Friday, March 3, 2017, St. Katharine Drexel
Isaiah 58:1-9, Psalm 51:3-6, 18-19, Matthew 9:14-15
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A WHOLE-PERSON FAST
"My sacrifice, O God, is a contrite spirit; a heart contrite and humbled, O God, You will not spurn." -Psalm 51:19
On this first Lenten Friday, we fast by limiting our intake of food as well as abstaining from eating meat. We fast so as to share in the sufferings of the body of Christ (Col 1:24). We are to care more about the broken body of Christ than our own hungry bodies. If our growling stomachs only lead us to focus on our own needs, is this the kind of fasting God wants (Is 58:5), to make us more occupied with ourselves than we were before we started fasting? To test our motives, the Lord asks: "Was it really for Me that you fasted?" (Zec 7:5) Or "was it not for yourselves"? (Zec 7:6) The kind of fasting God wants are those fasts offered to Him by people humble and contrite enough (Ps 51:19) to offer their fastings for a breakthrough in His kingdom.
This Lent, let's involve not just our mouths and stomachs in fasting, but the other parts of our body as well. Fast with a contrite and humbled heart. We can add our hearts to our fast by offering God a broken, humbled heart which mourns for prisoners, the hungry, homeless, naked (Is 58:6-7), and others who suffer. Fast with eyes fixed on Jesus and His Word (Heb 12:2). Fast with "ears open to obedience" (Ps 40:7). Fast with your whole person: your mind, heart, soul, stomach, eyes, ears, mouth, hands, and feet (see Lk 10:27). Bring down the kingdom of darkness and build up the body of Christ by your Lenten fasting (Mt 17:21, NAB).
Prayer: Jesus, You suffered in Your entire body for the good of all. May I arm myself with Your same mentality (1 Pt 4:1).
Promise: "The glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard." -Is 58:8
Praise: St. Katharine was born into an extremely wealthy family in Philadelphia. She gave millions of dollars to establish and sustain missions to American minority groups. She likewise gave her life to this same work, serving Jesus as a religious sister.
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Thursday, March 2, 2017
WHAT IS YOUR CROSS TODAY? - One Bread, One Body, 3/2/2017
Thursday, March 2, 2017
Deuteronomy 30:15-20, Psalm 1:1-4, 6, Luke 9:22-25
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WHAT IS YOUR CROSS TODAY?
"Jesus said to all: 'Whoever wishes to be My follower must deny His very self, take up his cross each day, and follow in My steps.' " -Luke 9:23
The meaning of life and of Lent is to be and make disciples for Jesus. His plan is to send us to make disciples of all nations (Mt 28:19). To be Jesus' disciples, we must do nothing less than to lose our lives for His sake (Lk 9:24). Disciples "live no longer for themselves, but for Him Who for their sakes died and was raised up" (2 Cor 5:15; see also Gal 2:20). We lose our lives and thereby save them by denying ourselves (Lk 9:23). Self-denial is done in many ways, but the key to godly self-denial and Christian discipleship is the recognition and acceptance of our daily cross (Lk 9:23).
The daily cross is:
* suffering in the pattern of Jesus' death (Phil 3:10),
* freely chosen (see Jn 10:18),
* carried with forgiveness for those who have sinned against us,
* being crucified with Christ (Gal 2:19) by dying to self (see Jn 12:24),
* a privilege (Phil 1:29), and
* a great joy (Col 1:24; 1 Pt 4:13).
Ask the Holy Spirit to help you recognize your daily cross for each of the first ten days of Lent. Bearing these crosses is the key to Christian self-denial and to discipleship.
Prayer: Father, may I be such a disciple that I will make disciples this Lent who will themselves make other disciples.
Promise: "I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Choose life." -Dt 30:19
Praise: Dorothy's cross was her alcoholic husband, who by God's grace, she was able to love.
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Deuteronomy 30:15-20, Psalm 1:1-4, 6, Luke 9:22-25
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WHAT IS YOUR CROSS TODAY?
"Jesus said to all: 'Whoever wishes to be My follower must deny His very self, take up his cross each day, and follow in My steps.' " -Luke 9:23
The meaning of life and of Lent is to be and make disciples for Jesus. His plan is to send us to make disciples of all nations (Mt 28:19). To be Jesus' disciples, we must do nothing less than to lose our lives for His sake (Lk 9:24). Disciples "live no longer for themselves, but for Him Who for their sakes died and was raised up" (2 Cor 5:15; see also Gal 2:20). We lose our lives and thereby save them by denying ourselves (Lk 9:23). Self-denial is done in many ways, but the key to godly self-denial and Christian discipleship is the recognition and acceptance of our daily cross (Lk 9:23).
