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    Emmanuel
    DAILY BIBLE VERSE

    "Hitherto I have served you as a soldier; allow me now to become a soldier to God. ..." (St Martin of Tours).

    "[Chosen Lady:] I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children walking in the truth just as we were commanded by the Father.

    "But now, Lady, I ask you, not as though I were writing a new commandment but the one we have had from the beginning: let us love one another. For this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, as you heard from the beginning, in which you should walk.

    "Many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh; such is the deceitful one and the antichrist.

    "Look to yourselves that you do not lose what we worked for but may receive a full recompense. Anyone who is so “progressive” as not to remain in the teaching of the Christ does not have God; whoever remains in the teaching has the Father and the Son." (2 John 4 - 9).

    Friday 11th November 2022 of the 32nd week of Ordinary Time is the feast of St Martin of Tours. (316 - 397).  St Martin was born of pagan parents in modern day Hungary.

    Martin was a soldier in the imperial army of Rome. After he encountered Jesus Christ, he became a Christian and a man of peace. Today is also Veteran Day in the USA, Armistice Day in other countries. November 11  served in the past as a day of memorial of signing peace treaties.  The treaty to end World War 1 was signed on the Feast of St Martin of Tours, November 11th. Hail Jesus Christ, Prince of Peace. Happy Veterans Day!

    The lectionary readings for Daily and Sunday Mass contain strong language condemning false teachers. We read in today's first Reading:
    "Anyone who is so “progressive” as not to remain in the teaching of the Christ does not have God; whoever remains in the teaching has the Father and the Son." (Cf 2 John 4 - 9).

    The great teachers of the Christian faith are unsparing in their total condemnation of peddlars of falsehood and doctrines. Who are these teachers? Jesus, Peter and Paul, James and John.

    Why does it seem that there is this deadly and embarrassing silence today in confronting false teachers inside and outside the Church?

    St Hilary of Poitiers, great friend and protégé of St Martin of Tours was happy to suffer multiple exiles to defend the doctrine of faith on Christ from Arian heretics and emperors. Other saints who were persecuted and exiled are Athanasius, John Chrysostom and Pope St Martin I.

    Ecumenism is great. But let us be discerning that ecumenism does not lead us to easy Christianity of Live and Let Live.

    St Martin de Tours can help us appreciate the truth that God's gracious and mysterious will is our peace and prosperity.  Lust for power and greed for riches lead nations to war. Consider the end of these nations: The France of Napoleon, the Germany of Hitler, the liquidation of the Soviet Union of Stalin. The Prince of Peace warns that those who live by the sword will perish by the sword. (Cf Matthew 26: 52).

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    his righteousness, all these things
    will be given you  besides."
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MỖI NGÀY MỘT CÂU KT - DAILY BIBLE VERSE

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    Emmanuel
    Wed, Nov 9 at 6:17 PM
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    "Recall how you had been wrested from the power of darkness and brought into the kingdom of God (Col 1:13). Through the sacrament of baptism you were made a temple of the Holy Spirit. Do not drive away such a dweller by your wicked actions and subject yourself again to servitude under the devil, because your price is the very blood of Christ, because he will judge you in truth who has redeemed you in mercy." (St Leo the Great).

    "Asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come,

    "Jesus said in reply, “The coming of the Kingdom of God cannot be observed, and no one will announce, ‘Look, here it is,’ or, ‘There it is.’ For behold, the Kingdom of God is among you.”

    " Then he said to his disciples, “The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.

    "There will be those who will say to you, ‘Look, there he is,’ or ‘Look, here he is.’ Do not go off, do not run in pursuit. For just as lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day.

    "But first he must suffer greatly and be rejected by this generation.” (Luke 17: 20 - 25).

    Thursday 10th November 2022 of the 32nd Week of Ordinary Time is the feast of a giant of our faith: St Leo the Great. (+ 461). Pope. Italian. Doctor of the Church.
    Leo was from a Roman aristocratic family. He was the first of three popes in the history of the Church to be called "the Great."

    Pope Benedict XVI said that Leo's papacy "was undoubtedly one of the most important in Church history." Leo is remembered in history for many things. Here are the two things that stand out:

    #1 Leo put his stamp on the authoritative definition of who Jesus Christ is: Jesus Christ is true God (100%) and true Man (100%).
    #2 In 452, Pope Leo confronted Attila the Hun and persuaded the conqueror of the whole of the Italian Peninsula from sacking and torching Rome, the capital of the Roman empire.

    "Asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come,

    "Jesus said in reply, “The coming of the Kingdom of God cannot be observed, and no one will announce, ‘Look, here it is,’ or, ‘There it is.’ For behold, the Kingdom of God is among you.”

    One fact is absolutely certain:  Jesus spent most of His preaching and teaching ministry talking about the Kingdom. Even after His Resurrection, Acts 1 informs us that Jesus continued to speak about the Kingdom. How do we address these questions about the identity and operations of the Kingdom?

