DAILY HOLY MASS READINGS
You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood,
a people set apart to sing the praises of God,
who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 1PT 2:9
2 KINGS 4:8-11,13-16
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
Who can outdo God in goodness, kindness, love, and generosity? Elisha certainly proved it to the woman in Shunem who honored him and provided for him generously, simply because she recognised that he was a man of God.
Too often, we freely criticize, denigrate, judge, malign, dishonor, and condemn our Holy Father, our Bishops, and our priests. Yes, certainly there have been quite a few who have been downright wicked and it was right that they were exposed and brought to shame and justice. But the Word of God does not refer to these when it reminds us to show love, respect, and generosity to people called by Him and set apart for His work.
The Father has appointed You as the righteous judge, we are all too eager to dethrone You from Your judgement seat of mercy and enthrone ourselves, freely pronouncing our biased, narrow-minded, ignorant judgments on them. Let us never forget that the measure we use to judge others will be the same measure used to judge us and You will be particularly severe with those who believe themselves qualified to judge.
PSALM 89:2-3,16-19
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
Our hearts ought to burst with praise for all You have done for us. For Your everlasting love for us and Your tender care over us. Who can praise God enough for giving us so glorious a Savior, Redeemer, Brother, and Friend who remains with us always?
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, may I never forget to raise my whole being to You in grateful thanks for creating me, for all the blessing You shower on me on those I love, for the beauty of creation, and the sheer joy of being alive. Thank You for Your abiding Presence in me through Your Holy Spirit and for the hope I have that when my days here have ended, You will take me to be with You eternally.
ROMANS 6:3-4,8-11
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
I want to thank God our Father for His unfathomable, incomprehensible and everlasting love in executing through You, His plan of salvation.
Everything You said, You did, You taught, You instituted, including Your ignominious, horrific, sacrificial death on the Cross was for us, His sinful creatures. Who can fathom why He did not consider us, His sinful creatures, a great big disappointment, rather both He and You willingly paid a King's ransom to save us.
Thank You for the very first Sacrament of Baptism that plunges us into Your death in order to raise us to new life through Your resurrection. You became like us in all things save sin. You tasted our death inherited from Adam, to destroy it and enable us inherit new life in You. Thank You. May I never stop being grateful for the the Sacraments of Holy Orders that makes it possible for us to receive the Sacraments that channel life-giving grace to our souls.
MATTHEW 10:37-42
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
Never has any founder of any religion demanded their disciples to follow in the radical way that is demanded of those whom You invite to follow You. Why? Because great as the demands are greater are the rewards of those who put You, who are God, and the Son of God, above and before all else.
Your priests do just that. They have given up everything - family, home, relationships in order to strip themselves of anything that might come in the way of their total commitment to Your call to serve Him and His people as priests and shepherds of Your flock.
Without our priests we would not have the Sacraments, without the Sacraments we would lack grace, and without grace we would have no hope of heaven. May we never forget to always treat our priests with love, kindness, gentleness, tenderness, and generosity. They are human like us and can be hurt, sad, tired, disappointed, vulnerable, grief-stricken, they can make mistakes, big ones perhaps. Let us be less quick to judge and always ready to be generous, understanding, and kind.
You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood,
a people set apart to sing the praises of God,
who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 1PT 2:9
2 KINGS 4:8-11,13-16
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
Who can outdo God in goodness, kindness, love, and generosity? Elisha certainly proved it to the woman in Shunem who honored him and provided for him generously, simply because she recognised that he was a man of God.
Too often, we freely criticize, denigrate, judge, malign, dishonor, and condemn our Holy Father, our Bishops, and our priests. Yes, certainly there have been quite a few who have been downright wicked and it was right that they were exposed and brought to shame and justice. But the Word of God does not refer to these when it reminds us to show love, respect, and generosity to people called by Him and set apart for His work.
The Father has appointed You as the righteous judge, we are all too eager to dethrone You from Your judgement seat of mercy and enthrone ourselves, freely pronouncing our biased, narrow-minded, ignorant judgments on them. Let us never forget that the measure we use to judge others will be the same measure used to judge us and You will be particularly severe with those who believe themselves qualified to judge.
PSALM 89:2-3,16-19
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
Our hearts ought to burst with praise for all You have done for us. For Your everlasting love for us and Your tender care over us. Who can praise God enough for giving us so glorious a Savior, Redeemer, Brother, and Friend who remains with us always?
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, may I never forget to raise my whole being to You in grateful thanks for creating me, for all the blessing You shower on me on those I love, for the beauty of creation, and the sheer joy of being alive. Thank You for Your abiding Presence in me through Your Holy Spirit and for the hope I have that when my days here have ended, You will take me to be with You eternally.
ROMANS 6:3-4,8-11
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
I want to thank God our Father for His unfathomable, incomprehensible and everlasting love in executing through You, His plan of salvation.
Everything You said, You did, You taught, You instituted, including Your ignominious, horrific, sacrificial death on the Cross was for us, His sinful creatures. Who can fathom why He did not consider us, His sinful creatures, a great big disappointment, rather both He and You willingly paid a King's ransom to save us.
Thank You for the very first Sacrament of Baptism that plunges us into Your death in order to raise us to new life through Your resurrection. You became like us in all things save sin. You tasted our death inherited from Adam, to destroy it and enable us inherit new life in You. Thank You. May I never stop being grateful for the the Sacraments of Holy Orders that makes it possible for us to receive the Sacraments that channel life-giving grace to our souls.
MATTHEW 10:37-42
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
Never has any founder of any religion demanded their disciples to follow in the radical way that is demanded of those whom You invite to follow You. Why? Because great as the demands are greater are the rewards of those who put You, who are God, and the Son of God, above and before all else.
Your priests do just that. They have given up everything - family, home, relationships in order to strip themselves of anything that might come in the way of their total commitment to Your call to serve Him and His people as priests and shepherds of Your flock.
Without our priests we would not have the Sacraments, without the Sacraments we would lack grace, and without grace we would have no hope of heaven. May we never forget to always treat our priests with love, kindness, gentleness, tenderness, and generosity. They are human like us and can be hurt, sad, tired, disappointed, vulnerable, grief-stricken, they can make mistakes, big ones perhaps. Let us be less quick to judge and always ready to be generous, understanding, and kind.
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