Tagged: Daily Reflections

“Comfort, give comfort to My people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem.” –Isaiah 40:1-2 Mass Readings: December 10 First: Isaiah 40:1-5,9-11;Resp: Psalm 85:9-14; Second: 2 Peter 3:8-14; Gospel: Mark 1:1-8 Listen to the Mass Readings This Christmas, the Lord wants us to have a special “encounter” with Him (seeChurch in America, 3). He wants our relationship with Him to be greater than any other love in our life. He will make our relationship with Him so deep, personal, and intimate that He will be a Source of comfort for us even in our worst sufferings (see Is 40:1-2; Ps...

“When the rainy season set in, the torrents came and the winds blew and buffeted his house. It did not collapse; it had been solidly set on rock.” –Matthew 7:25 Mass Readings: December 7 First: Isaiah 26:1-6;Resp: Psalm 118:1,8-9,19-21,25-27;Gospel: Matthew 7:21,24-27 Listen to the Mass Readings Will your life stand when the rain, floods, and winds hit? Will you be faithful to the Lord even if you have to suffer terrible persecution? Will you love the Lord till your dying day, or will you be another Judas? If you are alive during the mass apostasy (see 2 Thes 2:3), will...

“This is the Lord for Whom we looked; let us rejoice and be glad that He has saved us!” –Isaiah 25:9 Mass Readings: December 6 First: Isaiah 25:6-10; Resp: Psalm 23:1-6; Gospel: Matthew 15:29-37 Listen to the Mass Readings Christmas is not merely a memory or symbol. It is a real coming of Jesus Christ. We know Jesus has already come and is present everywhere, but we also believe He will come again to us this Christmas. How will we know when He comes? Will we see Him? Many people have had visions of Jesus (e.g. Acts 9:3ff; 18:9; Rv...

“Then the wolf shall be a guest of the lamb…” –Isaiah 11:6 Half of the animals mentioned in today’s first eucharistic reading are predators: the wolf, leopard, lion, bear, cobra, and adder. The other half mentioned are prey: lamb, kid, calf, cow, and baby. The nature and instinct of a predator is to eat the prey. A predator would need an entirely new nature in order to resist eating prey so near at hand. On God’s holy mountain, in His kingdom, a new order is in place. “There shall be no harm or ruin on all My holy mountain” (Is...