Sunday, February 12, 2017, 6th Sunday Ordinary Time
Sirach 15:15-20, 1 Corinthians 2:6-10, Psalm 119:1-2, 4-5, 17-18, 33-34, Matthew 5:17-37
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LIFE IN THE SPIRIT OR DEATH IN THE WORLD
"Yet God has revealed this wisdom to us through the Spirit. The Spirit scrutinizes all matters, even the deep things of God." -1 Corinthians 2:10
There is a certain wisdom which is not of this age or of the rulers of this age who are headed for destruction (1 Cor 2:6). If we do not have this wisdom, we will be so ultimately foolish as to crucify the Lord of glory (1 Cor 2:8; Heb 6:6). The only way to receive this wisdom is through the Holy Spirit.
The Lord requires us to have a holiness which surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees (Mt 5:20). He even commands us to be holy as He is holy (1 Pt 1:16). We must not be angry with our brothers and sisters but reconciled (Mt 5:22-24). We must be sexually pure not only in deed but in thought (Mt 5:28ff). Our marriages and conversations are to be under Jesus' lordship (see Mt 5:32, 37). We must even love our enemies as Jesus loves them (Mt 5:44). Jesus expects us to meet the highest standards ever set for morality. We do this not by our power but only by the Spirit Who makes us holy (see Zec 4:6).
We need the Holy Spirit in order to be wise, holy, pure, and free. Without the Holy Spirit, we cannot please God (see Rm 8:8-9). Therefore, repent and pray for the Spirit, Whom we have received in Baptism and Confirmation, to be stirred into flame (2 Tm 1:6-7). Come, Holy Spirit!
Prayer: Father, I repent of quenching (1 Thes 5:19) and grieving the Spirit (Eph 4:30).
Promise: "Before man are life and death, whichever he chooses shall be given him." -Sir 15:17
Praise: Praise You, Jesus, for rising to new life and for vanquishing sin and death. Alleluia!
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Saturday, February 11, 2017
FOREVER-FOOD - One Bread, One Body, 2/11/2017
Saturday, February 11, 2017, Our Lady of Lourdes
Genesis 3:9-24, Psalm 90:2-6, 12-13, Mark 8:1-10
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FOREVER-FOOD
"He must not be allowed to put out his hand...and thus eat of it and live forever." -Genesis 3:22
God provided wonderful food for Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden (Gn 1:29-30; 2:16-17). However, Adam and Eve wanted control of the menu. So they ate the food God had forbidden them to eat (Gn 3:11). Because of their rebellion, God would not allow humanity to eat of the food of the tree of life, which would cause them to live forever (Gn 3:22).
However, God so loved the world that He sent His only Son (Jn 3:16). At Calvary, Jesus was nailed to the tree of life. He left us a new food: His own Body and Blood, the Eucharist. In Jesus, God offers us a new chance to eat from the tree of life that grows in His garden (Rv 2:7). Now we are once again allowed to eat of food that will enable us to live forever (Jn 6:51, 54).
Through Jesus, eating has been transformed. The Mass is now the new Eden, the new Passover, the new paradise. In the Mass, our "deserted" lives (Mk 8:4) are nourished as Jesus feeds us with food that fills and satisfies us perfectly (see Wis 16:20; Ps 145:16).
Adam and Eve ate to please themselves. In the Eucharist, we eat to please Jesus. The Lord asks us: "When you were eating and drinking, was it not for yourselves that you ate, and for yourselves that you drank?" (Zec 7:6) Are you eating forever-food (Jn 6:58) or perishable food (Jn 6:27)? Repent of any rebellion against God's menu planning. Accept Jesus as the Lord of your eating.
Prayer: Father, I renounce the food "of corruption and wickedness" and devote my life to eating the Eucharist, the "Bread of sincerity and truth" (1 Cor 5:8).
Promise: "My heart is moved with pity for the crowd." -Mk 8:2
Praise: At Lourdes, France, many thousands of wheelchairs, canes, and braces have been left behind at the basilica of Our Lady of Lourdes because their owners have been healed and no longer need them.