    "The Kingdom of God is among you."
    What does this mean to you?
    What is the Kingdom?
    Where is the Kingdom?
    Why the Kingdom?
    How does the Kingdom operate?
    Any signs of the Kingdom here and now?

    The Kingdom is the King Jesus. Where the King is, there is His Kingdom. The Kingdom has certain similarities with earthly kingdoms. But the differences are striking.
    The Kingdom of God is the reign of God in hearts and minds of people who believe in Jesus and have committed to allow Jesus to reign in their hearts and minds. For example: The Kingdom of Belgium comprises all the people who live in the geographical area that is recognized as Belgium. They obey the laws of Belgium. The Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Belgium have officers and structures for their operations. That is where the similarities end.

    The Kingdom of God is worldwide. It is eternal and indestructible. The mighty Roman Empire and many kingdoms of the world have been destroyed. The Kingdom of God launched by Jesus Christ in the course of His earthly ministry will never be destroyed. God will never allow the powers of hell to wipe out the Church. The Church will be there at the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.

    What does all this mean to you here and now? There are two types of people: those who are aware only of the earthly, material and physical kingdom. Others who belong to the the Kingdom of God whose seed is the Church. St Leo the Great spent his life building up the Church, the Kingdom of God on earth which we can see and touch.

    Daily Bible Verse @ SeekFirstcommunity.com

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    "Seek first the kingdom of God and
    his righteousness, all these things
    will be given you  besides."
    (Matthew 6:33)
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MỖI NGÀY MỘT CÂU KT - DAILY BIBLE VERSE - EMMANUEL

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    Emmanuel
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    Sat, Nov 5 at 6:14 PM

    "The King of the world will raise us up to live for ever." (Cf 2 Maccabees 7: 9-14).

    "Some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection, came forward [and put this question to Jesus, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us, If someone’s brother dies leaving a wife but no child, his brother must take the wife and raise up descendants for his brother.

    "Now there were seven brothers; the first married a woman but died childless. Then the second and the third married her, and likewise all the seven died childless. Finally the woman also died.

    "Now at the resurrection whose wife will that woman be? For all seven had been married to her.”

    "Jesus said to them, “The children of this age marry and remarry; but those who are deemed worthy to attain to the coming age and to the resurrection of the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.

    "They can no longer die, for they are like angels; and they are the children of God because they are the ones who will rise.

    "That the dead will rise even Moses made known in the passage about the bush, when he called out ‘Lord,’ the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; and he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive.” (Luke 20: 27 - 38).

    Sunday November 6th 2022 of the 32nd week of Ordinary Time.

    Do you know that November is the month the Church prays especially for the poor souls in purgatory? The Church prays for the souls in Purgatory because the Church believes in the Resurrection of the dead.

    Do you consider yourself one of "those who are deemed worthy to attain to the coming age and to the resurrection of the dead?"

    It is Jesus' Resurrection from the dead that established the Church and raised it above all pagan religions in the Roman Empire in the first few centuries after the Ascension of Jesus and the Pentecost.

    Therefore do not scoff at the idea of the Resurrection of the dead, eternal life, heaven and hell. Here is how Jesus responds to the Saduccees who scoffed at the truth of the Resurrection:
    Jesus answered: "You are completely wrong! You don't know what the Scriptures teach. And you don't know anything about the power of God." (Matthew 22: 29 CEV)

    A Baptist friend of mine asked me once: "Why do you Catholics pray to dead 'saints' and for dead people?" I answered him by pointing to our Scripture verse for today. God Himself says that "He is not God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive.” Jesus silenced the Sadducees  through this Scripture. My friend had no answer.

    We profess this faith:
    "I believe in the Holy Spirit,
    the holy catholic Church,
    the communion of the saints,
    the forgiveness of sins,
    the resurrection of the body,
    and the life everlasting. Amen."

    If you believe in the Resurrection and life everlasting, live as you believe. Live full of faith, hope and love like the Seven Brothers in our first Reading: “It is my choice to die at the hands of men with the hope God gives of being raised up by him; but for you, there will be no resurrection to life.” (Maccabees 7: 9 - 14).

    In instructing the neophytes (new Christians), St Cyril of Jerusalem urged them to trust only in teachings of the Catholic Church:
    “In learning and professing the faith, you must accept and retain only the Church’s present tradition, confirmed as it is by the Scriptures…. Now I order you to retain this creed for your nourishment throughout life and never to accept any alternative, not even if I myself were to change and say something contrary to what I am now teaching, not even if some angel of contradiction, changed into an angel of light, tried to lead you astray. For even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to that which you have now received, let him be accursed in your sight.” (St Cyril of Jerusalem, Father of the Church).

    If there is no Resurrection of the dead, then the Church has deceived billions of people for over 2000 years. St John Henry Newman said  that what so many people have believed for so many centuries cannot be wrong.

    "The King of the world will raise us up to live for ever." (Cf 2 Maccabees 7: 9-14).

