Touching

Day's Saints
Columba of Iona, Priest
Ephrem of Syria, Doctor of the Church

Gospel Mk 12:35-37

As Jesus was teaching in the temple area he said,
"How do the scribes claim that the Christ is the son of David?
David himself, inspired by the Holy Spirit, said:
The Lord said to my lord,
'Sit at my right hand
until I place your enemies under your feet.'
David himself calls him 'lord';
so how is he his son?"
The great crowd heard this with delight.

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You cannot embrace the Lord
without touching the cross.

Never try to match wits with the Lord; you will be defeated and humiliated, for only a humble heart can see what He has waiting for you of His delight.

Troublemakers abound in the world today, losers who cannot bear their lives and try to drown out reality with drugs and sex which satisfy for a time, and then leave you in ruins corruption.

Behold the hand of the Lord is cleaning His threshing floor before He beats the grain from the stalks to gather His harvest into His barns. The children of God will eat well in His care and the sword of sorrow will vanish from sight.

Evil rose unbidden of jealous rage and sought to destroy the children of God, but as many as fell, a dozen more have risen empowered to triumph on earth in the name of the Lord.

I will serve my Lord, and my hands and feet will long for Him, and my heart He cleft will rejoice in Him when I thought everything was lost. Be careful whom yu address as Lord, for there is one God.