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Genesis 3:9-24, Psalm 90:2-6, 12-13, Mark 8:1-10
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FOREVER-FOOD
"He must not be allowed to put out his hand...and thus eat of it and live forever." -Genesis 3:22
God provided wonderful food for Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden (Gn 1:29-30; 2:16-17). However, Adam and Eve wanted control of the menu. So they ate the food God had forbidden them to eat (Gn 3:11). Because of their rebellion, God would not allow humanity to eat of the food of the tree of life, which would cause them to live forever (Gn 3:22).
However, God so loved the world that He sent His only Son (Jn 3:16). At Calvary, Jesus was nailed to the tree of life. He left us a new food: His own Body and Blood, the Eucharist. In Jesus, God offers us a new chance to eat from the tree of life that grows in His garden (Rv 2:7). Now we are once again allowed to eat of food that will enable us to live forever (Jn 6:51, 54).
Through Jesus, eating has been transformed. The Mass is now the new Eden, the new Passover, the new paradise. In the Mass, our "deserted" lives (Mk 8:4) are nourished as Jesus feeds us with food that fills and satisfies us perfectly (see Wis 16:20; Ps 145:16).
Adam and Eve ate to please themselves. In the Eucharist, we eat to please Jesus. The Lord asks us: "When you were eating and drinking, was it not for yourselves that you ate, and for yourselves that you drank?" (Zec 7:6) Are you eating forever-food (Jn 6:58) or perishable food (Jn 6:27)? Repent of any rebellion against God's menu planning. Accept Jesus as the Lord of your eating.
Prayer: Father, I renounce the food "of corruption and wickedness" and devote my life to eating the Eucharist, the "Bread of sincerity and truth" (1 Cor 5:8).
Promise: "My heart is moved with pity for the crowd." -Mk 8:2
Praise: At Lourdes, France, many thousands of wheelchairs, canes, and braces have been left behind at the basilica of Our Lady of Lourdes because their owners have been healed and no longer need them.
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Friday, February 10, 2017
DEMONIC DECEPTIONS - One Bread, One Body, 2/10/2017
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Friday, February 10, 2017, St. Scholastica
Genesis 3:1-8, Psalm 32:1-2, 5-7, Mark 7:31-37
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DEMONIC DECEPTIONS
"Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the animals that the Lord God had made." -Genesis 3:1
"The serpent asked the woman, 'Did God really tell you not to eat from any of the trees in the garden?' " (Gn 3:1) Our temptations often come in the form of questions. Also, the issue seems to shift from the sin committed to whether God ever really told us that a particular act was a sin. For example, those advocating the legitimacy of some homosexual acts try to explain that God never really condemned all homosexual acts in the Bible. Next, in temptation, God's commands are often exaggerated. For example, God told Adam and Eve that they could eat of any tree except a certain one. But the devil pretended that God had forbidden eating from any tree.
The devil's next line was: "You certainly will not die! No, God knows well that the moment you eat of it your eyes will be opened and you will be like gods who know what is good and what is bad" (Gn 3:4-5). Here the devil did not merely question, confuse, or misrepresent. He told a bold-faced lie and put an exclamation point on his lie by saying that God was "certainly" lying. In addition to calling God a liar, the devil attributed selfish motives to God. Finally, he told Eve that, if she did not sin, she would deprive herself from reaching her full potential.
The devil is a master-liar, in fact, the "father of lies" (Jn 8:44). We need the Holy Spirit working through the Church, or we will be seduced, confused, used, abused, enslaved, and damned.
Prayer: Father, set me free by Your truth (see Jn 8:32).
Promise: "He makes the deaf hear and the mute speak!" -Mk 7:37
Praise: St. Scholastica was a virgin, intercessor, a religious sister, and a twin sister to St. Benedict.