The daily cross is:
* suffering in the pattern of Jesus' death (Phil 3:10),
* freely chosen (see Jn 10:18),
* carried with forgiveness for those who have sinned against us,
* being crucified with Christ (Gal 2:19) by dying to self (see Jn 12:24),
* a privilege (Phil 1:29), and
* a great joy (Col 1:24; 1 Pt 4:13).
Ask the Holy Spirit to help you recognize your daily cross for each of the first ten days of Lent. Bearing these crosses is the key to Christian self-denial and to discipleship.
Prayer: Father, may I be such a disciple that I will make disciples this Lent who will themselves make other disciples.
Promise: "I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Choose life." -Dt 30:19
Praise: Dorothy's cross was her alcoholic husband, who by God's grace, she was able to love.
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ANOTHER SEASON OF GIVING - One Bread, One Body, 2/28/2017
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Sirach 35:1-12, Psalm 50:5-8, 14, 23, Mark 10:28-31
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ANOTHER SEASON OF GIVING
"Give to the Most High as He has given to you, generously, according to your means." -Sirach 35:9
God the Father loves us so much that He gave us His Son (Jn 3:16). Jesus said: "There is more happiness in giving than receiving" (Acts 20:35). The Holy Spirit is both the Gift of the Father and the Son and the Giver of gifts (see 1 Cor 12:4ff). The essence of the Triune God is the giving and the gifts. Thus, those baptized into God are re-born to give. We must not be "sparing of freewill gifts" (Sir 35:7). As disciples of Jesus, we must give up everything so as to give everything to the Lord (Mk 10:29).
Tomorrow we begin Lent. In this holy season, we have the privilege of giving the Lord the gifts of our alms, prayers, and fastings (see Mt 6:2ff). Christmas is a time of gift-giving, and Lent, followed by Easter, are times of even greater gift-giving. Like the gifts of the wise men to the newborn Christ (see Mt 2:11), our Lenten gifts are symbolic of the total giving of ourselves to the Lord. Our Christmas gifts should focus us on the Gift of the Christ-Child. Our Lenten gifts should be in the shadow of the cross and on the threshold of the glory of the resurrection. While it is always appropriate to give gifts, a wedding gift should be different than a birthday gift. Give the Lord the unique gifts of Lent to express again and deeper than ever the gift of your total love and life.
Prayer: Father, teach me through Your crucified Son how to give alms and to give all forever.
Promise: "The Lord is One Who always repays, and He will give back to you sevenfold." -Sir 35:10
Praise: Giving her smoking addiction to Jesus in an intense way, Connie was not only freed of the desire to smoke, but also of all ill effects that habit had produced over the years.
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Sirach 35:1-12, Psalm 50:5-8, 14, 23, Mark 10:28-31
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ANOTHER SEASON OF GIVING
"Give to the Most High as He has given to you, generously, according to your means." -Sirach 35:9
God the Father loves us so much that He gave us His Son (Jn 3:16). Jesus said: "There is more happiness in giving than receiving" (Acts 20:35). The Holy Spirit is both the Gift of the Father and the Son and the Giver of gifts (see 1 Cor 12:4ff). The essence of the Triune God is the giving and the gifts. Thus, those baptized into God are re-born to give. We must not be "sparing of freewill gifts" (Sir 35:7). As disciples of Jesus, we must give up everything so as to give everything to the Lord (Mk 10:29).
Tomorrow we begin Lent. In this holy season, we have the privilege of giving the Lord the gifts of our alms, prayers, and fastings (see Mt 6:2ff). Christmas is a time of gift-giving, and Lent, followed by Easter, are times of even greater gift-giving. Like the gifts of the wise men to the newborn Christ (see Mt 2:11), our Lenten gifts are symbolic of the total giving of ourselves to the Lord. Our Christmas gifts should focus us on the Gift of the Christ-Child. Our Lenten gifts should be in the shadow of the cross and on the threshold of the glory of the resurrection. While it is always appropriate to give gifts, a wedding gift should be different than a birthday gift. Give the Lord the unique gifts of Lent to express again and deeper than ever the gift of your total love and life.
