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DAY'S SAINTS
Evette of Brittany, Hermit
Blessed Antoni Beszta-Borowski, Martyr

Gospel Mt 10:24-33
Jesus said to his Apostles:
"No disciple is above his teacher,
no slave above his master.
It is enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher,
for the slave that he become like his master.
If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul,
how much more those of his household!
"Therefore do not be afraid of them.
Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed,
nor secret that will not be known.
What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light;
what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops.
And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul;
rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy
both soul and body in Gehenna.
Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin?
Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father's knowledge.
Even all the hairs of your head are counted.
So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
Everyone who acknowledges me before others
I will acknowledge before my heavenly Father.
But whoever denies me before others,
I will deny before my heavenly Father."

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Listen; I permit you to hear
the beating of my Heart so you
may be alive, your own heart
beating with mine.

We are each here for a reason, and God has a purpose for our lives. He tells us not to be fearful of evil, but to trust in God instead.

If they crucified Jesus, and He says the pupil is not above the master, what will they do to us, but at the same time He tells us not to be afraid of evil. Jesus has placed out of reach, and He secured us by His love, and wishing for a guarantee of immunity will avail us nothing; we must love Him completely before we have any hold on Him.

If He decides to take our surrender and offering of ourselves to Him, He will make the best possible use of us to thwart evil and nourish His plans for our solvation. What servant of a king would think he was not blessed to be his servant, and in God, we have a servant of great esteem.

Our prayers and sacrifices, atonement and intercession will besiege His Heart so that He is overcome with love; you cannot hold Him or force Him to do anything. But there is little He would not do for one so completely dedicated and consecrated to become a powerful tool in His hands.

In the desolation in which you may often find yourself, do not distrust Him or succumb to doubts; ragrdless of how dark the night may be, there is always divine light enough to keep you close to Him. That is a promise to you. Remain faithful to Him in your thoughts and emotions, though they may be tumultuous; God is closest when He seems the farthest away. To live in Him means to abandon ourselves totally to Him and to discard doubts and emotions that do not think, but only feel. Until He has assumed us into Himself, we are subject to our senses and emotions, and He has taken them into consideration so that we are always enabled to will to serve Him regardless. We must trust in these truthes to remain close enough to Him to hear Him, so we know what He wants. Our reward is not rest in this world; true rests lies only in the next world and the next life neither of which changes. It is already eternal, and we approach eternity as we are, ready and equipped as He wants us to be. Trust in His love and forgive yourself and those who do us harm, for by doing so, we move closer to the moment all our desires are satisfied in Him.

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DAY'S SAINTS
Evette of Brittany, Hermit
Blessed Antoni Beszta-Borowski, Martyr

Gospel Mt 10:24-33
Jesus said to his Apostles:
"No disciple is above his teacher,
no slave above his master.
It is enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher,
for the slave that he become like his master.
If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul,
how much more those of his household!
"Therefore do not be afraid of them.
Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed,
nor secret that will not be known.
What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light;
what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops.
And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul;
rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy
both soul and body in Gehenna.
Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin?
Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father's knowledge.
Even all the hairs of your head are counted.
So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
Everyone who acknowledges me before others
I will acknowledge before my heavenly Father.
But whoever denies me before others,
I will deny before my heavenly Father."

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Listen; I permit you to hear
the beating of my Heart so you
may be alive, your own heart
beating with mine.

We are each here for a reason, and God has a purpose for our lives. He tells us not to be fearful of evil, but to trust in God instead.

If they crucified Jesus, and He says the pupil is not above the master, what will they do to us, but at the same time He tells us not to be afraid of evil. Jesus has placed out of reach, and He secured us by His love, and wishing for a guarantee of immunity will avail us nothing; we must love Him completely before we have any hold on Him.

If He decides to take our surrender and offering of ourselves to Him, He will make the best possible use of us to thwart evil and nourish His plans for our solvation. What servant of a king would think he was not blessed to be his servant, and in God, we have a servant of great esteem.

Our prayers and sacrifices, atonement and intercession will besiege His Heart so that He is overcome with love; you cannot hold Him or force Him to do anything. But there is little He would not do for one so completely dedicated and consecrated to become a powerful tool in His hands.

In the desolation in which you may often find yourself, do not distrust Him or succumb to doubts; ragrdless of how dark the night may be, there is always divine light enough to keep you close to Him. That is a promise to you. Remain faithful to Him in your thoughts and emotions, though they may be tumultuous; God is closest when He seems the farthest away. To live in Him means to abandon ourselves totally to Him and to discard doubts and emotions that do not think, but only feel. Until He has assumed us into Himself, we are subject to our senses and emotions, and He has taken them into consideration so that we are always enabled to will to serve Him regardless. We must trust in these truthes to remain close enough to Him to hear Him, so we know what He wants. Our reward is not rest in this world; true rests lies only in the next world and the next life neither of which changes. It is already eternal, and we approach eternity as we are, ready and equipped as He wants us to be. Trust in His love and forgive yourself and those who do us harm, for by doing so, we move closer to the moment all our desires are satisfied in Him.