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Friday, February 10, 2017, St. Scholastica
Genesis 3:1-8, Psalm 32:1-2, 5-7, Mark 7:31-37
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DEMONIC DECEPTIONS
"Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the animals that the Lord God had made." -Genesis 3:1
"The serpent asked the woman, 'Did God really tell you not to eat from any of the trees in the garden?' " (Gn 3:1) Our temptations often come in the form of questions. Also, the issue seems to shift from the sin committed to whether God ever really told us that a particular act was a sin. For example, those advocating the legitimacy of some homosexual acts try to explain that God never really condemned all homosexual acts in the Bible. Next, in temptation, God's commands are often exaggerated. For example, God told Adam and Eve that they could eat of any tree except a certain one. But the devil pretended that God had forbidden eating from any tree.
The devil's next line was: "You certainly will not die! No, God knows well that the moment you eat of it your eyes will be opened and you will be like gods who know what is good and what is bad" (Gn 3:4-5). Here the devil did not merely question, confuse, or misrepresent. He told a bold-faced lie and put an exclamation point on his lie by saying that God was "certainly" lying. In addition to calling God a liar, the devil attributed selfish motives to God. Finally, he told Eve that, if she did not sin, she would deprive herself from reaching her full potential.
The devil is a master-liar, in fact, the "father of lies" (Jn 8:44). We need the Holy Spirit working through the Church, or we will be seduced, confused, used, abused, enslaved, and damned.
Prayer: Father, set me free by Your truth (see Jn 8:32).
Promise: "He makes the deaf hear and the mute speak!" -Mk 7:37
Praise: St. Scholastica was a virgin, intercessor, a religious sister, and a twin sister to St. Benedict.
(For a related teaching on "Do You Renounce Satan?", order, view, or download our leaflet or order, listen to, or download our CD 44-1 or DVD 44 on our website or order our tape on audio AV 44-1 or video V 44.)
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Thursday, February 9, 2017
THE SACRAMENT OF TRINITARIAN UNITY - One Bread, One Body, 2/9/2017
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Thursday, February 9, 2017
Genesis 2:18-25, Psalm 128:1-5, Mark 7:24-30
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THE SACRAMENT OF TRINITARIAN UNITY
"The two of them become one body." -Genesis 2:24
Husband and wife are not merely mentally, emotionally, sexually, or spiritually united. They are one body. Woman was made from a part of man's body (Gn 2:22). Therefore, man and woman are incomplete without each other, for she is bone of his bones and flesh of his flesh (Gn 2:23). "That is why a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, and the two of them become one body" (Gn 2:24).
When a couple is married in the Lord (see 1 Cor 7:39), this deep bodily unity between husband and wife is taken into the unity of the Trinity. The bodily, Trinitarian unity in Christian marriage is a sacrament, a sign, of Christ's love for the Church, for she is Christ's body (Eph 5:32). Christian married couples are signs that we can be one with God and other Christians as the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are One (Jn 17:21). The bodily, Trinitarian unity in Christian marriage proclaims sacramentally: "There is but one body and one Spirit, just as there is but one hope given all of you by your call. There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all" (Eph 4:4-6).
Consequently, let the whole Church love, pray for, and serve married couples. They are so important for the body of Christ. Married couples, we all need the miraculous unity of your marriage. Give your lives and marriage to Jesus. Renew your marriage covenant of love and unity for the sake of the Church and the world.
Prayer: Father, through Christian marriages begin to displace the culture of death with a civilization of life and love.
Promise: "Happy are you who fear the Lord, who walk in His ways!" -Ps 128:1
Praise: Making the sign of the cross reminds Thomas how much he is worth in the sight of God.
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Thursday, February 9, 2017
Genesis 2:18-25, Psalm 128:1-5, Mark 7:24-30
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THE SACRAMENT OF TRINITARIAN UNITY
"The two of them become one body." -Genesis 2:24
Husband and wife are not merely mentally, emotionally, sexually, or spiritually united. They are one body. Woman was made from a part of man's body (Gn 2:22). Therefore, man and woman are incomplete without each other, for she is bone of his bones and flesh of his flesh (Gn 2:23). "That is why a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, and the two of them become one body" (Gn 2:24).
