DAILY HOLY MASS READINGS
Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth; you have revealed to little ones the mysteries of the Kingdom. MT:11:25
JEREMIAH 2:1-3, 7-8, 12-13
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
How is it that we have wandered so far away from revealed Truth when God Himself has stooped low over His creation from the moment He uttered the Word by which all that is came to be? The reach of the effects of Original Sin continues from one generation to the next. God created us and gave us life with His Breath, even when we disobey and reject Him He continues to pursue us. The further we drift to our destruction, to chaos, and death, the more determined He is to save us for He who is Love cannot help Himself. He sent You into the world, His Word became Flesh and dwelt among us and we did what we do best, we crucified You, we put You to death but God used this greatest of all our sins as the means to redeem the world.
Thank You, for Your immense patience with us and for not giving up on us but for continuing to woo us back. May we hear Your voice, repent, and be saved.
PSALM 36:6-11
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
May the song of the psalmist be mine. To love You is to live in Love. Your love for us draws us up to the highest heavens. To those who choose to live in Love You give Light in the darkness, Bread in the time of famine, Water in the time of drought, and joy in the midst of sadness.
Nothing created can give us life for all that lives receives life from You who alone are the source of Life. Keep us safe in Your love, Beloved, for as long as we live so when we draw our last breath on this earth we will draw our next breath in Your Presence in eternity.
MATTHEW 13:10-17
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
You planted a mustard seed of faith containing within it all we will ever need to grow and to bear fruit that will last. The Seed of Your Word was buried in the Church You founded and over 2000 years later, as Holy Mother Church treasured this Seed within her, and pondered on it like Mary, it has grown immensely and birds of all kinds nest in her.
Truth in its fullness is found in her teachings for they are Your teachings preserved faithfully in her Living Tradition. To Peter's successor is given Your authority and infallibility in all matters pertaining to faith and morals. Our shepherds may fail because they are flesh and blood and prone to sin like the rest of humanity, but we have Your Word that the gates of hell shall not prevail against her for it is You, her Bridegroom that guards her.
Blessed are those who listen to her voice and are guided by her wisdom for they are given understanding of the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven.
All those who reject the Church will eventually find that they have grown coarse over time. Their faith grows lax and their morals flaccid for they bend to every popular whim in every age. The prophecy of Isaiah continues to apply to all those who reject Your Church as well as those who worship false gods. You will listen and listen again, but not understand, see and see again, but not perceive. For the heart of this nation has grown coarse, their ears are dull of hearing, and they have shut their eyes, for fear they should see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and be converted and be healed by me.
Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth; you have revealed to little ones the mysteries of the Kingdom. MT:11:25
JEREMIAH 2:1-3, 7-8, 12-13
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
How is it that we have wandered so far away from revealed Truth when God Himself has stooped low over His creation from the moment He uttered the Word by which all that is came to be? The reach of the effects of Original Sin continues from one generation to the next. God created us and gave us life with His Breath, even when we disobey and reject Him He continues to pursue us. The further we drift to our destruction, to chaos, and death, the more determined He is to save us for He who is Love cannot help Himself. He sent You into the world, His Word became Flesh and dwelt among us and we did what we do best, we crucified You, we put You to death but God used this greatest of all our sins as the means to redeem the world.
Thank You, for Your immense patience with us and for not giving up on us but for continuing to woo us back. May we hear Your voice, repent, and be saved.
PSALM 36:6-11
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
May the song of the psalmist be mine. To love You is to live in Love. Your love for us draws us up to the highest heavens. To those who choose to live in Love You give Light in the darkness, Bread in the time of famine, Water in the time of drought, and joy in the midst of sadness.
Nothing created can give us life for all that lives receives life from You who alone are the source of Life. Keep us safe in Your love, Beloved, for as long as we live so when we draw our last breath on this earth we will draw our next breath in Your Presence in eternity.
MATTHEW 13:10-17
My Beloved, Soul of my soul,
You planted a mustard seed of faith containing within it all we will ever need to grow and to bear fruit that will last. The Seed of Your Word was buried in the Church You founded and over 2000 years later, as Holy Mother Church treasured this Seed within her, and pondered on it like Mary, it has grown immensely and birds of all kinds nest in her.
Truth in its fullness is found in her teachings for they are Your teachings preserved faithfully in her Living Tradition. To Peter's successor is given Your authority and infallibility in all matters pertaining to faith and morals. Our shepherds may fail because they are flesh and blood and prone to sin like the rest of humanity, but we have Your Word that the gates of hell shall not prevail against her for it is You, her Bridegroom that guards her.
Blessed are those who listen to her voice and are guided by her wisdom for they are given understanding of the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven.
All those who reject the Church will eventually find that they have grown coarse over time. Their faith grows lax and their morals flaccid for they bend to every popular whim in every age. The prophecy of Isaiah continues to apply to all those who reject Your Church as well as those who worship false gods. You will listen and listen again, but not understand, see and see again, but not perceive. For the heart of this nation has grown coarse, their ears are dull of hearing, and they have shut their eyes, for fear they should see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and be converted and be healed by me.
Thank You, Beloved, for the undeserved privilege of being born Catholic, for the free gift of the Catholic faith, and above all for not abandoning me even though I abandoned You often. Thank You for the Church for it is through her that we rejoice. ‘But happy are your eyes because they see, your ears because they hear! I tell you solemnly, many prophets and holy men longed to see what you see, and never saw it; to hear what you hear, and never heard it.’
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