1 Samuel 1:9-20, 1 Samuel 2:1,4-8, Mark 1:21-48

DAILY HOLY MASS READINGS

1 Samuel 1:9-20, 1 Samuel 2:1,4-8, Mark 1:21-48

 

 

1 Samuel 1:9-20

My Beloved, there is so much in these verses.  The place of the priest is beside the doorpost of God's house.  In distress when we run to You and our poor hearts cry out to You, You will hear for You are a God of tender compassion and merciful love.  No one knows the heart of man as You do for we are Your creatures and the work of Your hands.  You are moved to pity when we cry out to You in distress. The cry of a wounded heart reaches Your heart as  as an arrow and You my Beloved hasten to hear and answer.  Thank You.

1 Samuel 2:1,4-8

"My heart exults in the Lord."

 

Mark 1:21-48

My Beloved, it is no wonder that You acted and spoke with authority - evil spirits recognised who You were, the Author and Creator of all life.  The Word of God through whom all that is came to be.

Evil always recognizes good because it is the antithesis of good.  It is those who live in gray areas, who are neither hot or cold, who do not see and recognize You as the beloved Son of the Living God. You are God and the Second Person of the Holy Trinity.

1 Samuel 1:1-8, Psalm 116:12-19, Mark 1:14-20

DAILY HOLY MASS READINGS

       

1 Samuel 1:1-8, Psalm 116:12-19, Mark 1:14-20

1 Samuel 1:1-8

God's love is not dependent on what we have or what we can give Him.  He loves us just as we are.  In fact it is the one who has nothing that God loves tenderly.  It is our very helplessness that so moves the heart of the God of love to hasten to our side and help us.

My Beloved, I have nothing and I am nothing but with You I am all things and have all things.  Stay with me Lord and be my strength, my hope and my courage.

Psalm 116:12-19

I can repay the goodness of God our Father by offering up to Him the Cup of Salvation, the Sacrifice of His beloved Son.  There is no offering more pleasing to Him.  It rises upwards as fragrant incense more pleasing than any other sacrifice I can offer.

What is pleasing to my God is that I faithfully fulfill all the promises that I make to Him and by living out my life before Him and before the world in a manner that gives Him glory and honor.

Beloved, may I do nothing to kill the life in my soul and thus wound my God.  Grant that I may be faithful all the days of my life.

Mark 1:14-20

The lesser must give way to the greater.  Each fulfills the task that they were created to do and then passes on.  John prepared the way for You and once he fulfilled all that God desired, it was time for him to decrease.  The time had come - Your time my Beloved to bring about the Kingdom of God among men.  

It is not enough to repent and believe, there has to be a radical conversion of life.  A turning away from evil and a turning towards good.  

You call us where we are, in the midst of daily living.  We must be aware and attuned to God so we can hear You and hearing be prepared to leave everything and anything that may hinder us from answering Your call promptly, obediently and joyfully.

A hired man is paid a wage but to the children of God belongs the inheritance.