When a couple is married in the Lord (see 1 Cor 7:39), this deep bodily unity between husband and wife is taken into the unity of the Trinity. The bodily, Trinitarian unity in Christian marriage is a sacrament, a sign, of Christ's love for the Church, for she is Christ's body (Eph 5:32). Christian married couples are signs that we can be one with God and other Christians as the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are One (Jn 17:21). The bodily, Trinitarian unity in Christian marriage proclaims sacramentally: "There is but one body and one Spirit, just as there is but one hope given all of you by your call. There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all" (Eph 4:4-6).
Consequently, let the whole Church love, pray for, and serve married couples. They are so important for the body of Christ. Married couples, we all need the miraculous unity of your marriage. Give your lives and marriage to Jesus. Renew your marriage covenant of love and unity for the sake of the Church and the world.
Prayer: Father, through Christian marriages begin to displace the culture of death with a civilization of life and love.
Promise: "Happy are you who fear the Lord, who walk in His ways!" -Ps 128:1
Praise: Making the sign of the cross reminds Thomas how much he is worth in the sight of God.
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Wednesday, February 8, 2017
CLEANING IS AN "IN-THING" - One Bread, One Body, 2/8/2017
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Wednesday, February 8, 2017, St. Jerome Emiliani, St. Josephine Bakhita
Genesis 2:4-9, 15-17, Psalm 104:1-2, 27-30, Mark 7:14-23
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CLEANING IS AN "IN-THING"
"What emerges from within a man, that and nothing else is what makes him impure." -Mark 7:20
"All these evils come from within and render a man impure." -Mark 7:23
The source of "acts of fornication, theft, murder, adulterous conduct, greed, maliciousness, deceit, sensuality, envy, blasphemy, arrogance, an obtuse spirit" (Mk 7:21-22) is the impurity inside us. Consequently, it is very important to be cleansed inside and to remain clean inside. This means that:
* The Sacrament of Reconciliation is one of God's most precious gifts because of its cleansing power.
* The penitential rite at the beginning of Mass is one of the more important moments of our day and life.
* To hear God's cleansing Word daily is even more necessary than to wash daily (see Eph 5:26; Jn 15:3).
* Fasting, because of its cleansing power, should be highly valued.
* The defilement from most TV programs is intolerable.
* "Dirty language" and "dirty pictures" are aptly named and are worse than living in a garbage can.
* The defilement from unforgiveness must be removed immediately (see Mt 5:25).
Be clean and stay clean - deep inside - and thus be free and holy.
Prayer: Father, whatever it takes, cleanse the temple of my heart (see Jn 2:15ff).
Promise: "The Lord God formed man out of the clay of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and so man became a living being." -Gn 2:7
Praise: St. Josephine forgave those who enslaved her and gave herself freely to her Lord.
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Wednesday, February 8, 2017, St. Jerome Emiliani, St. Josephine Bakhita
Genesis 2:4-9, 15-17, Psalm 104:1-2, 27-30, Mark 7:14-23
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CLEANING IS AN "IN-THING"
"What emerges from within a man, that and nothing else is what makes him impure." -Mark 7:20
"All these evils come from within and render a man impure." -Mark 7:23
The source of "acts of fornication, theft, murder, adulterous conduct, greed, maliciousness, deceit, sensuality, envy, blasphemy, arrogance, an obtuse spirit" (Mk 7:21-22) is the impurity inside us. Consequently, it is very important to be cleansed inside and to remain clean inside. This means that:
* The Sacrament of Reconciliation is one of God's most precious gifts because of its cleansing power.
* The penitential rite at the beginning of Mass is one of the more important moments of our day and life.
* To hear God's cleansing Word daily is even more necessary than to wash daily (see Eph 5:26; Jn 15:3).
* Fasting, because of its cleansing power, should be highly valued.
* The defilement from most TV programs is intolerable.
* "Dirty language" and "dirty pictures" are aptly named and are worse than living in a garbage can.
* The defilement from unforgiveness must be removed immediately (see Mt 5:25).