Prayer: Father, teach me through Your crucified Son how to give alms and to give all forever.
Promise: "The Lord is One Who always repays, and He will give back to you sevenfold." -Sir 35:10
Praise: Giving her smoking addiction to Jesus in an intense way, Connie was not only freed of the desire to smoke, but also of all ill effects that habit had produced over the years.
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SAVING FACE - One Bread, One Body, 2/27/2017
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Monday, February 27, 2017
Sirach 17:19-24, Psalm 32:1-2, 5-7, Mark 10:17-27
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SAVING FACE
"You know the commandments." -Mark 10:19
The man in today's Gospel reading told Jesus that he had kept the commandments since his childhood (Mk 10:20). So Jesus gave him five more commandments: go, sell, give, come, and follow (Mk 10:21).
The man refused to obey these commandments. Immediately, his face expressed his rebellion. The verse describing his reaction can be translated: his "face fell" (Mk 10:22). Some of the connotations of the Greek word are: the man glowered; his face became overcast, expressing even tinges of hatred.
To obey the Lord is delightful (Ps 40:9). To disobey the Lord is hateful, depressing, and sad (see Mk 10:22). To obey God's will is our food, nourishment, and fulfillment (Jn 4:34). To disobey God's will is emptiness and desolation. To obey the Lord is to enter into the Lord's love and intimacy (see Jn 15:10; Mk 3:35). To disobey the Lord is to become alienated and isolated into an everlasting hell of narcissistic selfishness.
Let us follow Jesus by obeying Him even to death on the cross (Phil 2:8). Then we will be exalted with Him forever.
Prayer: Father, may I learn obedience from what I suffer (Heb 5:8).
Promise: "With God all things are possible." -Mk 10:27
Praise: Joe repented of neglecting Sunday Mass and now joyfully attends Mass several days a week.
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Sirach 17:19-24, Psalm 32:1-2, 5-7, Mark 10:17-27
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SAVING FACE
"You know the commandments." -Mark 10:19
The man in today's Gospel reading told Jesus that he had kept the commandments since his childhood (Mk 10:20). So Jesus gave him five more commandments: go, sell, give, come, and follow (Mk 10:21).
The man refused to obey these commandments. Immediately, his face expressed his rebellion. The verse describing his reaction can be translated: his "face fell" (Mk 10:22). Some of the connotations of the Greek word are: the man glowered; his face became overcast, expressing even tinges of hatred.
To obey the Lord is delightful (Ps 40:9). To disobey the Lord is hateful, depressing, and sad (see Mk 10:22). To obey God's will is our food, nourishment, and fulfillment (Jn 4:34). To disobey God's will is emptiness and desolation. To obey the Lord is to enter into the Lord's love and intimacy (see Jn 15:10; Mk 3:35). To disobey the Lord is to become alienated and isolated into an everlasting hell of narcissistic selfishness.
Let us follow Jesus by obeying Him even to death on the cross (Phil 2:8). Then we will be exalted with Him forever.
Prayer: Father, may I learn obedience from what I suffer (Heb 5:8).
Promise: "With God all things are possible." -Mk 10:27
Praise: Joe repented of neglecting Sunday Mass and now joyfully attends Mass several days a week.
(Grow in obeying the Lord by reading the Bible every day. We have several series to help you. "Overview of the Bible" is six CDs starting with CD 10 A-1 or audio tape AV 10A-1 or DVD 10A. "15 Minute Bible Teaching - New Testament" is forty CDs with detailed teaching as to chapter and verse starting with CD 700, or audio tape 700. "An Introduction to Each Book of the Bible" is thirty-two CDs starting with CD 21-1 or audio tape AV 21-1 or DVD 21.)
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Sunday, February 26, 2017
PM eNewsletter 8th Sunday in ordinary time
February 26th Eighth Sunday in ordinary time
Jesus, we are getting close to the start of Lent.
Help us to jump start this beautiful season of reparation by starting to pray and ask for
guidance for the fearless moral inventory we should all make during the Lenten season.
Help us to come and sit with You so that we can know what to really do during Lent that
would most please You.
Mary our mother, please intercede for us so that we will do God's will all the time.
Amen and Amen.
Thank You Lord, for loving us totally.
