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Daily Readings, Ho̔milíes, and Prayers - 05182022 - Theme: Creed — He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead and his kingdom will have no end.

Peace and All Good!

Today is the 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐈

A Hammer to the Arians of the West. He was also depicted as making restorations to the cemetery of Saints Nereus and Achilleus on the Via Ardeatina.

Let us begin today's Daily

In the name of the Father, ✠
and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit,
𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗻.

God our loving Father,
grant us the grace
to hear what we ought to hear,
to see what we ought to see,
that we might do what we ought to do,
in Jesus' name we pray.
Amen.

𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲'𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 is from the 𝐀𝖈𝖙𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝐀𝖕𝖔𝖘𝖙𝖑𝖊𝖘 17:29-34
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVUE)

“Since we are God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the deity is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of mortals. While God has overlooked the times of human ignorance, now he commands all people everywhere to repent, because he has fixed a day on which he will have the world judged in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed, and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.”

When they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some scoffed, but others said, “We will hear you again about this.” At that point Paul left them. But some of them joined him and became believers, including Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them.

𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: some scoffed, but others said, “We will hear you again about this.”

I kinda made the mistake of placing the Acts of the Apostles at Sunday, where as a Historical Book it should've been Wednesday. But anyway, a part of Paul's speech in Athens, tells us the moral responsibility, repent and believe in the gospel. I remember reading about Saint Augustine's take on polygamy, and he states the same as Saint Paul. Both of them said that God overlooked over the hardness of man's heart.

Paul reminds us that God before Christ's Birth and the God after Christ's Death is the same person. Such did the prophets say repent, so does Jesus say repent, and the apostles continue the message of repentance. In our present lives, repentance is the least preached... in my opinion. We forget the final judgement, and we rely too much on God's mercy that we forget what we are and just do. With our ever growing secularization, we even forget God. This is a sad thought, Cardinal Tagle mentioned this about Practical Atheism, and our mindset is that God is enthroned there and we should just live. Our society is not inclined to God but to our own welfare. The religious, ascetics, desert fathers/mothers, hermits, monks, that once lived their life free from anything even the essentials are revered today because of their high trust in the Lord. But what are we, we cannot live a day without the internet, which I am also guilty of.

We forget the final judgement, or I guess we try to not be fearful of God's wrath. But when we don't mind it all the more would God inflict on the unjust. Let us teach the Cross, because that is the only way to Salvation, as laid out by Jesus Christ. The Flaming Arrow (Ignea Sagitta) by by Nicholas of France, (Prior General of the Carmelite Order 1266-1271) spokes of encountering God in Solitude, retreating to a desert or the mountain and seeking God. That is not practical, but in our own homes, our own rooms, the room within our minds hearts and souls, let us seek God. In our lives, let us desert vanities, and seek God. And of course do all of this not solely of Obedience, but of Humility and most of all the Loving Charity.

𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫: Christ the Just and Merciful Judge whom God has exalted in Obedience, hear our prayers and the prayers of Your Saints and the Angels—the Heavenly Mother, Saint Joseph, and our Guardian Angel—and all the Holy Souls, look upon us with Mercy.

Lord God
You have power and might,
strength with justice and mercy.
We who have recourse to Your Divine Mercy,
hear our prayers.
We detest our sins, the sins that made You die for us,
We detest our sins dreading the loss of heaven and the pains of hell.
But most of all, because we know that it offended You
You who have come to redeem us,
You who have created us,
You who have come to renew us.
You have shown us the way,
help us to follow with Love.
You have shown us the Light,
help us to see with Love.
You have shown us the Truth,
help us to believe with Love.

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝘆, Mother of God, and our Mother. You are our example. Pray for us, who have strayed from the path. In you we see refuge and hope, being a woman of creation goodness. We put our trust in you, that our prayers may be heard by the Father through the Son [who with the Father and the Son is] in union with the Holy Spirit, living as one God forever.

To You O Blessed Joseph, we have recourse to You to. For having the honour of being joined to the hearts of Mary and Joseph, we know that Your intercession is powerful too. Hear our prayers and protect us with Saint Michael the Archangel. For You are regarded as the Protector of the Church as once You have protected Jesus from mortal danger of Herod. Intercede for us, and by sacred trust, faith, and hope in You, we know that our prayers are heard with the Blessed Mother Your spouse.
Amen.

In the name of the Father, ✠
and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit,
𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗻.

℟. Thanks be to God! Alleluia! Hallelujah!

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Jesus Christ Just Judge
Icon of Jesus Christ the Just Judge by Marchela Dimitrova
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