Exodus 34:29-33, Psalm 99:5-7, 9, Matthew 13:44-46

FEAST OF ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA

DAILY HOLY MASS READINGS


Exodus 34:29-33, Psalm 99:5-7, 9, Matthew 13:44-46

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Exodus 34:29-33

My Beloved, every time a Catholic receives You worthily in the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist we ought to positively glow with a radiance far great than the radiance on the face and skin of Moses.

We have after all not just seen the Lord but we have received Him into our very bodies.  People we encounter ought to be blinded by the divine light emanating from us and they should in awe of what God has made possible.  As if the incarnation was not enough when the Son of God became Man, as if You Life, Passion, Death and Resurrection were not enough, the Father goes so much further in desiring to offer You to us as Food and Drink.

We are creatures we need to see, touch and taste, together with faith which is also the Father's gift to us it is possible to truly be in heaven here on earth for a while in this most wonderful of Sacraments.

Thank You!  Thank You!  Thank You!


Psalm 99:5-7, 9

Grant my Beloved that with every breath I breathe here on earth I will praise You, adore You and glorify You for You are holy, glorious, mighty and worthy. Through the ages all those who have called out to You have been heard and answered and You continue to make Yourself present and available to us.  Attentive to our cry, You always hear and answer. 

Your Word is my command.  I yield to it in obedience and joyful submission knowing that in this is my life, my joy, my peace.  May Your Word rule my life always.  

Matthew 13:44-46

My Beloved, through the ages we have seen many men and women who gave up everything to follow You.  Family, friends, wealth, position it was all meaningless once they encountered You.  They believed that nothing was more desirable than giving up anything, anyone and everything that would hinder them from a total commitment to You.  To them the world was well lost in order to have this Great Treasure, the Pearl of Great Price.

Give me that kind of desire for You Lord.  I still cling to the world, its trinkets, its fancy baubles, its playthings and empty pastimes.  Free me Lord from people and things that have become attachments I cling to and which keep me from loving You with the generous, wholehearted abandon, passionate love that I desire to give You.

Exodus 33:7-11, 34:5b-9, 38, Psalm 106:6-13, Matthew 13:36-43

DAILY HOLY MASS READINGS

Exodus 33:7-11, 34:5b-9, 38, Psalm 106:6-13, Matthew 13:36-43

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Exodus 33:7-11, 34:5b-9, 38

Verse 11
•11 Then Yahweh would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks with his friend. 

My Beloved, just as Yahweh made Himself present in the cloud to Moses in the Tent of Meeting, You too are present to us in the tabernacle on our altars. We do not see You with our mortal eyes but with the eyes of faith and we know that You are present though hidden in the form of Bread.  You are truly present Body, Soul and Divinity and You speak to us as Moses spoke to God Face to face as one speaks to a friend.

We too cry out Your Name, it is a Name that saves,Jesus! All our experience of You through salvation history and up to the present times have shown us that you are, “Yahweh, Yah­weh is a God full of pity and mercy, slow to anger and abounding in truth and loving-kindness. 7 He shows loving-kindness to the thousandth generation and forgives wickedness, rebellion and sin; yet he does not leave the guilty without punishment, even punishing the children and their children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation.”

We are called to worship and adore Your Eucharistic Presnce and we make the prayer of Moses our own, “If you really look kindly on me, my Lord, please come and walk in our midst and even though we are a stiff-necked peo­ple, pardon our wickedness and our sin and make us yours.”

Psalm 106:6-13

My Beloved, we are as fickle as the Israelites who were saved so powerfully from the bonds of slavery.  God worked visibly and mightily in their favor and yet they grew sullen and slack, forgetful of all the Lord had done for them.  We too are prone to whining, grumbling and complaining when life gets difficult.  You are our Savior and You came to show us the way to the Father.  You have warned us that life on earth will be hard for those who desire to by Your disciples.  You have warned us that we too are to expect persecution and opposition and even bodily harm in this life, if we take the Gospel and our mission seriously, but the reward which is perfect union with You eternally, is so worth it!

Matthew 13:36-43

My Beloved, those who are Your disciples, committed to following You all the way no matter what the cost, can enter with You in the place where You make Your home. With all the confidence, faith, trust and love we have as a member of the family we can ask You to explain divine truths, grant us insights to the word and through Your Holy Spirit at work in us we will understand heavenly things.

We say to You, "Explain to us," confident that You will.

Your Word is a Living Word and has within it the potential to transform the whole world.  The enemy knows this and he and his minions are feverishly at work to slyly and stealthily sow seeds of darkness, lies, confusion and deception.  They twist a word here, explain away something there, they make lies seem not only plausible but positively attractive and many gullible, weak and ignorant souls are lost.

But You know that the enemy is at work and You are patient lest the good are lost with the wicked should Your wrath fall upon the world.  In Your infinite goodness, mercy and compassion, until the appointed time, You will permit the wicked to grow and perhaps even thrive with the good.  But the day of reckoning will come and when it does, woe to those who chose the broad, easy and narrow road.  But those who remained faithful will be rewarded with a vision of Your glory and we will finally see You our God Face to face.