TUESDAY OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME - 2021

DAILY HOLY MASS READINGS

The word of God is something alive and active:
it can judge secret emotions and thoughts. HEB 4:12

ROMANS 1:16-25 ©

My Soul's Beloved,

God who does not need anything but is perfect and complete in the Trinity of Persons has deigned to create the world, to create humans, and He put them in charge of this beautiful world as caretakers of His creation. He created all with just a Word, He sighed His Eternal World with the Breath of His Spirit and all that is came to be. Then He created us in His image and likeness. He created us for Himself and we come to Him through You, Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  

God's imprint is everywhere, in all that lives, breathes, in all that exists. All that is beautiful, true, and good speaks to us of God, His Presence is everywhere and all who have eyes and ears can see and hear Him. Can feel and touch Him. 

Arrogant fools and recalcitrant sinners who love their sins, deliberately close themselves to Truth which is evident everywhere if only one desires to see. God chose a people to make Himself known and then revealed Himself to the rest of the world in the Incarnation, for God desires that the whole world be saved and come to the knowledge of Truth. Truth alone sets us free. But we must have the courage to embrace the Truth when we find You or You find us.

St. Paul tells us that no one can claim they do not know God they do so only because they are willfully arrogant and woefully ignorant preferring their own wisdom and understanding to the Truth that is palpable all around us.

St. Paul speaks prophetically about the pseudo-intellectuals and pseudo-scientists in our present age: The more they called themselves philosophers, the more stupid they grew.

That is why God left them to their filthy enjoyments and the practices with which they dishonor their own bodies, since they have given up divine truth for a lie and have worshipped and served creatures instead of the creator, who is blessed forever. Amen!

May the God of all love and compassion have pity and mercy on us and withhold the terrible chastisement that we surely deserve.

PSALM 19:2-5 ©

My Soul's Beloved,

In the beauty of creation that surrounds us, we behold the work of the hands of God and the Spirit of God. If one has an open mind, an open heart, and a childlike spirit one is easily moved to experience awe and wonder which then moves us to recognize the hand of the Creator. 

Silence speaks powerfully and wordlessly about God who created so much beauty and magnificence in creation only because He loves us and delights in us. He shows Himself to us in the work of His hands for there is something of the Creator in all that He created.

We are the crown of God's creation for He made us in His image and likeness and became, for a while, like us. May every breath we breathe glorify You, O Lord, God, may we delight in You as You delight in us who are the work of Your hands.

LUKE 11:37-41 ©

My Soul's Beloved,

Like the Pharisee who invited You to dine at His house, we obsess, are surprised, and bothered about inconsequential things. We are more concerned with rigorously observing outward rituals, customs, and traditions, and are more concerned and upset when these are not kept, or not carried out in the proper manner. We are prepared to make people feel uncomfortable and we delight in their discomfort by pointing out their negligence in observing cultural rituals while neglecting to exercise the necessary virtues of kindness, compassion, understanding, and gentleness that are more pleasing to God.

Nothing is hidden from You, O Lord, You know every unworthy thought we have, grant us the grace we need to treat each other as brothers and sisters, children of God, and members of Your Body. Give us open hands and generous hearts so we may share what You have given us with those in need.