    Daily Bible Verse @ SeekFirstcommunity.com

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    "Seek first the kingdom of God and
    his righteousness, all these things
    will be given you  besides."
    (Matthew 6:33)
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MỖI NGÀY MỘT CÂU KT - DAILY BIBLE VERSE - EMMANUEL

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    Emmanuel
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    The Lateran Basilica is the Church of the Pope, Successor St Peter and Universal  Pastor of the flock of Jesus Christ.

    "Since the Passover of the Jews was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. He found in the temple area those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, as well as the money-changers seated there.

    "He made a whip out of cords and drove them all out of the temple area, with the sheep and oxen, and spilled the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables, and to those who sold doves he said,

    “Take these out of here, and stop making my Father’s house a marketplace.”

    "His disciples recalled the words of Scripture, Zeal for your house will consume me.

    "At this the Jews answered and said to him, “What sign can you show us for doing this?”

    "Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up.”

    "The Jews said, “This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and you will raise it up in three days?”

    "But he was speaking about the temple of his Body. Therefore, when he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they came to believe the Scripture and the word Jesus had ­spoken." (John 2: 13 - 22).

    Wednesday 9th November 2022 of the 32nd Week of Ordinary Time is the feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica. The Church of the Pope as the Bishop of Rome. The Lateran has been known as the "Mother and head of all churches of Rome and the world."

    Why is this an important feast? In the Gospel of today,  Jesus expressed an outrage at the way the holy Temple was desecrated. “Take these out of here, and stop making my Father’s house a marketplace.”

    It is therefore appropriate to reflect on the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica the theme of the sanctity of the Place of Abode of God. Every Catholic Church is consecrated to be holy and equipped with the Altar of the Blessed Sacrament. Below are a few reasons why today's feast is very important.

    #1 The Church is the Body of Christ and the Temple of the Holy Spirit. The destiny of the Church is prophesied in the Entrance Antiphon for today:
    "I saw the holy city, a new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband." (Cf Revelation 21: 2).

    #2 The Lateran Basilica is the Church of the Pope, Successor St Peter and Universal  Pastor of the flock of Jesus Christ.

    #3 This feast is celebrated worldwide and makes the faithful remember these important truths of our salvation. Especially the truth that the Church is Catholic, that is, universal.

    #4 It is God's desire to dwell with us. "Behold God’s dwelling with the human race. He will dwell with them and they will be his people, and God himself with them will be their God."  (Cf Revelation 21: 3 Entrance Antiphon).  The physical church is a symbol of this mystery.

    As we celebrate this feast with joy, we remember that we are the chosen and living stones that form  the eternal Temple of the Most Holy God.

    Let us pray especially today for the growth of the Church, for the unity of all Christians, for many vocations to the priesthood, consecrated life, missionaries, catechists and evangelists and of course for the Holy Father Pope Francis.

    Daily Bible Verse @ Seekfirstcommunity.com

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    "Seek first the kingdom of God and
    his righteousness, all these things
    will be given you  besides."
    (Matthew 6:33)
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MỖI NGÀY MỘT CÂU KT - DAILY BIBLE VERSE - EMMANUEL

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    Emmanuel
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    Saturday 5th Novembet 2022

    Holy Mother Church dedicates the 30 Days of November to thinking and praying for the Holy Souls in Purgatory. As we think and pray for them, we remember the Last Four Things: Death, Judgment, Heaven and Hell. What a great gift from the Church.

    "Jesus said to his disciples: “I tell you, make friends for yourselves with dishonest wealth, so that when it fails, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings.

    "The ­person who is trustworthy in very small matters is also trustworthy in great ones; and the person who is dishonest in very small matters is also dishonest in great ones.

    "If, therefore, you are not trustworthy with dishonest wealth, who will trust you with true wealth?

    "If you are not trustworthy with what belongs to another, who will give you what is yours?

    "No servant can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.”

    "The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all these things and sneered at him.

    "And Jesus said to them, “You justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts; for what is of human esteem is an abomination in the sight of God.” (Luke 16: 9 - 15).

    Saturday 5th November 2022 of the 31st week of Ordinary Time is the First Saturday of November. The Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

    What is dishonest wealth? Dishonest wealth is any material possession above your material needs today. Who then does your dishonest wealth belong to? Many Church Fathers notably Saints Ambrose and John Chrysostom reply that they belong to the poor. That extra car, coat, shoes, cash belong to the poor. All belong to the poor who are in need of these necessities right here and right now. They do not belong to your grandchildren who are not yet born and may never be born.

    What will be your reward if you obey God on this? "My God will fully supply whatever you need, in accord with his glorious riches in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 4: 19).

    What if you choose to live in disobedience on this commandment? Then understand clearly:  "No servant can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.”

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    "Seek first the kingdom of God and
    his righteousness, all these things
    will be given you  besides."
    (Matthew 6:33)
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