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  • Emmanuel

    JESUS ATE NOTHING DURING HIS 40 DAYS IN THE DESERT. HE STRENGTHENED HIS SPIRIT AND WAS ABLE TO DEFEAT SATAN IN THE SPIRITUAL WARFARE THAT FOLLOWED.

    "The disciples of John approached Jesus and said, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast much, but your disciples do not fast?” Jesus answered them, “Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.”  (Matthew 9 : 14 - 15)

    Friday 4th March 2022, Friday after Ash Wednesday is the feast of St Casimir (1458 - 1484). Son of King Casimir IV of Poland and Lithuania. Casimir stayed away from the court life. His siblings, the princes and princesses were not interested in religion.  His faith and piety shone out. Casimir had a great devotion to the Eucharist and the Blessed Virgin Mary. St Casimir is the patron saint of Poland.

    The short Gospel of today deals with fasting. Fasting, Prayer and Almsgiving are the 3 pillars of Christian spiritual life.
    What is your attitude about fasting? Do you fast? How often? What do you fast from?

    On the three pillars of the spiritual life, the Church teaches:
    CCC 1434: "The interior penance of the Christian can be expressed in many and various ways. Scripture and the Fathers insist above all on three forms, fasting, prayer, and almsgiving, which express conversion in relation to oneself, to God, and to others. Alongside the radical purification brought about by Baptism or martyrdom they cite as means of obtaining forgiveness of sins: efforts at reconciliation with one’s neighbor, tears of repentance, concern for the salvation of one’s neighbor, the intercession of the saints, and the practice of charity “which covers a multitude of sins.”

    Fasting is indispensable for a healthy spiritual life. No one should be dispensed from fasting because all fasting is not fasting from food. Some people cannot fast from food for health reasons. But they can abstain from meat and alcohol on Friday and Wednesday. Others abstain from television, texting, movies and gambling. Fasting is a sign that one is serious about his spiritual life.

    "One does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God." (Matthew 4: 4).

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

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    BY FASTING, PRAYER AND ALMSGIVING BREAK WITH YOUR ADDICTIONS, SINFUL HABITS IN THIS HOLY SEASON OF LENT. GOD WILL NEVER SPURN A HUMBLED, CONTRITE HEART. 

    "Jesus said to his disciples: “The Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day be raised.”
    "Then he said to all, “If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. What profit is there for one to gain the whole world yet lose or forfeit himself?” (Luke 9: 22 - 25).

    Thursday 3rd March 2022, Thursday after Ash Wednesday is the feast of St Katharine Drexel (1858 - 1955), Virgin and Foundress of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament. She was a generous philanthropist. Katharine was a wealthy heiress from the rich and famous family of the Philadelphia society. She realized that it profits her nothing to gain the whole world and put her eternal destiny in jeopardy. She listened to the Call of Jesus Christ to teach the message of the Gospel and bring the Eucharist to African-American and Native American people in the South of the United States. In 1915, Katharine founded the Xavier University in New Orleans. At her death in 1955, over 500 of her sisters were teaching in 63 schools.

    "If anyone wishes to come after me, he must take up his cross daily and follow Me.
    “The Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day be raised.”  (Luke 9: 22 ).

    At the beginning of Lent 2022, we hear Jesus speaking of the absolute necessity and the inevitability of His suffering.   Why is the Spirit giving us this Scripture now?  Consider these reasons:

    #1.  Are you fully aware of the power of the cross and the necessity of your own suffering?
    #2.  No following of Christ without some type of suffering.  Rejection of the cross is rejection of Jesus Christ.  (Pope Benedict XVI).
    #3.  The Son of Man must suffer before His glorification.  (Luke 24: 26).  What is a divine necessity for Jesus is true for us.

    Saints Therese of the Child Jesus, Teresa of Avila, Catherine of Siena, Thomas Aquinas, Peter Canisius are some of the 37 Doctors of the Church. They are all great men and women who taught the truth of the faith with clarity, simplicity and integrity. They added nothing of their own and were all subject to the Magisterium of the Church. They showed us by example how to live the Christian life.  They all suffered physical, emotional and spiritual pains.   Each one of them accomplished their destiny in spite of their terrible sufferings.

    Our suffering is blessing in disguise.  No cross, no crown.
    So at the beginning of Lent 2022,  the mystery and contradiction of the cross is set before us.

    The follower of Jesus Christ whose desire is to do the will of God is destined for rejection, suffering and even death. But if he perseveres, he is promised the Resurrection.

    "Father, in Your will is our peace."

    "You cannot see from where you are in this life now the power and value of sufferings united to My own. Anything given to Me, anything placed in My priestly hands, I lift up and offer to the Father, covered with My precious Blood. It is this that makes your sufferings, even the smallest ones, precious to Me, and precious in the sight of My Father." (IN SINU JESU,
    Saturday, October 25, 2008).

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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
     
     

    TODAY IS MARCH 1ST 2022. THE CHURCH HONORS ST JOSEPH IN THE MONTH OF MARCH.  HOW? WE REMEMBER HIM IN OUR DAILY PRAYERS. WE LOVINGLY ASK FOR FAVORS FROM HIM.
    WHO IS ST JOSEPH?
    ST JOSEPH IS THE HUSBAND OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, THE FOSTER FATHER OF JESUS CHRIST, THE GUARDIAN OF THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH AND A TRUSTED FRIEND AT THE HOUR OF DEATH.

