deeply and have offended the Father. We have spurned and rejected Your invitation to follow You and now that the gates of hell are open we are afraid.
Spare us O Lord. Pour Your healing grace pour upon us wash away our iniquity and cleanse us of our sins. May we never again forget the price that was paid for our salvation but make it known to everyone so all can praise, worship, and glorify You for laying down Your life that we may live. Look down upon Your poor unfortunate creatures and let us live once and we will be Your light in the world.
JOHN 8:21-30
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
The season of Lent is drawing to a close. When it began little did we know how dramatically our lives would change before Easter was upon us. We now know how fragile life is and how easily all that we once took for granted can be taken from us. This is a time for reflection, for purification, for giving up the things we have clung to and refused to give up for so long. Our selfishness, our pettiness, our bitterness, our lack of forgiveness, our inability to be generous and magnanimous in the face of narrow-minded bigotry. We ourselves have been guilty of bringing dishonor to You. We lost sight of You in the busyness of our daily affairs. We became so engrossed in the things of the world that we forgot the things that are eternal. You invited us to come and live where You live but we preferred the life that is below, a life of carnality, and earthly gain. Selfish and greedy we turned a blind eye to those in need. There is much that can be said to our condemnation but You did not come to condemn us but to save us.
We deserve to be abandoned. We deserve our present chastisement. Let it not be in vain but let this be the time of reawakening to the Truth that saves. The Father has lifted You up - may we raise our eyes and receive the saving grace that overflows from Your wounds. May we, like You, always do what is pleasing to the Father.
all who come to him will live forever.
NEHEMIAH 21:4-9
PSALM 102:2-3, 16-18, 19-21
JOHN 8:21-30
NEHEMIAH 21:4-9
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
We are no better than the children of Israel whom God brought out of slavery with so many signs and wonders. We are bitter by our broken lives and we seek to put them together by ourselves. We have forgotten the price paid for our salvation. We have allowed sin to kill our soul and we wander around in barren deserts, wastelands where there is no comfort, no shade, no water to slake our thirst or bread to satisfy our hunger.
We have deliberately and willfully turned away from the life You offered, for we believed that it was impossible to discipline our flesh and our senses and now we are dying. We have sinned O Lord, against You alone have we sinned. What is evil in Your sight we have done. We repent as the people of Israel repented of their evil murmuring against God. There is no life apart from You. There is no nourishment apart from the Eucharist. Only the Living Water that pours out of You can satisfy our thirst. We lift up our eyes to the Cross and we beg You to forgive us, heal us, and fill us once again with the joy of our salvation that we received from You.
Psalm102:2-3, 16-18, 19-21
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
Hear the cry of Your people who are afflicted and have no one but You to help us. We have turned away from You but now we return with contrite hearts and repentant spirits. We have sinned and we have done what is abhorrent to You. We have grieved the Holy Spirit deeply and have offended the Father. We have spurned and rejected Your invitation to follow You and now that the gates of hell are open we are afraid.
Spare us O Lord. Pour Your healing grace pour upon us wash away our iniquity and cleanse us of our sins. May we never again forget the price that was paid for our salvation but make it known to everyone so all can praise, worship, and glorify You for laying down Your life that we may live. Look down upon Your poor unfortunate creatures and let us live once and we will be Your light in the world.
JOHN 8:21-30
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
The season of Lent is drawing to a close. When it began little did we know how dramatically our lives would change before Easter was upon us. We now know how fragile life is and how easily all that we once took for granted can be taken from us. This is a time for reflection, for purification, for giving up the things we have clung to and refused to give up for so long. Our selfishness, our pettiness, our bitterness, our lack of forgiveness, our inability to be generous and magnanimous in the face of narrow-minded bigotry. We ourselves have been guilty of bringing dishonor to You. We lost sight of You in the busyness of our daily affairs. We became so engrossed in the things of the world that we forgot the things that are eternal. You invited us to come and live where You live but we preferred the life that is below, a life of carnality, and earthly gain. Selfish and greedy we turned a blind eye to those in need. There is much that can be said to our condemnation but You did not come to condemn us but to save us.
We deserve to be abandoned. We deserve our present chastisement. Let it not be in vain but let this be the time of reawakening to the Truth that saves. The Father has lifted You up - may we raise our eyes and receive the saving grace that overflows from Your wounds. May we, like You, always do what is pleasing to the Father.
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