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Sunday THE GOD OF LIFESTYLE
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"You cannot give yourself to God and money. I warn you, then: do not worry about your livelihood."
-Matthew 6:24-25
It often seems that much of Western Christianity has sold its birthright for petty pleasures
(see Gn 25:34) and has blinded itself by bowing down before the god of the present age, the god
of lifestyle (2 Cor 4:4). Many of us who call ourselves Christians think we can seek the most
comfortable lifestyle possible and still serve God. However, the Lord says that's impossible
(Mt 6:24).
If we're set upon the things of the world, we're enemies of the cross (Phil 3:18-19). If we love
what the world affords, the Father's love finds no place in us (1 Jn 2:15). The unbelievers are
always concerned about what they are to eat, drink, or wear (Mt 6:31-32). Yet we have been chosen
out of the world (Jn 15:19). We have been crucified to the world and the world to us (Gal 6:14).
Because of our love for Jesus, we have come to rate all as loss and to consider it dung (Phil 3:8).
We despise the world's petty pleasures and refuse to take Satan's bribes (see Lk 4:6-7). We have
already devoted enough time to what the pagans enjoy (1 Pt 4:3). We must not spend what remains of
our earthly lives "on human desires but on the will of God" (1 Pt 4:2).
Prayer: Father, may my lifestyle make no sense to someone who doesn't know You.
Promise: "With God is my safety and my glory, He is the Rock of my strength; my refuge is in God."
-Ps 62:8
Praise: Praise be to the risen Jesus, Who is joy for all ages. Alleluia!
Monday SAVING FACE
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Notable quotations from Pope Francis and official teachings of the Roman Catholic Church
THE FAMILY, PEACE, NONVIOLENCE
Practice Nonviolence
If violence has its source in the human heart, then it is fundamental that nonviolence be
practiced before all else in families.
"Generous Concern "
The family is the indispensable crucible in which spouses, parents and children, brothers
and sisters, learn to communicate and to show generous concern for one another, and in which
frictions and even conflicts have to be resolved not by force but by dialogue, respect,
concern for the good of the other, mercy and forgiveness. From within families, the joy of
love spills out into the world and radiates to the whole of society.
Respect Not Fear
An ethics of fraternity and peaceful coexistence between individuals and among peoples cannot
be based on the logic of fear, violence and closed mindedness, but on responsibility, respect
and sincere dialogue.
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Help us to jump start this beautiful season of reparation by starting to pray and ask for
guidance for the fearless moral inventory we should all make during the Lenten season.
Help us to come and sit with You so that we can know what to really do during Lent that
would most please You.
Mary our mother, please intercede for us so that we will do God's will all the time.
Amen and Amen.
Thank You Lord, for loving us totally.
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Sunday THE GOD OF LIFESTYLE
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"You cannot give yourself to God and money. I warn you, then: do not worry about your livelihood."
-Matthew 6:24-25
It often seems that much of Western Christianity has sold its birthright for petty pleasures
(see Gn 25:34) and has blinded itself by bowing down before the god of the present age, the god
of lifestyle (2 Cor 4:4). Many of us who call ourselves Christians think we can seek the most
comfortable lifestyle possible and still serve God. However, the Lord says that's impossible
(Mt 6:24).
If we're set upon the things of the world, we're enemies of the cross (Phil 3:18-19). If we love
what the world affords, the Father's love finds no place in us (1 Jn 2:15). The unbelievers are
always concerned about what they are to eat, drink, or wear (Mt 6:31-32). Yet we have been chosen
out of the world (Jn 15:19). We have been crucified to the world and the world to us (Gal 6:14).
Because of our love for Jesus, we have come to rate all as loss and to consider it dung (Phil 3:8).
We despise the world's petty pleasures and refuse to take Satan's bribes (see Lk 4:6-7). We have
already devoted enough time to what the pagans enjoy (1 Pt 4:3). We must not spend what remains of
our earthly lives "on human desires but on the will of God" (1 Pt 4:2).
Prayer: Father, may my lifestyle make no sense to someone who doesn't know You.
Promise: "With God is my safety and my glory, He is the Rock of my strength; my refuge is in God."
-Ps 62:8
Praise: Praise be to the risen Jesus, Who is joy for all ages. Alleluia!
