DAILY HOLY MASS READINGS
1 Kings 19:9, 11-16, Psalm 27:7-8, 13-14, Matthew 5:27-32
1 Kings 19:9, 11-16
My soul’s beloved, Elijah was alone in a cave and You spoke
to him asking him what he was doing
there? No matter where we are You will always find us and minister to us. You
requested Elijah to get up and stand on the mountain and to wait there for You.
Each time we come to church to celebrate the Holy Eucharist, we climb up Your
holy mountain and there we encounter our God not in an earth shattering way but
we are spiritually one with You through the simple offering of bread and wine
which You transform in Yourself. You come to us as gently as You came to Elijah
on a zephyr. Elijah had fled to the cave because he was consumed with a
passionate jealous love for You and a burning anger that Your people had
forsaken God. But You told him to go back for he had a mission to fulfill
before You would take him to Yourself.
We too cannot run away from the world which seems to be
consumed by evil rather, it is our mission field, and we are to make You known
and loved through our daily witness, in season and out of season and in the end
You will come to take us home to Yourself.
Psalm 27:7-8, 13-14
My soul’s delight all who seek You will find You. You will
hear the voice of all who call on You. Our hope in You is sure for You will
never forsake those whom You have called by name, whom You have carved on the
palm of Your hand. And in the end we know that You will carry us home. We will
be full of courage and with Your help endure to the end for we know in whom we
have trusted and in whom we have believed.
Matthew 5:27-32
My soul’s beloved, the standards of the world keep getting
lower and lower until they are scraping the very depths of the gutter. Once we
give way to the seductions of the world, the lure of the flesh and the deadly temptations
that are concealed in a perceived good we are well on the road to eternal
damnation. This is why You tell us not to wait until the disease has spread but
to rid ourselves of whatever it is that causes us to sin. We must be prepared
to deal violently with personal sin doing whatever is necessary to rid
ourselves of those people or places that can cause us to experience eternal
death. Thank You for revealing to us how
deadly sin is and how vigilant we ought to be lest in a moment of weakness we
succumb. Thank You for the Church, for the Sacraments, for Your holy ministers and
for all who help us to lead holy lives.
