Hosea 14:2-10, Psalm 81:6-11, 14, 17, Mark 12:28-34

Daily Holy Mass Readings:  Hosea 14:2-10, Psalm 81:6-11, 14, 17, Mark 12:28-34

Hosea 14:2-10

My Beloved, You are God Almighty and You long for the love of Your poor, unworthy, sinful, weak creature.  I do love You.  I want to be like the cedar that flourishes because I am rooted in You.  I want Your fragrance to emanate from me to all around me.  I want to be everything that You desire me to be.

Psalm 81:6-11, 14, 17

My own true God, I do walk with You and You have filled my mouth with the sweetest of wheat - Your precious Body and with the wine of Your most precious Blood.  Each time I called when I was in distress  You hastened to me.  You are always by my side and so often I continue to wallow in self-pity instead of looking to You for strength.  Thank You for putting up with me, loving me and blessing me anyway.

Mark 12:28-34

My Beloved how pleased You are with us when we understand the things of God and the things of heaven.  It is then that You joyously and lavishly bestow Your grace on us as only a loving and generous God can.  The knowledge of these truths must lead me to put these eternal truths into practice.  Love of God and love of neighbout is the only way by which we can live as You call us to do. 

Loving is not always easy my Beloved because we areare all sinners and this places barriers between us that only grace can help to overcome.

M--- Mine, love covers a multitude of sins.  You only have to look at Me on the Cross to know the truth of these words.  Even if you are rebuffed and rejected it must not stop you from trying.  Do not allow your hurt feelings to become an insurmountable hindrance or barrier - love overcomes all.  Be true to yourself always.  Do not try to be someone you are not.  You are you and that is the person I love.  Be filled with My Spirit.  Be filled with My Love.

Thank you.

And remember when the viper strikes you, you will be unharmed by its malicious and spiteful poison.

Jeremiah 7:23-28, Psalm 95:1-2, 6-9, Luke 11:14-23

Daily Holy Mass Readings:  Jeremiah 7:23-28, Psalm 95:1-2, 6-9, 

                                                         Luke 11:14-23

Jeremiah 7:23-28

 23 One thing I did command them: Listen to my voice and I will be your God and you will be my people. Walk in the way I command you and all will be well with you. 24 But they did not listen and paid no attention; they followed the bad habits of their stubborn heart and turned away from me.

25 From the time I brought their fore­bearers out of Egypt until this day I have continually sent them my servants, the prophets, 26 but this stiff-necked people did not listen. They paid no atten­tion and were worse than their forebearers.

27 You may say all these things to them but they will not listen; you will call them but they will not answer. 28 This is a nation that did not obey Yahweh and refused to be disciplined; truth has perished and is no longer heard from their lips.

My Beloved, grant me this grace, to earnestly seek to listen to Your voice and to obey all that You command.  I am Your servant and I accept all that You will for me as long as I live.  this is the way to be happy in the world.

Verses 24-28 are such a powerful description of the world today.  You have given the Church powerful leaders in our recent Popes and in the present successor to Peter, our Pope Benedict VI; but their voices have been like the voice of St. John the Baptist - a voice crying in the wilderness to repent and retunr to You but the world will not listen.

Be merciful Lord!.

M--- Mine, truly the people of this age are a stiff necked, evil and stupid generation.  How much longer do I have to put up with them?  They are unwilling to hear My voice and return to me.  But I am a God of love.  I am patient, compassionate, gentle and kind.  truly many of them are ignorant, they have no knowledge of the truth because they have been raised on a steady diet of lies and hedonism by the Deceiver.  Pray and fast for your brothers and sisters.

Psalm 95:1-2, 6-9

Praise You Father,

Praise You Son,

Praise You Holy Spirit.

"It is You alone I love,

You alone I seek,

You alone My God

Am I ready to serve."   St. Augustine

Luke 11:14-23

 My Beloved, we know what is right and true and yet, because we want to continue indulging in sin, or because we are looking for human appreciation and affection we are mute and refuse to speak; our evil motives render us dumb.  Cowardice keeps us from speaking.  In times like these Lord may I call on Your mighty Name for deliverance.  There is none stronger than You and You have won the victory for me so I can be confident that I can overcome the wiles of the enemy.  Count me among those who are with You Lord in the service of Your Kingdom and laboring in Your vineyard.