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Bible Telephone Line
The Bible Telephone Line (BTL) has been in operation for 26 years. Begun by Fr. Al in 1991, it now
continues with one deacon of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis and two lay teachers trained by
Presentation Ministries. The BTL provides callers with a short teaching on the readings for the
daily Mass. It is available 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. Callers may also leave a short prayer
request which will be shared on the line with the other callers the next day on a separate line.
THE BTL RECENTLY WENT TO A SINGLE NUMBER FOR THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES
United States: 513-823-3111
Canada:
Toronto, ON CAN 647-723-9923
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Pope Francis, Shepherd of Truth
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Notable quotations from Pope Francis and official teachings of the Roman Catholic Church
THE FAMILY, PEACE, NONVIOLENCE
Practice Nonviolence
If violence has its source in the human heart, then it is fundamental that nonviolence be
practiced before all else in families.
"Generous Concern "
The family is the indispensable crucible in which spouses, parents and children, brothers
and sisters, learn to communicate and to show generous concern for one another, and in which
frictions and even conflicts have to be resolved not by force but by dialogue, respect,
concern for the good of the other, mercy and forgiveness. From within families, the joy of
love spills out into the world and radiates to the whole of society.
Respect Not Fear
An ethics of fraternity and peaceful coexistence between individuals and among peoples cannot
be based on the logic of fear, violence and closed mindedness, but on responsibility, respect
and sincere dialogue.
http://presentationministries.com/pope/fst2017-02.asp?navlink=latest
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THE GOD OF LIFESTYLE - One Bread, One Body, 2/26/2017
Sunday, February 26, 2017, 8th Sunday Ordinary Time
Isaiah 49:14-15, 1 Corinthians 4:1-5, Psalm 62:2-3, 6-9, Matthew 6:24-34
Link to Readings --> http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/022617.cfm
THE GOD OF LIFESTYLE
"You cannot give yourself to God and money. I warn you, then: do not worry about your livelihood." -Matthew 6:24-25
It often seems that much of Western Christianity has sold its birthright for petty pleasures (see Gn 25:34) and has blinded itself by bowing down before the god of the present age, the god of lifestyle (2 Cor 4:4). Many of us who call ourselves Christians think we can seek the most comfortable lifestyle possible and still serve God. However, the Lord says that's impossible (Mt 6:24).
If we're set upon the things of the world, we're enemies of the cross (Phil 3:18-19). If we love what the world affords, the Father's love finds no place in us (1 Jn 2:15). The unbelievers are always concerned about what they are to eat, drink, or wear (Mt 6:31-32). Yet we have been chosen out of the world (Jn 15:19). We have been crucified to the world and the world to us (Gal 6:14). Because of our love for Jesus, we have come to rate all as loss and to consider it dung (Phil 3:8). We despise the world's petty pleasures and refuse to take Satan's bribes (see Lk 4:6-7). We have already devoted enough time to what the pagans enjoy (1 Pt 4:3). We must not spend what remains of our earthly lives "on human desires but on the will of God" (1 Pt 4:2).
Prayer: Father, may my lifestyle make no sense to someone who doesn't know You.
Promise: "With God is my safety and my glory, He is the Rock of my strength; my refuge is in God." -Ps 62:8
Praise: Praise be to the risen Jesus, Who is joy for all ages. Alleluia!
(For a related teaching, order our leaflet "The Bible on Money".)
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Isaiah 49:14-15, 1 Corinthians 4:1-5, Psalm 62:2-3, 6-9, Matthew 6:24-34
Link to Readings --> http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/022617.cfm
THE GOD OF LIFESTYLE
"You cannot give yourself to God and money. I warn you, then: do not worry about your livelihood." -Matthew 6:24-25
It often seems that much of Western Christianity has sold its birthright for petty pleasures (see Gn 25:34) and has blinded itself by bowing down before the god of the present age, the god of lifestyle (2 Cor 4:4). Many of us who call ourselves Christians think we can seek the most comfortable lifestyle possible and still serve God. However, the Lord says that's impossible (Mt 6:24).
If we're set upon the things of the world, we're enemies of the cross (Phil 3:18-19). If we love what the world affords, the Father's love finds no place in us (1 Jn 2:15). The unbelievers are always concerned about what they are to eat, drink, or wear (Mt 6:31-32). Yet we have been chosen out of the world (Jn 15:19). We have been crucified to the world and the world to us (Gal 6:14). Because of our love for Jesus, we have come to rate all as loss and to consider it dung (Phil 3:8). We despise the world's petty pleasures and refuse to take Satan's bribes (see Lk 4:6-7). We have already devoted enough time to what the pagans enjoy (1 Pt 4:3). We must not spend what remains of our earthly lives "on human desires but on the will of God" (1 Pt 4:2).
