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Re: Scriptures - Verse Of The Day and Discussion
« Reply #234 on: February 14, 2021, 07:50:09 pm »
7  My heart is steadfast, O God,
my heart is steadfast!
    I will sing and make melody!
8  Awake, my glory!
Awake, O harp and lyre!
    I will awake the dawn!
9  I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples;
I will sing praises to you among the nations.
10  For your steadfast love is great to the heavens,
your faithfulness to the clouds.
Psalms 57: 7-10  (ESV)
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« Reply #235 on: February 15, 2021, 07:16:13 pm »
13 Therefore, preparing your minds for action,2 and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 14 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, 15 but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 since it is written, m“You shall be holy, for I am holy.”  1 Peter 1:13-17 (ESV)

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« Reply #236 on: February 16, 2021, 07:34:28 pm »
11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, 12 training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, 13 waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, 14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.  Titus 2:11-14  (ESV)

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« Reply #237 on: February 16, 2021, 11:28:40 pm »
11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, 12 training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, 13 waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, 14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.  Titus 2:11-14  (ESV)


thanks Mark

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Re: Scriptures - Verse Of The Day and Discussion
« Reply #238 on: February 17, 2021, 08:28:16 pm »
I thought a more traditional Scripture reading for Ash Wednesday was in order. 

“Cry aloud; do not hold back; lift up your voice like a trumpet;
declare to my people their transgression,
to the house of Jacob their sins.
2  Yet they seek me daily and delight to know my ways,
as if they were a nation that did righteousness
and did not forsake the judgment of their God;
they ask of me righteous judgments;
they delight to draw near to God.

3  Why have we fasted, and you see it not?
Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?’
Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure,1
and oppress all your workers.

4  Behold, you fast only to quarrel and to fight and to hit with a wicked fist.
Fasting like yours this day will not make your voice to be heard on high.

5  hIs such the fast that I choose, a day for a person to humble himself?
Is it to bow down his head like a reed, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?
Will you call this a fast, and a day acceptable to the LORD?

6  “Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness,
to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed2 go free,
and to break every yoke?

7  Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house;
when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?

8  Then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up speedily;
your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.

9  Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer;
you shall cry, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’
If you take away the yoke from your midst,
the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness,

10  if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted,
then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday.

11  And the LORD will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places
and make your bones strong;
and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.

12  And your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt;
you shall raise up the foundations of many generations;
you shall be called the repairer of the breach,
the restorer of streets to dwell in.

Isaiah 57: 1-12 (ESV)
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Re: Scriptures - Verse Of The Day and Discussion
« Reply #239 on: February 18, 2021, 08:47:05 pm »
8  But I am like a green olive tree

in the house of God.

I trust in the steadfast love of God

forever and ever.

9  I will thank you forever,

because you have done it.

I will wait for your name, for it is good,

in the presence of the godly.

Psalm 52:8-9 (ESV)
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Re: Scriptures - Verse Of The Day and Discussion
« Reply #240 on: February 19, 2021, 08:39:49 pm »
In our first reading today, we hear the prophet Isaiah speaking the Lord’s words and intentions, stating that some who practice fasting and other actions as prescribed by the Law who , at the same time, commit actions that are sinful such as being angry towards one another, and quarreling over certain matters with their brothers and sisters. That is tantamount to being hypocrites, not truly believing in the Lord and doing the fast and other actions just for one’s own ego and benefits.

In our Gospel passage today, we the  Pharisees, complaining that the Lord’s disciples had not been fasting in the manner prescribed by the law of Moses, and especially that they did not follow the Law in the manner that the Pharisees themselves had done. Actually, they were using themselves as a benchmark and point of reference especially in condemning others for their lack of faith and obedience.

The Pharisees had lost the essence and meaning, the purpose of doing the fast and other faithful actions. In criticizing others for the difference in the way they lived their faith they had not done what the Lord had entrusted to them, the responsibility to teach and guide, to show, and the lead the way by their examples.

 Today’s readings call us to reflect on how we are going to make good use of this Lenten season. This is the time to prepare ourselves for the great celebrations at Holy Week and Easter. That is why we are reminded now that as we carry out our Lenten fast,  and other things we do in this period, we should remain focused on the Lord and not be distracted by other, less than noble pursuits just as the Pharisees had done.

In this season of Lent, let us remember those who are needy and those suffering, all because we have not yet overcome the fallout from the pandemic. Many people are still suffering daily and are struggling to make ends meet for themselves and for their families. If we are able to help and provide assistance, then why not? And when we do help, let us not look for fame and glory, or any praise from our actions.

Brothers and sisters, let us all do whatever we can in order to be good and faithful Christians, in showing the love of God to all those who are in need, let us all make our Lent observances meaningful and good,  dedicating ourselves to our fellow brothers and sisters, and ultimately to the Lord our Savior and God.
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Re: Scriptures - Verse Of The Day and Discussion
« Reply #241 on: February 20, 2021, 08:05:16 pm »
16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, 17 comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.  2 Thessalonians 2:16-17  (ESV)
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Re: Scriptures - Verse Of The Day and Discussion
« Reply #242 on: February 21, 2021, 06:14:24 pm »
God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency5 in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.  2 Corinthians 9:8 (EAV)
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« Reply #243 on: February 22, 2021, 06:20:42 pm »
     Peter reminded the bishops, then known as elders in the earliest days of the Church, that they ought to be exemplary in their conduct and faith, so that by their faith and obedience to God, they might be good examples for their flock, helping and leading them down the right path towards God.

     Today, we are called to pray for our bishops, as well as our priests. We pray that with the heavy responsibilities they have been given, they might remain strong in faith, and firm in their beliefs, so as not to be overwhelmed by the many temptations and pressures surrounding them.

     Let us all give them our prayers, our support, and love, brothers and sisters that they may imitate the faith and examples of St. Peter, whose faith in the Lord was unwavering to the end. Although St. Peter himself did make mistakes and famously denied the Lord three times, but in his imperfections, he remained filled with love for God, and was genuinely remorseful for his actions.
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Re: Scriptures - Verse Of The Day and Discussion
« Reply #244 on: March 01, 2021, 04:02:45 pm »
The Way of Love

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If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.  And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;2 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.

So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.  1Corinthians 13

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Re: Scriptures - Verse Of The Day and Discussion
« Reply #245 on: March 02, 2021, 09:18:22 pm »
If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities,
    O Lord, who could stand?
But with you there is forgiveness,
     that you may be feared.
Psalms 130: 3-4  (ESV)
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Re: Scriptures - Verse Of The Day and Discussion
« Reply #246 on: March 04, 2021, 08:48:45 pm »
If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.  John 15: 7-11 (ESV)
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