Jeremiah 18:1-6, Psalm 146:1-6, Matthew 13:47-53

DAILY HOLY MASS READINGS:

Jeremiah 18:1-6, Psalm 146:1-6, Matthew 13:47-53

Jeremiah 18:1-6

M--- Mine can I not do with you what the potter does?  As clay in the potter's hand so are you in My hands.

Do with me my Beloved just as You will.  Shape me, make me, adorn me or not, make me beautiful or plain exactly as You desire.  What does it matter if I am ordinary and unremarkable on the outside just so long as I am extraordinarily beautiful on the inside simply because You live and reign in me?

Psalm 146:1-6

My hope is in You, my joy is in You.  You are my beginning and my end is You.  You are my peace.  You are my delight.  You are all I think of during the day and dream of at night.  I belong to You my Love, my Light and my everything.

Matthew 13:47-53

Every kind of fish - none is excluded, all are invited to belong to Your Kingdom.  All those who hear Your voice and obey it no matter from where they are will be saved.  Only those who truly have rejected the truth knowingly, willingly and deliberately will be discarded as worthless.  It is they who will consider themselves worthless for they did not consider that it had worth They condemn themselves - You condemn no one.

Every catechist must be able to draw from the entire treasury of the Wisdom of God - both old and new for the old speaks of the new and the new shines brightest when we see it reflected in the old.

Jeremiah 15:10, 16-21, Psalm 59:2-4, 10-11, 17-18, Matthew 13:44-46

DAILY HOLY MASS READINGS:

Jeremiah 15:10, 16-21, Psalm 59:2-4, 10-11, 17-18, Matthew 13:44-46

Jeremiah 15:10, 16-21

My Beloved, it is true that those who are called by Your Name, Christians, are often hated by those who are ignorant.  They know nothing about You nor do they know what it is we believe.  A true Christian, one after Your Own heart, one who is another Christ, is anathema to the world simply because it holds up a mirror to those who would rather live lives without commitment to all that is truly good, noble and Godly,

Beloved, Your mercy and compassion have fallen on me as softly and gently as dew on the grass. You have restored and refreshed me.  Your Word illumines my life and shows me the way.  It guides me along the path You wish me to follow.  Every time I strayed, You sought me and brought me back into the shelter under Your wings.  I belong to You Lord without reserve.  Use me Beloved for Your glory.

 

Psalm 59:2-4, 10-11, 17-18

You O my Beloved are everything the Psalmist sings of in these verses and so much more.  Thank You for being my Rock, my Stronghold, my Fortress and my Deliverer in whom I have placed all my trust.

Matthew 13:44-46

Beloved, the Kingdom of heaven is the  treasure and the pearl of great price given to us at our Baptism.  There it lies hidden/buried in our soul until that moment of awakening to Truth, an awareness of the magnitude of this priceless, precious Gift, and we are prepared to give up all we have in order to keep this treasure and allow its riches to shape and adorn our lives.