Prayer: Father, may my lifestyle make no sense to someone who doesn't know You.
Promise: "With God is my safety and my glory, He is the Rock of my strength; my refuge is in God." -Ps 62:8
Praise: Praise be to the risen Jesus, Who is joy for all ages. Alleluia!
(For a related teaching, order our leaflet "The Bible on Money".)
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Saturday, February 25, 2017
COMPLETELY KNOWN AND PERFECTLY LOVED - One Bread, One Body, 2/25/2017
Saturday, February 25, 2017
Sirach 17:1-15, Psalm 103:13-18, Mark 10:13-16
Link to Readings --> http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/022517.cfm
COMPLETELY KNOWN AND PERFECTLY LOVED
"He looks with favor upon their hearts." -Sirach 17:7
God knows all our ways; "they cannot be hidden from His eyes" (Sir 17:13). All our "actions are clear as the sun to Him, His eyes are ever upon" our ways (Sir 17:15). God knows when we sit or when we stand (Ps 139:1-2). Our journeys and our rest He scrutinizes (Ps 139:3). "Even before a word is" on our tongues, He knows "the whole of it" (Ps 139:4). In God's book, all our actions are written (Ps 139:16). He is familiar with all our ways (Ps 139:3).
Because God knows everything about us, we should:
* thank Him for loving us infinitely even in our sinfulness,
* live to please Him,
* ask Him to help us understand ourselves,
* ask Him to change us and make us holy as He is holy,
* never do anything without seeking His will,
* believe that our lives are planned, meaningful, and important,
* be joyful, and
* be in awe of Him.
Let us joyfully love the all-knowing God.
Prayer: Father, You know my worst. Thank You that You have never stopped loving me.
Promise: "He embraced them and blessed them, placing His hands on them." -Mk 10:16
Praise: Anthony turned his addiction to pornography over to the Lord from Whom he could not hide it. Jesus gave him the grace to be pure as He is pure (1 Jn 3:3).
(For a related teaching on Divine Love", order, listen to, or download our CD 52-3 or DVD 52 on our website or order our tape on audio AV 52-3 or video V 52.)
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?Most Reverend Joseph R. Binzer, Auxiliary Bishop, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, October 12, 2016
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Sirach 17:1-15, Psalm 103:13-18, Mark 10:13-16
Link to Readings --> http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/022517.cfm
COMPLETELY KNOWN AND PERFECTLY LOVED
"He looks with favor upon their hearts." -Sirach 17:7
God knows all our ways; "they cannot be hidden from His eyes" (Sir 17:13). All our "actions are clear as the sun to Him, His eyes are ever upon" our ways (Sir 17:15). God knows when we sit or when we stand (Ps 139:1-2). Our journeys and our rest He scrutinizes (Ps 139:3). "Even before a word is" on our tongues, He knows "the whole of it" (Ps 139:4). In God's book, all our actions are written (Ps 139:16). He is familiar with all our ways (Ps 139:3).
Because God knows everything about us, we should:
* thank Him for loving us infinitely even in our sinfulness,
* live to please Him,
* ask Him to help us understand ourselves,
* ask Him to change us and make us holy as He is holy,
* never do anything without seeking His will,
* believe that our lives are planned, meaningful, and important,
* be joyful, and
* be in awe of Him.
Let us joyfully love the all-knowing God.
Prayer: Father, You know my worst. Thank You that You have never stopped loving me.
Promise: "He embraced them and blessed them, placing His hands on them." -Mk 10:16
Praise: Anthony turned his addiction to pornography over to the Lord from Whom he could not hide it. Jesus gave him the grace to be pure as He is pure (1 Jn 3:3).
(For a related teaching on Divine Love", order, listen to, or download our CD 52-3 or DVD 52 on our website or order our tape on audio AV 52-3 or video V 52.)
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?Most Reverend Joseph R. Binzer, Auxiliary Bishop, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, October 12, 2016
The rescript is a declaration that a book or pamphlet is considered to be free of doctrinal or moral error. It is not implied that those who have granted ecclesial permission agree with the contents, opinions, or statements expressed.
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