1 Corinthians 3:1-9, Psalm 33:12-15, 20-21, Luke 4:38-44

DAILY HOLY MASS READINGS:

1 Corinthians 3:1-9, Psalm 33:12-15, 20-21, Luke 4:38-44

Corinthians 3:1-9

My Beloved, I wish it were not true but I too am in many ways still an infant.  I have a long way to go in my walk with You.  I am still prone to the same weaknesses that make me stumble.  Scarcely have I overcome one and I find another.  I know that You are with me and You will strengthen me and help to wean me away from old sinful habits as You feed me with the Bread of Angels – Your Body and Blood.

It will serve us well to always remember that we who are called to labor in Your vineyard are just that, workers who plant and water.  The seed belongs to God and it is the power of God that enables growth and brings forth fruit.

Psalm 33:12-15, 20-21

You have chosen me as Your inheritance and You are mine.  Your gaze is always on me and I am the apple Your eye.  Continue to fashion my heart and make it after Your own.  I trust in Your Most Holy Name,  my Love, JESUS!

Luke 4:38-44

In prayer may I bring to You my Beloved all those who suffer, in perfect confidence, trusting You to respond as I plead with You to do something for them.  Stoop over them lovingly Lord, take them by the hand and raise them up.  As they experience Your love may they in turn begin to love and serve.  There is nothing beyond Your power to save, touch, heal and restore.

1 Corinthians 2:10-16, Psalm 145:8-14, Luke 4:31-37

DAILY HOLY MASS READINGS: 

1 Corinthians 2:10-16, Psalm 145:8-14, Luke 4:31-37 

1 Corinthians 2:10-16

My Beloved, God is infinite and the Spirit of God who is able to plumb the very depths of God is infinite.  He knows all that there is to know of the omnipotent God because He is God’s own Spirit.  St. Paul tells us  that we too have received this same Spirit in the measure of our capacity to receive.  It is God’s Spirit of Wisdom and Truth that enables us to understand how good and loving our Father truly is.  In verse 16 St. Paul says that we must have the mind of Christ.  He takes it for granted that every baptized soul has such a mind.  Is this true of me?  If I have the mind of Christ then I must think and act like You do always.  Help me Lord and forgive me for the times when I have acted as one who has not known You.

Psalm 145:8-14

My Love, it would do us all well to remember that You are compassionate, gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love and good to ALL with no exceptions.  Your mercy is available freely to all even to those whom we dislike or do not get along with or those who treat us shabbily.  You are true to every promise You have made and everyone can lay claim to them with complete confidence.  This is most especially true of those who are beaten down and discarded by the world as refuse and worthless.  The sinner, the prostitute and the outcast all find a home in You.