DAILY HOLY MASS READINGS
By his own choice the Father made us his children by the message of the truth, so that we should be a sort of first-fruits of all that he created. JAS 1:18
JEREMIAH 13:1-11
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
Never has a truer word been spoken as these words from the Book of Ecclesiastes 1:9 'What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.' The prophet Jeremiah, speaking God's word is lamenting the wickedness of His people, the ones He chose from all the nations to be His own. Despite all He has done for them they keep going back to worshiping false gods and practicing evil and once again God threatens to cut them off from Himself and abandon them to wallow in their filth. He reminds them that they were meant to cling to Him, remain in Him, follow Him, love Him, but they refused to listen.
In these days of the pandemic, Beloved, You are inviting us once more, the people who belong to Your flock, who are grafted into Your Body, to turn away from our sinful ways and to return to You. We are created for God and we are destined to share in Your glory, but thus far we have only drifted further and further away from You. May we finally turn away from the siren call of the world and the flesh and listen to the voice of wisdom.
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
All the sins of the past are committed over and over again in every age, in every generation, and in every nation. God is our Creator and our Father, He created us in His image and likeness for a glorious destiny with Him eternally. Why are we so stupid? Why are we so fickle in our love for God? Why do we find it so hard to discipline the flesh and resist the siren call of the world? Why do we make for ourselves false gods and spend our whole lives worshipping them? How is it that we are unable to understand that the flesh offers nothing but decay and it is the spirit that gives life? Is it any wonder that time and time again God threatens to cut us off and abandon us to our own evil inclinations?
He would have done so long ago had He not sent You, His only, beloved Son into the world, thus giving Himself no option but to show mercy for the sake of the extravagance of the price paid to redeem us. There is no price one can pay for love. Thank You, Father, may we never forget the God who fathered us and the Rock who begot us.
MATTHEW 13:31-35
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
Over 2000 years ago You came into the world and sowed in the Church You founded faith the size of a mustard seed, containing within itself the kingdom of heaven. You came into the world as leaven hidden in the Church and by Your power, that tiny little mustard seed of faith and the hidden leaven of Your Holy Spirit have transformed the world.
Slowly but surely, in this period of time since You entered Your glory, Holy Mother Church, in imitation of Mother Mary, has pondered all that You said and did. Keeping everything in her heart and allowing faith to grow exponentially until it has reached the far corners of the earth.
Today, people of every race, nation, culture, and language find a home in the Church just as You said they would. Beloved, watch over Your faithful remnant. Keep vigil over Your flock, and enable them in the power of Your Holy Spirit and the power of Your Name to rekindle a new Pentecost that will set the whole world ablaze with love for You.
By his own choice the Father made us his children by the message of the truth, so that we should be a sort of first-fruits of all that he created. JAS 1:18
JEREMIAH 13:1-11
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
Never has a truer word been spoken as these words from the Book of Ecclesiastes 1:9 'What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.' The prophet Jeremiah, speaking God's word is lamenting the wickedness of His people, the ones He chose from all the nations to be His own. Despite all He has done for them they keep going back to worshiping false gods and practicing evil and once again God threatens to cut them off from Himself and abandon them to wallow in their filth. He reminds them that they were meant to cling to Him, remain in Him, follow Him, love Him, but they refused to listen.
In these days of the pandemic, Beloved, You are inviting us once more, the people who belong to Your flock, who are grafted into Your Body, to turn away from our sinful ways and to return to You. We are created for God and we are destined to share in Your glory, but thus far we have only drifted further and further away from You. May we finally turn away from the siren call of the world and the flesh and listen to the voice of wisdom.
DEUTERONOMY 32:18-21
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
All the sins of the past are committed over and over again in every age, in every generation, and in every nation. God is our Creator and our Father, He created us in His image and likeness for a glorious destiny with Him eternally. Why are we so stupid? Why are we so fickle in our love for God? Why do we find it so hard to discipline the flesh and resist the siren call of the world? Why do we make for ourselves false gods and spend our whole lives worshipping them? How is it that we are unable to understand that the flesh offers nothing but decay and it is the spirit that gives life? Is it any wonder that time and time again God threatens to cut us off and abandon us to our own evil inclinations?
He would have done so long ago had He not sent You, His only, beloved Son into the world, thus giving Himself no option but to show mercy for the sake of the extravagance of the price paid to redeem us. There is no price one can pay for love. Thank You, Father, may we never forget the God who fathered us and the Rock who begot us.
MATTHEW 13:31-35
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
Over 2000 years ago You came into the world and sowed in the Church You founded faith the size of a mustard seed, containing within itself the kingdom of heaven. You came into the world as leaven hidden in the Church and by Your power, that tiny little mustard seed of faith and the hidden leaven of Your Holy Spirit have transformed the world.
Slowly but surely, in this period of time since You entered Your glory, Holy Mother Church, in imitation of Mother Mary, has pondered all that You said and did. Keeping everything in her heart and allowing faith to grow exponentially until it has reached the far corners of the earth.
Today, people of every race, nation, culture, and language find a home in the Church just as You said they would. Beloved, watch over Your faithful remnant. Keep vigil over Your flock, and enable them in the power of Your Holy Spirit and the power of Your Name to rekindle a new Pentecost that will set the whole world ablaze with love for You.
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