Interim

There is no place as suitable to God as
your heart because He made it so.

 According to the calendar, it has been several days since I posted last. In the meantime, I ugraded my iPhone, connected the watch to the iPhone and configured what needed configuring, which took some time. In addition, the apartment complex where I live is being inspected, though I have not seen anyone.
When I filled my prescriptions box I noted that I am running low on one pill, so I left a message for my provider at the VA requesting a refill. She replied that I needed to call the VA refill line, so I did. The lady filled my prescriptions, and told me she would notify my provider to refill the item that was low. It does seem stupid and lazy to put people through that kind of aggravation. At 76 years of age, I have seen too much of the world and the stupidity of people, and simply wonder that beings can devolve so absolutely.

This morning I tried to watch a Youtube video about Quantum computing and Artificial Intelligence, but just shook my head in disbelief, that grown people can swallow such a line of hogwash. All my life, I was taught that there were galaxies with planets. Now we are supposed to believe, that according to the latest observations of the heavens, the planet Pluto is no longer a planet and that the Big Bang never happened. Apparently, according to what they think they know, the whole galaxy appeared suddenly out of nothing fully formed, and did not form in the billions of years they said.

In the political realm, the government indicted a former president for violation of security laws and other laws concerning financial dealings with all kinds of people. The lies are so in-depth that it may take a lifetime to unravel it all to get the truth. Meantime, the offender continues offending as if it is perfectly alright and he did't commit a crime but had the right to do what he did, in spite of the Law saying that is wrong. He tried to overthrow the last election, and works continually to overthrow the government, and he wonders why he is heading to prison.

We have a political system that provides for free and fair elections, but some people bound and determined to overthrow the govenment continue propagating lies and trying to stymie efforts to help underprivileged people as if slavery were perfectly alright.

Well, I can't sit still and not say that wrong is wrong. Not only that, but God is the arbiter of what is right and wrong, and in spite of efforts to declare there is no god, He persists and we stand at the brink of annihilation. The control that kept the weather in check and regulated our climate to be beneficial to us, is being allowed to run wild, and gets more deadly an destructive as time goes on. We go from catastrophe to catastrophe and time is running furiousl into the distance.

People need to realize they can stop, sit down and reach out to God in spite of what is happening all around us, and that He will listen if we speak to Him, and our world will be under His control and our lives will not be torm up and disgarded.

Those forces in the world who want to take other countries by force and invasion lob missiles at other countries to intimidate, while other nations invade places for the fun of it and it goes on unchecked. 

The appearance that destruction is inevitable is incorrect, in case you did not know it. If you don't like the way the world is, change it by your prayers, love and penance, It is not written in stone that anything in immutable, because God controls it all and will listen and do what we ask. If it seems He doesn't care, when was the last time you told God you love Him? When we the last time you asked Him to help you or to change a situation, either for yourself of someone else? before you get ready to chuck yourself off a cliff because it all looks hopeless, you might ponder when the last time was you felt any hope, and when you told God you love Him or your loved ones.

Remember that the sounds of love don't just happen, you have to make them. So perk up; the Lord is very near and present and He cares deeply - more deeply than you can imagine. Try Him and see if asking can't remedy your troubles at least a little bit. He will not punish you for forgetting to tell Him of your love, but beginning to tell Him you love Him, again, will go a long way to making life more tolerable for you.

Unlike a good friend of mine, I believe there is a God and an evil being who opposes God in every way. I believe in His presence and the union of souls whom God loves immensely and to whom He will reveal Himself in great joy and peace. The love we seek begins in Him. he wishes to reveal Himself from within yourself. Far from being indifferent as we are, He cares a great deal, and especially cares that the world is cold and indifferent, not caring that we don't care. Inanimate matter has no feelings; they simply respond to nature's forces. It is man who can care and think and change the unverse because God created the universe so that we can.

So the next time you think you got a raw deal in life, pause to examine the situation. 

if God seems distant, who moved?

Interim

There is no place as suitable to God as
your heart because He made it so.