Be clean and stay clean - deep inside - and thus be free and holy.
Prayer: Father, whatever it takes, cleanse the temple of my heart (see Jn 2:15ff).
Promise: "The Lord God formed man out of the clay of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and so man became a living being." -Gn 2:7
Praise: St. Josephine forgave those who enslaved her and gave herself freely to her Lord.
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Tuesday, February 7, 2017
THE GOOD NEWS - One Bread, One Body, 2/7/2017
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Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Genesis 1:20-2:4, Psalm 8:4-9, Mark 7:1-13
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THE GOOD NEWS
"God created man in His image." -Genesis 1:27
God created the light and saw that it was "good" (Gn 1:4). He created dry land and sea and termed that "good" (Gn 1:10). Likewise, the plants, sun, stars, and animals were all "good" (Gn 1:12, 18, 21, 25). When God created man and woman, "He found it very good" (Gn 1:31). God obviously takes great delight in people, and considers them the crown of His creation.
The man and woman could eat from any fruit tree "except the tree of knowledge of good and bad" (Gn 2:17). Before man and woman knew what was good, they simply were "very good." To the core of their being, they were pure and good. "The man and his wife were both naked, yet they felt no shame" (Gn 2:25). What a good, holy innocence!
Then the man and woman preferred to know what was good rather than to be good. So they ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and bad (Gn 3:6). Sadly, now that they believed they knew what was good, they lost God's grace and power to be good. Before long, man fell so far from his original good nature that he no longer could distinguish good from evil, and even could "call evil good, and good evil" (Is 5:20). This warped sense of what is good continues to the present day.
Thus, "Jesus appeared in Galilee proclaiming the good news of God" (Mk 1:14). God created man originally; Jesus re-created man (2 Cor 5:17). Now, in Jesus, we can know what is good (1 Cor 2:16). In the Holy Spirit, we can be good (Gal 5:16ff). Make a good decision today. Accept Jesus as Lord of your life.
Prayer: Father, I repent of my sins. "Have mercy on me, O God, in Your goodness" (Ps 51:3).
Promise: "God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it He rested from all the work He had done." -Gn 2:3
Praise: Bob and Liz's marriage was filled with anger, until they prayed together to Him Who alone is good.
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Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Genesis 1:20-2:4, Psalm 8:4-9, Mark 7:1-13
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THE GOOD NEWS
"God created man in His image." -Genesis 1:27
God created the light and saw that it was "good" (Gn 1:4). He created dry land and sea and termed that "good" (Gn 1:10). Likewise, the plants, sun, stars, and animals were all "good" (Gn 1:12, 18, 21, 25). When God created man and woman, "He found it very good" (Gn 1:31). God obviously takes great delight in people, and considers them the crown of His creation.
The man and woman could eat from any fruit tree "except the tree of knowledge of good and bad" (Gn 2:17). Before man and woman knew what was good, they simply were "very good." To the core of their being, they were pure and good. "The man and his wife were both naked, yet they felt no shame" (Gn 2:25). What a good, holy innocence!
Then the man and woman preferred to know what was good rather than to be good. So they ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and bad (Gn 3:6). Sadly, now that they believed they knew what was good, they lost God's grace and power to be good. Before long, man fell so far from his original good nature that he no longer could distinguish good from evil, and even could "call evil good, and good evil" (Is 5:20). This warped sense of what is good continues to the present day.
Thus, "Jesus appeared in Galilee proclaiming the good news of God" (Mk 1:14). God created man originally; Jesus re-created man (2 Cor 5:17). Now, in Jesus, we can know what is good (1 Cor 2:16). In the Holy Spirit, we can be good (Gal 5:16ff). Make a good decision today. Accept Jesus as Lord of your life.
Prayer: Father, I repent of my sins. "Have mercy on me, O God, in Your goodness" (Ps 51:3).
Promise: "God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it He rested from all the work He had done." -Gn 2:3
Praise: Bob and Liz's marriage was filled with anger, until they prayed together to Him Who alone is good.
