Acts 15:7-21, Psalm 1-3, 10, John 15:9-11

DAILY HOLY MASS READINGS

Acts 15:7-21, Psalm 1-3, 10, John 15:9-11

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Acts 15:7-21

My Beloved, thank You for Your wisdom in setting Peter over the rest of the Apostles not as a dictator, but to be the final voice, who after listening to all that his fellow Apostles had to say, speaks as one to whom the final authority has been conferred.  It is the authority that You have vested in him to bind and loose.  

You have given the Church Your assurance that when Peter speaks heaven will listen and God Himself will ratify.  You have given the Church Your guarantee that in matters of faith and morals - all those who hold the Petrine office as well as the Church herself, will never teach error.  Thank You for this guarantee and assurance by which we can always confidently trust Holy Mother Church.

I thank You my Beloved that all nations have been invited to feast at the Table of the Lord. Those of us who are saved now carry the responsibility to take the Good News to the ends of the earth and even more importantly to live it in every aspect of our lives.

Psalm 1-3, 10

Beloved, this is how we proclaim the Good News, we do so by telling everyone how marvellously good You have been to us.  How exceedingly kind and generous in forgiving our sins and paying the price that redeems us.  I will sing, I will praise, I will glorify You all my days.  I am not afraid of Your judgments Lord for they are always tempered by Your infinite and tender mercy.

John 15:9-11

"As the Father has loved Me, so I have loved you."  WOW Beloved!! - my poor love is a little flickering wick, a love that comes from a bruised reed.  It is an imperfect love but the measure You use to love me is not in the measure of my poor love for You but the infinite measure of the Father's love for You and  Yours for the Father.  All You ask of me is to enter into this ocean of infinite love and rest in it.  You even tell me how to do it - obedience to the commandments is the key.  Even in this You have not left it to us to figure it out but You have given us the example of perfect obedience to the Father's will.  You desire that we experience and not only experience but receive Your own joy so in Your joy our own will be complete.  In You alone there is wholeness, union, oneness and perfect peace and harmony.

Genesis 1:26---2:3, Psalm 90:2-4, 12-14 & 16, John 15:1-8

FEAST OF ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER

THE MONTH OF MAY DEDICATED TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN  MARY

DAILY HOLY MASS READINGS

Genesis 1:26---2:3, Psalm 90:2-4, 12-14 & 16, John  15:1-8
 
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Fill us at daybreak with your goodness, that we may be glad all our days.

Genesis 1:26---2:3

My Beloved, before You were incarnate of the Virgin Mary bearing the visible likeness of the invisible God, He created man in His image and gave him dominion over all that He had created in the sea, in the air and on the ground.  When we disobeyed Him He gave us a second chance.  He began over again, this time He sent You and because of Your obedience unto death even death on the Cross, He has raised You up and now every being in the heavens on the earth and under the earth bends the knee to You and acknowledges You as Lord.

Thank You Father for creation and for making us Your caretakers.  While You have given us dominion let us now forget that we are accountable to the Owner.

Thank You for work and thank You for rest on the 8th day, the Lord's Day, when we can recharge our spirits in order to work on the other seven days of the week.  Thank You Lord!

Psalm 90:2-4, 12-14 & 16

Father God, Creator of the universe, we can trust You as our Father and our Provider.  We are mortal, here today and gone tomorrow, less than a puff of wind.  Our years are but a blink of an eye in Your sight and yet You care for us more tenderly than any earthly father ever could.  

Thank You for the Holy Spirit through whose inspiration we can come to understand the love of God and His wisdom.  Thank You for Your Son who redeemed us and opened for us the gates of Heaven so we can spend our eternity with You.  

May we give You glory, honor, worship and praise from the break of dawn and until we sleep at the end of the day and even asleep may our spirit praise You.  May all our work be done for Your glory as we allow ourselves to be used as Your instruments to help establish Your Kingdom on earth.

John  15:1-8

My Beloved, each one of us is called to bear fruit that will last.  This is only possible if we remain one with You who are not only the Vine but also the Vine dresser.  Life brings with it many crosses, these You use to prune us in order to purify us and help us bear fruit even more abundantly.  We are called to be obedient, submissive and to yield lovingly to Your will only when we do this can we remain united to You and be all that the Father desires us to be.  He will then gladly give us all we ask in Your Name.  

You have said clearly that apart from You - I CAN DO NOTHING - help me never to forget it and go haring on my own without You. There is no merit in that.  There is only death without You. Keep me united to You even if being Yours means bearing a cross. With Your help and strength and borne by You in Your arms and carried on Your shoulders, I can endure anything. Keep me one with You always my Lord and my God!!!