 According to the calendar, it has been several days since I posted last. In the meantime, I ugraded my iPhone, connected the watch to the iPhone and configured what needed configuring, which took some time. In addition, the apartment complex where I live is being inspected, though I have not seen anyone.
When I filled my prescriptions box I noted that I am running low on one pill, so I left a message for my provider at the VA requesting a refill. She replied that I needed to call the VA refill line, so I did. The lady filled my prescriptions, and told me she would notify my provider to refill the item that was low. It does seem stupid and lazy to put people through that kind of aggravation. At 76 years of age, I have seen too much of the world and the stupidity of people, and simply wonder that beings can devolve so absolutely.

This morning I tried to watch a Youtube video about Quantum computing and Artificial Intelligence, but just shook my head in disbelief, that grown people can swallow such a line of hogwash. All my life, I was taught that there were galaxies with planets. Now we are supposed to believe, that according to the latest observations of the heavens, the planet Pluto is no longer a planet and that the Big Bang never happened. Apparently, according to what they think they know, the whole galaxy appeared suddenly out of nothing fully formed, and did not form in the billions of years they said.

In the political realm, the government indicted a former president for violation of security laws and other laws concerning financial dealings with all kinds of people. The lies are so in-depth that it may take a lifetime to unravel it all to get the truth. Meantime, the offender continues offending as if it is perfectly alright and he did't commit a crime but had the right to do what he did, in spite of the Law saying that is wrong. He tried to overthrow the last election, and works continually to overthrow the government, and he wonders why he is heading to prison.

We have a political system that provides for free and fair elections, but some people bound and determined to overthrow the govenment continue propagating lies and trying to stymie efforts to help underprivileged people as if slavery were perfectly alright.

Well, I can't sit still and not say that wrong is wrong. Not only that, but God is the arbiter of what is right and wrong, and in spite of efforts to declare there is no god, He persists and we stand at the brink of annihilation. The control that kept the weather in check and regulated our climate to be beneficial to us, is being allowed to run wild, and gets more deadly an destructive as time goes on. We go from catastrophe to catastrophe and time is running furiousl into the distance.

People need to realize they can stop, sit down and reach out to God in spite of what is happening all around us, and that He will listen if we speak to Him, and our world will be under His control and our lives will not be torm up and disgarded.

Those forces in the world who want to take other countries by force and invasion lob missiles at other countries to intimidate, while other nations invade places for the fun of it and it goes on unchecked. 

The appearance that destruction is inevitable is incorrect, in case you did not know it. If you don't like the way the world is, change it by your prayers, love and penance, It is not written in stone that anything in immutable, because God controls it all and will listen and do what we ask. If it seems He doesn't care, when was the last time you told God you love Him? When we the last time you asked Him to help you or to change a situation, either for yourself of someone else? before you get ready to chuck yourself off a cliff because it all looks hopeless, you might ponder when the last time was you felt any hope, and when you told God you love Him or your loved ones.

Remember that the sounds of love don't just happen, you have to make them. So perk up; the Lord is very near and present and He cares deeply - more deeply than you can imagine. Try Him and see if asking can't remedy your troubles at least a little bit. He will not punish you for forgetting to tell Him of your love, but beginning to tell Him you love Him, again, will go a long way to making life more tolerable for you.

Unlike a good friend of mine, I believe there is a God and an evil being who opposes God in every way. I believe in His presence and the union of souls whom God loves immensely and to whom He will reveal Himself in great joy and peace. The love we seek begins in Him. he wishes to reveal Himself from within yourself. Far from being indifferent as we are, He cares a great deal, and especially cares that the world is cold and indifferent, not caring that we don't care. Inanimate matter has no feelings; they simply respond to nature's forces. It is man who can care and think and change the unverse because God created the universe so that we can.

So the next time you think you got a raw deal in life, pause to examine the situation. 

if God seems distant, who moved?

Freedom

DAY'S SAINTS
Agrippinus of Autun, Bishop
Alexander of Egypt, Martyr

Gospel Mt 11:25-30
At that time Jesus exclaimed:
"I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
for although you have hidden these things
from the wise and the learned
you have revealed them to little ones.
Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will.
All things have been handed over to me by my Father.
No one knows the Son except the Father,
and no one knows the Father except the Son
and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him."
"Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,
and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,
for I am meek and humble of heart;
and you will find rest for yourselves.
For my yoke is easy, and my burden light."

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We all fit together and stand out with God :)

How much we stand to gain so long as it is the Lord we anticipate and Him alone that we strive to be like.

There is no point to emulating anyone not the Lord, for we are destined to stand in eternity before Him, giving Him glory and receiving His love.

Evil strives to convince us we have the right to do as we please, and that the easy path is the one to walk, when Jesus is plainly carrying His cross, and manifesting the woundedness that was His death and out which He fashions our salvation. Evil can do no such marvel, so there is no use listening to anything he says. Where you perceive terror and horror on every side, turn your face to God and be filled with the light of His truth and you will know peace and want nothing else.