    "Peter began to say to him, “We have given up everything and followed you.” Jesus said, “Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for my sake and for the sake of the gospel who will not receive a hundred times more now in this present age: houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and eternal life in the age to come." (Mark 10: 28 - 30).

    Tuesday March 1st in the 8th Week of Ordinary Time

    Our key Scripture for today is a tremendous promise of our Lord Jesus Christ. This promise motivated His disciples to join the Jesus Revolution. It still motivates the young novice in 2022 to enter a religious congregation and the missionary to pack her bag for a missionary field in a distant land. Jesus promises that anyone who leaves everything for His "sake and for the sake of the gospel will receive a hundred times more now in this present age: houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands."

    How do we know that this promise is true? Is there any proof that it has ever been fulfilled in the past? The answer is:
    #1. If the promise has never been fulfilled, there will be no new missionaries or martyrs in the Church. People are going to the mission fields every day and people are laying down their lives for Jesus Christ every day.
    #2. Consider a few modern saints: John Paul II, Mother Teresa of Kolkata, Fulton Sheen, etc. They gave up everything and followed Jesus. While still living on earth, they were filled with divine comfort and joy and eternal life when they died.

    What is eternal life? Eternal life is the Abundant life we enjoy when we are filled with the Holy Spirit and with His gifts and fruits. This life is compatible with the suffering that Jesus promises His disciples in our key Scripture: The great promise comes "with persecutions."
    Can you take this?

    "Let them beg Me for the grace of spiritual fatherhood, and I will give it to them in abundance. Such a man was Saint Joseph. He was the living image of My Father, and he was chosen by My Father to be a father to Me in My sacred humanity. Let My priests go to Saint Joseph. He will obtain for them this priceless gift of spiritual fatherhood, and he will guide them in the delicate and difficult work of being true fathers to souls." (IN SINU JESU, Friday, November 15, 2013).

    Daily Bible Verse @ Seekfirst.blogspot.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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    LENT IS A DESERT EXPERIENCE. IN THE BIBLE, THE DESERT IS A PLACE OF SPIRITUAL WARFARE. THEREFORE PUT ON THE FULL ARMOR: FASTING, PRAYER AND ALMSGIVING. THE SPIRITUAL WARRIOR ADVANCES ON HIS KNEES.

    "Yet even now—oracle of the Lord—return to me with your whole heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning. Rend your hearts, not your garments, and return to the Lord, your God, For he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love, and relenting in punishment." (Joel 2: 12 - 13).

    Wednesday 2nd March 2022, Ash Wednesday and the beginning of the holy Season of Lent.  Lent is the Season appointed for repentance and spiritual purification. Our God is kind and merciful. Let this truth encourage us to turn to the Lord without fear for our inward renewal.

    Lent is the Journey of Faith to the supreme joy of Easter. If we die with Christ, we shall rise with Christ.

    "Praise to you, O Christ, king of eternal glory!
    Harden not your hearts today,
    but listen to the voice of the Lord.
    Praise to you, O Christ, king of eternal glory!" (Cf. Psalm 94:8).

    The 40 day period of Lent is God's gift to us to become New Creation.

    "The prayer of adoration at night has the power and efficacy of that prayer made with fasting that I recommended to My apostles as the means of expelling demons from the souls whom they torture and oppress. For this reason, the demons fear and hate adoration made at night, while the angels rejoice over it, and place themselves at the service of the soul who desires to do it." (IN SINU JESU, Monday, November 12, 2012 At the Priory).

    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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    IF YOU DESIRE GENUINE SUCCESS IN LIFE, NEVER MIX GOD AND MONEY. NO MAN CAN SERVE GOD AND MONEY AT THE SAME TIME. SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD IN EVERYTHING YOU DO. AND YOU WILL SUCCEED GOD'S WAY!
    THE RICH YOUNG MAN WANTS TO EAT HIS CAKE AND HAVE IT ALL!

    "As Jesus was setting out on a journey, a man ran up, knelt down before him, and asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus answered him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: You shall not kill; you shall not commit adultery; you shall not steal... The rich young man replied and said to him, “Teacher, all of these I have observed from my youth.” Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said to him, “You are lacking in one thing. Go, sell what you have, and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.” (Mark 10: 17....27).

    Jesus looked with love at the rich young man who came to Him for advice and Jesus said to him:   “You are lacking in one thing."
    What is the One Thing holding you back from fully embracing Jesus?  Money, job, possessions, comfort?  Letting go that one thing is your path to fulfillment and genuine happiness.

    At the root of the young man's negative response is: Lack of faith and lack of wisdom. It is a sad and tragic response. The many possessions of the man have now possessed him and made him a slave. We see this situation too often in life. The Lord Jesus provides a solution in Matthew 6: 33.
    "Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need." (NLT).

    THE ONE THING WE LACK IS THE VERY ONE THING WE NEED. 

    "The Lord became my Protector.  He brought me out to a place of freedom;  He saved me because He delighted in me."  (Cf Psalm 18: 19-20 RM)

    "The riches of My kingdom are for all whom I have redeemed with My own Blood, but it pleases Me to bestow them through My Mother, the Queen and Mediatrix who stood at the foot of My Cross, offering Me and offering herself with Me. Today she reigns with Me in paradise.  All that I won for souls from My Father on the altar of the Cross, with My Mother at My side, I will now pour out on souls through her Heart and through her hands." (IN SINU JESU, Tuesday, January 8, 2008).

    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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