Tagged: Prayer Intention

“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 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...

“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...

“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,...