DAILY HOLY MASS READINGS
Everyone who believes in the Son has eternal life,
and I shall raise him up on the last day, says the Lord. JN 6:40
ACTS 8:1B-8
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
In today's reading from the book of Acts, we hear that Philip proclaimed You to the people of Samaria. The power of the message he preached and the many wonderful signs of healing, caused the people to pay attention and to believe in the Good News.
The disciples scattered to the nearby regions because of the severe persecution of the Church in Jerusalem. Often we moan and groan about our difficult circumstances instead of using them as opportunities to begin anew.
The Church always grows stronger in times of persecution and hardship. We are living in one of those times when a virus, invisible to the naked eye, has turned our world and our way of life upside down. Never has there been a greater fervor, a greater hunger for the sacraments, a greater unity among the people of God. There is great joy among us even in the time of our tribulation; this is the work of the Holy Spirit.
PSALM 66:1-3A, 4-5, 6-7A
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
Who would have thought that in unprecedented times like the present, the best in many people of every faith, race, culture, and language would come to the fore? People are looking beyond their own narrow circle and widening their vision in a spirit of a true recognition of our shared humanity. Everyone is praying for a miracle but isn't this the real miracle? In these uncertain times, we rejoice at the nobility of the human spirit.
You have changed the stony hearts of many everywhere into hearts that are compassionate and empathetic of the less fortunate. May we not lose these wonderful graces that You have so bountifully given us. May these seeds that are sown in tribulation take root deep within us and may good fruit grow abundantly from this painful time.
JOHN 6:35-40
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
Truly, we have to prostrate ourselves before the Father in gratitude for all that we have received because everything we have received from You is willed by Him.
If we have the Eucharist, it is because the Father wanted us to be fed on bread made of the finest wheat and slake our thirst on wine made from crushing the sweetest grapes welling up to new life in us. Your Flesh is food indeed and Your Blood is drink indeed.
You came down from heaven to do the will of the Father - and what is His will? It is this, that You should not lose anything of what He gave You, but that You should raise it on the last day.
Beloved, were it not for the Father, we would have not known You, we would have not known the Father's love whose fullness is in You. Lord Jesus, You are the Treasure of the Father and He desires to share His Treasure with us. We are grateful and gladly accept You into our hearts, our homes, our lives and permit You to transform us into Your image and likeness; this will be our gift to the Father.
Everyone who believes in the Son has eternal life,
and I shall raise him up on the last day, says the Lord. JN 6:40
ACTS 8:1B-8
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
In today's reading from the book of Acts, we hear that Philip proclaimed You to the people of Samaria. The power of the message he preached and the many wonderful signs of healing, caused the people to pay attention and to believe in the Good News.
The disciples scattered to the nearby regions because of the severe persecution of the Church in Jerusalem. Often we moan and groan about our difficult circumstances instead of using them as opportunities to begin anew.
The Church always grows stronger in times of persecution and hardship. We are living in one of those times when a virus, invisible to the naked eye, has turned our world and our way of life upside down. Never has there been a greater fervor, a greater hunger for the sacraments, a greater unity among the people of God. There is great joy among us even in the time of our tribulation; this is the work of the Holy Spirit.
PSALM 66:1-3A, 4-5, 6-7A
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
Who would have thought that in unprecedented times like the present, the best in many people of every faith, race, culture, and language would come to the fore? People are looking beyond their own narrow circle and widening their vision in a spirit of a true recognition of our shared humanity. Everyone is praying for a miracle but isn't this the real miracle? In these uncertain times, we rejoice at the nobility of the human spirit.
You have changed the stony hearts of many everywhere into hearts that are compassionate and empathetic of the less fortunate. May we not lose these wonderful graces that You have so bountifully given us. May these seeds that are sown in tribulation take root deep within us and may good fruit grow abundantly from this painful time.
JOHN 6:35-40
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
Truly, we have to prostrate ourselves before the Father in gratitude for all that we have received because everything we have received from You is willed by Him.
If we have the Eucharist, it is because the Father wanted us to be fed on bread made of the finest wheat and slake our thirst on wine made from crushing the sweetest grapes welling up to new life in us. Your Flesh is food indeed and Your Blood is drink indeed.
You came down from heaven to do the will of the Father - and what is His will? It is this, that You should not lose anything of what He gave You, but that You should raise it on the last day.
Beloved, were it not for the Father, we would have not known You, we would have not known the Father's love whose fullness is in You. Lord Jesus, You are the Treasure of the Father and He desires to share His Treasure with us. We are grateful and gladly accept You into our hearts, our homes, our lives and permit You to transform us into Your image and likeness; this will be our gift to the Father.
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