How happy are the poor in spirit:
theirs is the kingdom of heaven. MT 5:3
theirs is the kingdom of heaven. MT 5:3
ROMANS 4:20-25 ©
My Soul's Beloved,
God's promises are trustworthy all that I have said I will do. Have faith and draw strength from your faith. All your experiences of Me thus far - have they not taught you that I never disappoint. Look at the blessings that I have heaped on you and on every member of your family - so why are you discouraged, why do you go about with a long face, sighing and anxious all the time. You dishonor Me - You dishonor God the Father and the Holy Spirit when you act like you are an orphan. God is with you.
Look at Abraham - he had just one son, Isaac, the one promised to him by God. Isaac was born when his mother was 90 years of age and Abraham was one hundred years old what is impossible for men is possible for God. Abraham's faith was steadfast Sara wavered but not he. You share in that faith by virtue of your baptism. You believe that I AM the Son of the Living God who came down from heaven and that I who was put to death and I rose again and I did this for you. Justified through Me before My Father I have claimed you for Myself now and forever.
PSALM LUKE 1:69-75 ©
He has raised up for us a mighty saviour
in the house of David his servant,
as he promised by the lips of holy men,
those who were his prophets from of old.
as he promised by the lips of holy men,
those who were his prophets from of old.
A saviour who would free us from our foes,
from the hands of all who hate us.
So his love for our fathers is fulfilled
and his holy covenant remembered.
So his love for our fathers is fulfilled
and his holy covenant remembered.
He swore to Abraham our father
to grant us that free from fear,
and saved from the hands of our foes,
we might serve him in holiness and justice
all the days of our life in his presence.
and saved from the hands of our foes,
we might serve him in holiness and justice
all the days of our life in his presence.
Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel! He has visited his people.
LUKE 12:13-21 ©
My Soul's Beloved,
My Soul's Beloved,
Today You remind us that greed kills the soul. To the man who asked You to persuade his brother to give him a share of their inheritance, You said, ‘Watch, and be on your guard against avarice of any kind, for a man’s life is not made secure by what he owns, even when he has more than he needs.’ When we are obsessed with the acquisition of the things of this world the emptier our lives become. Only You, O Lord, can fill the emptiness of our hearts and satisfy the deepest longings of our souls.
We see how our world is spiraling out of control in every part of the globe because we have either forgotten You, are ignorant of You, or worship false gods.
This parable of the rich man who put his confidence in his rich harvest and planned to build bigger barns and then believing he could live a happy life eating, drinking, and living it up, did not consider the possibility that he could die before he could enjoy the wealth he had amassed. The one thing that is certain Beloved is death - it will come to us all sooner or later and then we will judged on love and love alone. Grant us this grace, Beloved, today and every day to store up for ourselves treasures in heaven that thieves cannot steal or moths destroy.
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