DAILY HOLY MASS READINGS
A clean heart create for me, O God;
give me back the joy of your salvation. PS 51:12A, 14A
EZEKIEL 47:1-9, 12
PSALM 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9
JOHN 5:1-6
EZEKIEL 47:1-9, 12
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
You are the Living Temple and from You gushes forth streams of Living Water. The deeper we fall in love with You the more deeply will we be immersed in Your infinite, never-ending love. If we put roots deep in You we will be fed and nourished by You and we will in turn be a witness and a blessing to all.
Grant O divine Lover, that as we wait for this chastisement to pass and it surely will, that we will be more truly and more perfectly conformed to Your image and likeness. May this time of hunger for You in the Holy Eucharist that we have taken for granted, that we have been indifferent to, have neglected, have cast aside, become once again the focal point of our daily lives just as the Father desired it should be. Amen.
PSALM 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
During this time when in Your divine wisdom You have permitted this yoke to be placed upon us may we understand that without You we are nothing. In this time of fear, anxiety, terror even, loneliness, pain and suffering that You O Lord are our refuge and our strength - there is no other. You are God, You are Emmanuel, God with us. You are God in us, within us, above us, below us, around us and this is why we have not be afraid no matter how difficult and challenging the days and months ahead may prove to be.
There is a stream whose runlets gladden the city of God,
the holy dwelling of the Most High.
God is in its midst; it shall not be disturbed;
God will help it at the break of dawn.
All our experience of You has taught us that You never ever abandon those who are washed in Your Blood and sealed in Your Holy Spirit. Because You are with us nothing can stand against us.
JOHN 5:1-6
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
There is so much You tell us in this miracle of the healing of the cripple at the pool. The waters of the pool represent the Living Water of Baptism. The five porticoes represent Your five wounds from which grace and mercy flows. All the sick gathered there represent the world's sinners helpless to help themselves. But You come among us, sent by the Father, and You take the first step inviting us to make known our inmost desires. "Do you want to be well?"
One would imagine the cripple would be overjoyed and his immediate response would be, "Yes, yes." Strangely he offered some convoluted response. You then said, "Rise, take up your mat, and walk." And he did. All it took was a word. The man did not even have to ask. You knew the desires of his heart he would not have been lying there for 38 years if he did not desire healing.
This is the time Beloved, when You are giving each one of us who are lame, blind, crippled, sick spiritually, mentally, and physically to realize that we are sick and we need the divine Physician. You said clearly that You came for us sinners for the righteous do not need You.
Let us not be blind to the forest for the trees - what matters is that You have the power to heal, restore, make whole once more. And when we are healed let us heed Your words,
“Look, you are well; do not sin any more,
so that nothing worse may happen to you.”
A clean heart create for me, O God;
give me back the joy of your salvation. PS 51:12A, 14A
EZEKIEL 47:1-9, 12
PSALM 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9
JOHN 5:1-6
EZEKIEL 47:1-9, 12
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
You are the Living Temple and from You gushes forth streams of Living Water. The deeper we fall in love with You the more deeply will we be immersed in Your infinite, never-ending love. If we put roots deep in You we will be fed and nourished by You and we will in turn be a witness and a blessing to all.
Grant O divine Lover, that as we wait for this chastisement to pass and it surely will, that we will be more truly and more perfectly conformed to Your image and likeness. May this time of hunger for You in the Holy Eucharist that we have taken for granted, that we have been indifferent to, have neglected, have cast aside, become once again the focal point of our daily lives just as the Father desired it should be. Amen.
PSALM 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
During this time when in Your divine wisdom You have permitted this yoke to be placed upon us may we understand that without You we are nothing. In this time of fear, anxiety, terror even, loneliness, pain and suffering that You O Lord are our refuge and our strength - there is no other. You are God, You are Emmanuel, God with us. You are God in us, within us, above us, below us, around us and this is why we have not be afraid no matter how difficult and challenging the days and months ahead may prove to be.
There is a stream whose runlets gladden the city of God,
the holy dwelling of the Most High.
God is in its midst; it shall not be disturbed;
God will help it at the break of dawn.
All our experience of You has taught us that You never ever abandon those who are washed in Your Blood and sealed in Your Holy Spirit. Because You are with us nothing can stand against us.
JOHN 5:1-6
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
There is so much You tell us in this miracle of the healing of the cripple at the pool. The waters of the pool represent the Living Water of Baptism. The five porticoes represent Your five wounds from which grace and mercy flows. All the sick gathered there represent the world's sinners helpless to help themselves. But You come among us, sent by the Father, and You take the first step inviting us to make known our inmost desires. "Do you want to be well?"
One would imagine the cripple would be overjoyed and his immediate response would be, "Yes, yes." Strangely he offered some convoluted response. You then said, "Rise, take up your mat, and walk." And he did. All it took was a word. The man did not even have to ask. You knew the desires of his heart he would not have been lying there for 38 years if he did not desire healing.
This is the time Beloved, when You are giving each one of us who are lame, blind, crippled, sick spiritually, mentally, and physically to realize that we are sick and we need the divine Physician. You said clearly that You came for us sinners for the righteous do not need You.
Let us not be blind to the forest for the trees - what matters is that You have the power to heal, restore, make whole once more. And when we are healed let us heed Your words,
“Look, you are well; do not sin any more,
so that nothing worse may happen to you.”
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