DAILY HOLY MASS READINGS
My soul is waiting for the Lord,
I count on his word. PS 129:5
AMOS 3:1-8,4:11-12
My Soul's Beloved,
Each of us who are baptized and grafted into Your Body is a child of God. You invite us to address Him as Abba; You have poured Your Holy Spirit into our souls through each of the Sacraments You instituted. We eat of the flesh and Blood of the Son of Man and the Son of God, and we receive You in Holy Communion, Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity as often as we do it with a pure conscience. This is why we are called to a higher standard. Chosen from all the people in the world to be members of Your Church, we are given every grace, every spiritual advantage, and we have no excuse whatsoever to turn our backs and follow the world. This is why our judgment, our punishment, will be greater than those who have not received the fullness of grace and truth.
Beloved, the Vicar of Christ on earth and all the shepherds appointed to guard Your people constantly remind us of our identity and our response to God's choice that we be His people, in a singular manner. Grant us the wisdom, the grace, the humility to do as You desire us, O Lord, so we can truly be salt and light in the world. May our witness bring many to climb Mount Zion, the place where You dwell. It is a hard, steep climb, but those who are called will be given the grace they need. Thank You, Lord.
Listen, sons of Israel, to this oracle the Lord speaks against you, against the whole family I brought out of the land of Egypt:
You alone, of all the families of earth, have I acknowledged,
therefore it is for all your sins that I mean to punish you.
Do two men take the road together
if they have not planned to do so?
Does the lion roar in the jungle
if no prey has been found?
Does the young lion growl in his lair
if he has captured nothing?
Does the bird fall to the ground
if no trap has been set?
Does the snare spring up from the ground
if nothing has been caught?
Does the trumpet sound in the city
without the populace becoming alarmed?
Does misfortune come to a city
if the Lord has not sent it?
No more does the Lord do anything
without revealing his plans to his servants the prophets.
The lion roars: who can help feeling afraid?
The Lord speaks: who can refuse to prophesy?
I overthrew you as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,
and you were like a brand snatched from the blaze;
and yet you never came back to me.
It is the Lord who speaks.
This therefore, Israel, is what I plan to do to you,
and because I am going to do this to you,
Israel, prepare to meet your God!
PSALM 5:5-8
Lead me, O Lord, in your justice.
You alone, of all the families of earth, have I acknowledged,
therefore it is for all your sins that I mean to punish you.
Do two men take the road together
if they have not planned to do so?
Does the lion roar in the jungle
if no prey has been found?
Does the young lion growl in his lair
if he has captured nothing?
Does the bird fall to the ground
if no trap has been set?
Does the snare spring up from the ground
if nothing has been caught?
Does the trumpet sound in the city
without the populace becoming alarmed?
Does misfortune come to a city
if the Lord has not sent it?
No more does the Lord do anything
without revealing his plans to his servants the prophets.
The lion roars: who can help feeling afraid?
The Lord speaks: who can refuse to prophesy?
I overthrew you as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,
and you were like a brand snatched from the blaze;
and yet you never came back to me.
It is the Lord who speaks.
This therefore, Israel, is what I plan to do to you,
and because I am going to do this to you,
Israel, prepare to meet your God!
PSALM 5:5-8
Lead me, O Lord, in your justice.
You are no God who loves evil;
no sinner is your guest.
The boastful shall not stand their ground
before your face.
You hate all who do evil;
you destroy all who lie.
The deceitful and bloodthirsty man
the Lord detests.
But I through the greatness of your love
have access to your house.
I bow down before your holy temple,
filled with awe.
no sinner is your guest.
The boastful shall not stand their ground
before your face.
You hate all who do evil;
you destroy all who lie.
The deceitful and bloodthirsty man
the Lord detests.
But I through the greatness of your love
have access to your house.
I bow down before your holy temple,
filled with awe.
Lead me, O Lord, in your justice.
MATTHEW 8:23-27
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