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Monday, February 6, 2017
ON ANY GIVEN DAY... - One Bread, One Body, 2/6/2017
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Monday, February 6, 2017, St. Paul Miki & Companions
Genesis 1:1-19, Psalm 104:1-2, 5-6, 10, 12, 24, 35, Mark 6:53-56
Link to Readings --> http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/020617.cfm
ON ANY GIVEN DAY...
"Evening came, and morning followed." -Genesis 1:5
God can do new and amazing things each day. In the beginning, God created light, heaven, and earth in one day (Gn 1:1-3). The next day He created the sky (Gn 1:8). The day after that He created plant life (Gn 1:12). Since God is the same today as He was when He created the earth (Heb 13:8), it follows that He is creating something new and exciting this very day.
When we come to know God as the Creator, this realization leads us to new hope. God's very nature is to create; thus, God creates new things each day, just as He did "in the beginning" (Gn 1:1). Each day God can make a new creation out of nothing, and can create good from bad (Rm 8:28), making each day a new creation in Him.
Therefore, if we've had one bad day (or many bad days), it doesn't mean tomorrow will also be bad. The book of James tells us: "You have no idea what kind of life will be yours tomorrow" (Jas 4:14). We can never lose hope, because God's love and mercy come anew every morning (Lam 3:22-23).
This is why Jesus teaches us to pray only for the needs of this day (Mt 6:11), to not worry about tomorrow, and to deal with each day as it comes (Mt 6:33-34). Therefore, "today, if you should hear His voice, harden not your hearts" (Heb 3:7-8).
Never lose hope, for God can create a future full of hope for you on any given day (Jer 29:11). "This is the day the Lord has made; let us be glad and rejoice in it" (Ps 118:24).
Prayer: Jesus, in You my "inner being is renewed each day" (2 Cor 4:16). May I desire to go to Mass and read Scripture every day.
Promise: "All who touched [Jesus] got well." -Mk 6:56
Praise: St. Paul Miki and his twenty-five companions were pierced by a lance, as was Jesus. They gave every day, even their last day, to their Lord.
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Monday, February 6, 2017, St. Paul Miki & Companions
Genesis 1:1-19, Psalm 104:1-2, 5-6, 10, 12, 24, 35, Mark 6:53-56
Link to Readings --> http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/020617.cfm
ON ANY GIVEN DAY...
"Evening came, and morning followed." -Genesis 1:5
God can do new and amazing things each day. In the beginning, God created light, heaven, and earth in one day (Gn 1:1-3). The next day He created the sky (Gn 1:8). The day after that He created plant life (Gn 1:12). Since God is the same today as He was when He created the earth (Heb 13:8), it follows that He is creating something new and exciting this very day.
When we come to know God as the Creator, this realization leads us to new hope. God's very nature is to create; thus, God creates new things each day, just as He did "in the beginning" (Gn 1:1). Each day God can make a new creation out of nothing, and can create good from bad (Rm 8:28), making each day a new creation in Him.
Therefore, if we've had one bad day (or many bad days), it doesn't mean tomorrow will also be bad. The book of James tells us: "You have no idea what kind of life will be yours tomorrow" (Jas 4:14). We can never lose hope, because God's love and mercy come anew every morning (Lam 3:22-23).
This is why Jesus teaches us to pray only for the needs of this day (Mt 6:11), to not worry about tomorrow, and to deal with each day as it comes (Mt 6:33-34). Therefore, "today, if you should hear His voice, harden not your hearts" (Heb 3:7-8).
Never lose hope, for God can create a future full of hope for you on any given day (Jer 29:11). "This is the day the Lord has made; let us be glad and rejoice in it" (Ps 118:24).
Prayer: Jesus, in You my "inner being is renewed each day" (2 Cor 4:16). May I desire to go to Mass and read Scripture every day.
Promise: "All who touched [Jesus] got well." -Mk 6:56
Praise: St. Paul Miki and his twenty-five companions were pierced by a lance, as was Jesus. They gave every day, even their last day, to their Lord.
(This teaching was submitted by a member of our editorial team.)
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