Spiritual Nourishment
The Feast of Saints and Martyrs
Saturday, November 1st, 2008Matthew 5: 1-12
Rv 7: 2-4. 9-14 / Ps 24: 1-6/ 1 Jn 3: 1-3
Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
(Matthew 5:3)
How can we have Christ’s righteousness
If we are filled with vain desires?
To seek the path of holiness
Modeling Christ is all it requires.
Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat [...]
The Transfiguration of Jesus
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008Matthew 17: 1-9
Dn 7: 9-10. 13-14 / Ps 97: 1-2. 5-6. 9 / 2 Pt 1: 16-19
Lord, it is good for us to be here.
(Matthew 17:4)
It may feel good to just remain
In the safety of God’s mountain,
But if His grace we seek to gain,
God’s fields are waiting in the plain.
Jesus took with him Peter, James [...]
At the Feet of Our Lord Jesus
Monday, July 28th, 2008Luke 10: 38-42
Jer. 14: 17-22 / Ps 79: 8, 9, 11 & 13
You are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the better part, and it will not be taken away from her.
(Luke 10:42)
In all the things we say and do
Lead us to ‘choose the better part’,
Grant [...]
The Parable of the Sower
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008Matthew 13: 1-9
Jer 1: 1. 4-10 / Ps 71: 1-6, 15 and 17
Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. He who has ears, let him hear.
(Matthew 13:9)
Our Lord Jesus reveals the Truth
To souls who seek the mysterious,
But His words will never bear [...]
Honoring God on the Sabbath
Thursday, July 17th, 2008Matthew 12: 1-8
Is 38: 1-6, 21-22, 7-8 / Is 38: 10-12, 16
For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.
(Matthew 12:
God asks but little of our time
For us to honor Him at Mass;
So let us leave all cares behind
To worship ere this week will pass
At that time Jesus went through the grainfields [...]
The Ultimate Nourishment
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008John 6: 44-51
Acts 8: 26-40 / Ps 66: 8-9, 16-17, 20
I am the bread of life … the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die … If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever … the bread that I will give for the life [...]
The Nourishment for Eternal Life
Monday, April 7th, 2008John 6: 30-35
Acts 7:51 — 8:1a / Ps 31:3-4, 6-8, 17, 21
I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.
(John 6:35)
Nothing nourishes more than Jesus
In the Eucharist and in His Word;
The Bread of Life God gives will fill us
With His love [...]
Nourished by the Bread of Life
Monday, April 7th, 2008John 6: 22-29
Acts 6: 8-15 / Ps 119: 23-24, 26-27, 29-30
Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you.
(John 6:27)
Seek God not in signs or raptures,
Nor in material needs fulfilled;
Find Him in the Mass and Scriptures,
The covenant that He [...]