Tagged: Daily Reflections

DEMONIC DECEPTIONS

“Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the animals that the Lord God had made.” –Genesis 3:1 Mass Readings: February 10 First: Genesis 3:1-8; Resp: Psalm 32:1-2,5-7; Gospel: Mark 7:31-37 “The serpent asked the woman, ‘Did God really tell you not to eat from any of the trees in the garden?’ ” (Gn 3:1) Our temptations often come in the form of questions. Also, the issue seems to shift from the sin committed to whether God ever really told us that a particular act was a sin. For example, those advocating the legitimacy of some homosexual acts try...

THE SACRAMENT OF TRINITARIAN UNITY

“The two of them become one body.” –Genesis 2:24 Mass Readings: February 9 First: Genesis 2:18-25; Resp: Psalm 128:1-5; Gospel: Mark 7:24-30 Husband and wife are not merely mentally, emotionally, sexually, or spiritually united. They are one body. Woman was made from a part of man’s body (Gn 2:22). Therefore, man and woman are incomplete without each other, for she is bone of his bones and flesh of his flesh (Gn 2:23). “That is why a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, and the two of them become one body” (Gn 2:24). When a couple...

CLEANING IS AN “IN-THING”

“What emerges from within a man, that and nothing else is what makes him impure.” –Mark 7:20 Mass Readings: February 8 First: Genesis 2:4-9,15-17;Resp: Psalm 104:1-2,27-30;Gospel: Mark 7:14-23 “All these evils come from within and render a man impure.” –Mark 7:23 The source of “acts of fornication, theft, murder, adulterous conduct, greed, maliciousness, deceit, sensuality, envy, blasphemy, arrogance, an obtuse spirit” (Mk 7:21-22) is the impurity inside us. Consequently, it is very important to be cleansed inside and to remain clean inside. This means that: The Sacrament of Reconciliation is one of God’s most precious gifts because of its cleansing...

ON ANY GIVEN DAY…

“Evening came, and morning followed.” –Genesis 1:5 Mass Readings: February 6 First: Genesis 1:1-19; Resp: Psalm 104:1-2,5-6,10,12,24,35; Gospel: Mark 6:53-56 God can do new and amazing things each day. In the beginning, God created light, heaven, and earth in one day (Gn 1:1-3). The next day He created the sky (Gn 1:8). The day after that He created plant life (Gn 1:12). Since God is the same today as He was when He created the earth (Heb 13:8), it follows that He is creating something new and exciting this very day. When we come to know God as the Creator,...

ON ANY GIVEN DAY…

“Evening came, and morning followed.” –Genesis 1:5 Mass Readings: February 6 First: Genesis 1:1-19; Resp: Psalm 104:1-2,5-6,10,12,24,35; Gospel: Mark 6:53-56 God can do new and amazing things each day. In the beginning, God created light, heaven, and earth in one day (Gn 1:1-3). The next day He created the sky (Gn 1:8). The day after that He created plant life (Gn 1:12). Since God is the same today as He was when He created the earth (Heb 13:8), it follows that He is creating something new and exciting this very day. When we come to know God as the Creator,...