Martyrs were content with a shortened life and a final pain, but they were received into the loving arms of their creator and He gave them nothing but love, for they had paid the purchase price of salvation, to enter into His crucifixion and death in the hope of rising again.

The days are coming when a challenge will be cast at our feet and we will need to choose in His company with full knowledge and vision, able to forever belong to Him, and be therefore free for Him.

Forgive one another, and be forgiven; pray for those who persecute and kill us trying to annihilate us, for it will drive them into hell, for there is no escape from God who is everywhere. Those who love Him, will never fear to be lost, to be disconnected from Him, because they have entered into God who is everywhere.

Love the Lord and be free.

Freedom

DAY'S SAINTS
Agrippinus of Autun, Bishop
Alexander of Egypt, Martyr

Gospel Mt 11:25-30
At that time Jesus exclaimed:
"I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
for although you have hidden these things
from the wise and the learned
you have revealed them to little ones.
Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will.
All things have been handed over to me by my Father.
No one knows the Son except the Father,
and no one knows the Father except the Son
and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him."
"Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,
and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,
for I am meek and humble of heart;
and you will find rest for yourselves.
For my yoke is easy, and my burden light."

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We all fit together and stand out with God :)

How much we stand to gain so long as it is the Lord we anticipate and Him alone that we strive to be like.

There is no point to emulating anyone not the Lord, for we are destined to stand in eternity before Him, giving Him glory and receiving His love.

Evil strives to convince us we have the right to do as we please, and that the easy path is the one to walk, when Jesus is plainly carrying His cross, and manifesting the woundedness that was His death and out which He fashions our salvation. Evil can do no such marvel, so there is no use listening to anything he says. Where you perceive terror and horror on every side, turn your face to God and be filled with the light of His truth and you will know peace and want nothing else.

Martyrs were content with a shortened life and a final pain, but they were received into the loving arms of their creator and He gave them nothing but love, for they had paid the purchase price of salvation, to enter into His crucifixion and death in the hope of rising again.

The days are coming when a challenge will be cast at our feet and we will need to choose in His company with full knowledge and vision, able to forever belong to Him, and be therefore free for Him.

Forgive one another, and be forgiven; pray for those who persecute and kill us trying to annihilate us, for it will drive them into hell, for there is no escape from God who is everywhere. Those who love Him, will never fear to be lost, to be disconnected from Him, because they have entered into God who is everywhere.

Love the Lord and be free.

Rise

Day's Saints
Goar of Aquitane, Hermit
Nazaria Ignancia March Y Mesa, Nun

Gn 22:1b-19 Sacrifice of Isaac

Gospel Mt 9:1-8
After entering a boat, Jesus made the crossing, and came into his own town.
And there people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher.
When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic,
"Courage, child, your sins are forgiven."
At that, some of the scribes said to themselves,
"This man is blaspheming."
Jesus knew what they were thinking, and said,
"Why do you harbor evil thoughts?
Which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,'
or to say, 'Rise and walk'?
But that you may know that the Son of Man
has authority on earth to forgive sins"–
he then said to the paralytic,
"Rise, pick up your stretcher, and go home."
He rose and went home.
When the crowds saw this they were struck with awe
and glorified God who had given such authority to men.

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I was struck by the statement in the narration of the life of St. Goar of Aquitane, that he "began" to be a hermit. He was not selected by a bishop and consecrated; he simply began. God plants seeds, and watering them and giving them sun and helping them find nutrition in the soil, a great work is begun.

Neither did St. Francis of Assisi. He simply began by giving away all he owned and living a beggar's life, loved God and his companions, seeking to draw them to the love of God He felt in a very personal way. He did not have to force people to do anything; they were already hungry for a living example of the Evangelical life embodied in people.

It is most important to also realize, that he submitted himself to the bishop, and when prompted to get the approval of the Church, he journied to Rome and saw the Pope who have his permission to Francis to have a religious order which we now call the Order of Saint Francis.

Neither did Francis start rebellions or reformations or apostasies, but sought to be more closely united to the Church and Christ.

We are meant to be vessels of the Holy Spirit, filled with the waters of life so abundantly provided us through piercings He endured on the cross, being entirely opened for us to be the recipients of His miracles and His holiness. In the name of those two things, men conquer in a way which enriches instead of impoverishing, and builds rather than destroying.

Jesus bulds His Church, and united to Him by our fideltiy to the Church, the world is surpassed and men invited to eternal bliss.

Surely there is impetus enough in all this to move our hearts and in this moment dispose us to serve Him and one another in love.