Blessed are you, Father,
Lord of heaven and earth,
for revealing the mysteries of the kingdom
to mere children. MT 11:25
EPHESIANS 5:25-33
My Soul's Beloved,
If there is no order, no chain of command, and no hierarchy chaos will surely ensue. The smooth functioning of any organization or system requires that everyone knows who they are, is aware of their strengths and weaknesses, and the gifts they possess, and uses them to benefit all. In a family, the father is the head of the household, and the mother holds the family together with her own special gifts to nurture and care for all who depend on her. The children obey and help each contributing according to their ability.
Both husband and wife are equal in value but are not the same. God created them male and female and united they make a whole. Each brings their uniqueness and gifts making their union life-giving and fruitful. All that comes from God and is created by God abounds with life, possesses the possibility of life, is fecund, and bears fruit according to their nature and purpose. Anything barren and sterile is good for nothing, will eventually wither and die, and be tossed aside.
God desires that husband and wife love as He loves; He desires husband and wife to be fruitful. He makes them co-creators with Him in bringing forth new life. There must be harmony between husband and wife, each contributes gifts that are unique to each. They must be united in heart, mind, and will so they will raise their children after the mind and heart of God.
Unless the husband loves his wife as You, O Lord, love Your Church and gave Yourself up for her we cannot hasten the establishment of Your Kingdom on earth and hasten Your coming. There is no 'I' in love there is only 'you'. There is a continual outpouring of self in love for the other. The needs of the wife take precedence over the needs of the husband and vice versa.
Marriage is a holy and divine institution and unless we see it as such - a Sacrament that has You at its heart and center the world will continue to descend into chaos and annihilation as society disintegrates into madness and mayhem. This is the work of Satan,
Husbands should love their wives just as Christ loved the Church and sacrificed himself for her to make her holy. He made her clean by washing her in water with a form of words, so that when he took her to himself she would be glorious, with no speck or wrinkle or anything like that, but holy and faultless. In the same way, husbands must love their wives as they love their own bodies; for a man to love his wife is for him to love himself. A man never hates his own body, but he feeds it and looks after it; and that is the way Christ treats the Church, because it is his body – and we are its living parts. For this reason, a man must leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one body. This mystery has many implications; but I am saying it applies to Christ and the Church. To sum up; you too, each one of you, must love his wife as he loves himself; and let every wife respect her husband.
PSALM 127(128):1-5
O blessed are those who fear the Lord.
O blessed are those who fear the Lord
and walk in his ways!
By the labour of your hands you shall eat.
You will be happy and prosper.
and walk in his ways!
By the labour of your hands you shall eat.
You will be happy and prosper.
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine
in the heart of your house;
your children like shoots of the olive,
around your table.
your children like shoots of the olive,
around your table.
Indeed thus shall be blessed
the man who fears the Lord.
May the Lord bless you from Zion
all the days of your life!
May the Lord bless you from Zion
all the days of your life!
O blessed are those who fear the Lord.
LUKE 13:18-21
My Soul's Beloved,
My Soul's Beloved,
Unless we allow the Kingdom of God to flourish in our lives, in our families, in the Church, and in the world we will continue to hurl ourselves down the precipice of anarchy and annihilation.
You O Lord are the yeast, the mustard seed that we must allow to be planted in us, to be mixed in us until Your fragrance O Lord, fills our lives, our Church, our institutions, our societies, our families, and the whole world.
Send forth Your Spirit O Lord and renew the face of the earth. Without Your Holy Spirit O Lord, we are doomed to die. Listen to the prayers, the supplications, the moans and groans of Your faithful remnant O Lord, and bring about a new dawn filled with Your love, life, and Presence.
The kingdom of God is like the yeast that leavened three measures of flour
Jesus said, ‘What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it with? It is like a mustard seed which a man took and threw into his garden: it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air sheltered in its branches.’
Another thing he said, ‘What shall I compare the kingdom of God with? It is like the yeast a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour till it was leavened all through.’
Jesus said, ‘What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it with? It is like a mustard seed which a man took and threw into his garden: it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air sheltered in its branches.’
Another thing he said, ‘What shall I compare the kingdom of God with? It is like the yeast a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour till it was leavened all through.’
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