Second Sunday of Lent February 25, 2024 Year of the Most Holy Eucharist Reflection #9
“He had a dream, and behold, a ladder was set on the earth with its top reaching to heaven; and behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. And behold, the LORD stood above it and said, ‘I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie, I will give it to you and to your descendants. Your descendants will also be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and in you and in your descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed. Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.’ Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, ‘Surely the LORD is in this place, and I did not know it.’ He was afraid and said, ‘How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.’”
(Genesis 28:12-17)
First Sunday of Lent February 18, 2024 Year of the Most Holy Eucharist Reflection #8
“After these things God tested Abraham, and said to him, ‘Abraham!’ And he said, ‘Here am I.’ He said, ‘Take your son, your only-begotten son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering upon one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.” (Genesis 22:1-2)
Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time February 11, 2024 Year of the Most Holy Eucharist Reflection #7
“Now the Lord said to Abram, ‘Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who curses you I will curse; and by you all the families of the earth shall bless themselves.”
(Genesis 12:1-3)
Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time February 4, 2024 Year of the Most Holy Eucharist Reflection #6
“Brothers, because of the love I have for you, I wish I were able to reassure you with the prospect of eternal happiness by saying to each of you: You are certain to go to paradise; the greater number of Christians is saved, so you also will be saved. But how can I give you this sweet assurance if you revolt against God’s decrees as though you were your own worst enemies? I observe in God a sincere desire to save you, but I find in you a decided inclination to be damned. So what will I be doing today if I speak clearly? I will be displeasing to you. But if I do not speak, I will be displeasing to God.”
(Saint Leonard of Port Maurice, The Little Number of Those Who Are Saved)
Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time January 28, 2024 Year of the Most Holy Eucharist Reflection #5
“The consequences of sin will stay with man until he returns to the earth, that is, until he dies.”
(The Navarre Bible, Pentateuch, p. 56)
Third Sunday of Ordinary Time January 21, 2024 Year of the Most Holy Eucharist Reflection #4
“The image of God in man makes him superior to other earthly creatures. Saint Augustine says, ‘Man’s excellence consists in the fact that God made him to His own image by giving him an intellectual soul which raises him above the beasts of the field.’”
(Msgr. Paul J. Glenn, A Tour of the Summa, p. 78)
Second Sunday of Ordinary Time January 14, 2024 Year of the Most Holy Eucharist Reflection #3
“The intellectual perfection of man and woman in this first beginning of the race was even more stupendous than the physical fullness. Adam and Eve came into being as adults.”
(My Way of Life, The Summa Simplified for Everyone, p.100)
The Epiphany of the Lord January 7, 2024 Year of the Most Holy Eucharist Reflection #2
“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters.”
(Genesis 1:1-2)
The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph December 31, 2023 Year of the Most Holy Eucharist Reflection #1
“Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.”
(John 6:53-57; King James Bible)
Fourth Sunday of Advent December 24, 2023 Year of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ark of the New Covenant
“No word of God must be incredible to us, as long as no work of God
Is impossible for Him.” (Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible)
by Deacon Groves