Accept God’s message for what it really is:
God’s message, and not some human thinking. 1TH 2:13
ECCLESIASTICUS 5:1-10
My Soul's Beloved,
My Soul's Beloved,
Ignorance, willful ignorance, and concupiscence hold the world in sway. So long as the world is a willing captive it is doomed to suffer in a manner never seen or experienced before in human history. Demonic influences are unleashed on this woefully and willingly obtuse, witless, world that is hell-bent on ignoring the Truth the incarnate Truth that came into the world lived, suffered, died, was buried and rose again in glory.
The world is given over to the rapacious demands of the flesh and a flaccid will that has succumbed to the insidious wiles of the Enemy and the fruit of licentiousness will unleash the kind of evil that will leave the human race stupefied and unprepared to deal with evil on such a humongous magnitude.
Only You, O Lord, and the power of Your Precious Blood can save us. Only the great Sacrifice that the Father asked of You will move His heart to compassion for His imbecile creatures. Increase O Lord the number of Your faithful remnant whose voices cry out unceasingly for mercy, pity, and compassion, for those who are doomed to die an eternal death and for the sake of Your sorrowful passion forgiveness of sins will be granted to us all before it is too late.
Do not be led by your appetites and energy
to follow the passions of your heart.
And do not say, ‘Who has authority over me?’
for the Lord will certainly be avenged on you.
Do not say, ‘I sinned, and what happened to me?’
for the Lord’s forbearance is long.
Do not be so sure of forgiveness
that you add sin to sin.
And do not say, ‘His compassion is great,
he will forgive me my many sins’;
for with him are both mercy and wrath,
and his rage bears heavy on sinners.
Do not delay your return to the Lord,
do not put it off day after day;
for suddenly the Lord’s wrath will blaze out,
and at the time of vengeance you will be utterly destroyed.
Do not set your heart on ill-gotten gains,
they will be of no use to you on the day of disaster.
PSALM 1:1-4,6
Happy the man who has placed his trust in the Lord.
Jesus said to his disciples:
‘But anyone who is an obstacle to bring down one of these little ones who have faith, would be better thrown into the sea with a great millstone round his neck. And if your hand should cause you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life crippled, than to have two hands and go to hell, into the fire that cannot be put out. And if your foot should cause you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life lame, than to have two feet and be thrown into hell. And if your eye should cause you to sin, tear it out; it is better for you to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell where their worm does not die nor their fire go out. For everyone will be salted with fire. Salt is a good thing, but if salt has become insipid, how can you season it again? Have salt in yourselves and be at peace with one another.’
Do not be led by your appetites and energy
to follow the passions of your heart.
And do not say, ‘Who has authority over me?’
for the Lord will certainly be avenged on you.
Do not say, ‘I sinned, and what happened to me?’
for the Lord’s forbearance is long.
Do not be so sure of forgiveness
that you add sin to sin.
And do not say, ‘His compassion is great,
he will forgive me my many sins’;
for with him are both mercy and wrath,
and his rage bears heavy on sinners.
Do not delay your return to the Lord,
do not put it off day after day;
for suddenly the Lord’s wrath will blaze out,
and at the time of vengeance you will be utterly destroyed.
Do not set your heart on ill-gotten gains,
they will be of no use to you on the day of disaster.
PSALM 1:1-4,6
Happy the man who has placed his trust in the Lord.
Happy indeed is the man
who follows not the counsel of the wicked;
nor lingers in the way of sinners
nor sits in the company of scorners,
but whose delight is the law of the Lord
and who ponders his law day and night.
who follows not the counsel of the wicked;
nor lingers in the way of sinners
nor sits in the company of scorners,
but whose delight is the law of the Lord
and who ponders his law day and night.
He is like a tree that is planted
beside the flowing waters,
that yields its fruit in due season
and whose leaves shall never fade;
and all that he does shall prosper.
beside the flowing waters,
that yields its fruit in due season
and whose leaves shall never fade;
and all that he does shall prosper.
Not so are the wicked, not so!
For they like winnowed chaff
shall be driven away by the wind:
for the Lord guards the way of the just
but the way of the wicked leads to doom.
For they like winnowed chaff
shall be driven away by the wind:
for the Lord guards the way of the just
but the way of the wicked leads to doom.
Happy the man who has placed his trust in the Lord.
MARK 9:41-50
My Soul's Beloved,
My Soul's Beloved,
There is no more persecuted group of people in the world than Christians and the world remains blind, deaf, and mute to the atrocities committed in different parts of the globe against Your followers. It has become so par for the course that we have become desensitized to the horrors that are visited on priests, religious, Christians, desecration of places of worship, and holy images. Most of us are helpless in the face of such great evil and all we can do is pray pitifully for the horrific tragedies to end.
Most of these tragedies are carried out in lawless places. Ferociously embracing all the worst parts of a faith they profess, and doomed by the god they worship to eternal slavery. They believe that the shedding of infidel blood pleases and appeases the god they serve and the greater the bloodshed the more bloodthirsty they become as evil begets evil.
Sadly, horrific atrocities are not carried out on Christians alone but on children and women as well. Human trafficking is carried on in our day and age on an unimaginable and unprecedented scale. Today, Beloved, we pray that those who are involved in such grave sins may repent before it is too late.
Jesus said to his disciples:
‘But anyone who is an obstacle to bring down one of these little ones who have faith, would be better thrown into the sea with a great millstone round his neck. And if your hand should cause you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life crippled, than to have two hands and go to hell, into the fire that cannot be put out. And if your foot should cause you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life lame, than to have two feet and be thrown into hell. And if your eye should cause you to sin, tear it out; it is better for you to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell where their worm does not die nor their fire go out. For everyone will be salted with fire. Salt is a good thing, but if salt has become insipid, how can you season it again? Have salt in yourselves and be at peace with one another.’
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