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Spirit-filled daily reflections on the Mass Readings of the Roman Catholic Church from the book Our Daily Bread by James Kurt (with imprimatur). The daily podcasts are voice only, while the podcasts for Sundays and Solemnities are produced with music and other elements. Another podcast recently added: Prayers to the Saints - a prayer to each saint on the calendar for the US. Also with imprimatur.

  1. 14h ago

    June 27 - Saturday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II

    (Lam.2:2,10-14,18-19;   Ps.74:1-7,19-21;   Mt.8:5-17)  “It was our infirmities He bore, our sufferings He endured.” And oh how deep are those sufferings; “great as the sea is [our] downfall.”  And graphically are they seen in the destruction of Jerusalem; sharply they pierce the flesh of the Son. Yes, the Lord “has torn down in His anger the fortresses of daughter Judah…  On the ground in silence sit the old men of daughter Zion; they strew dust on their heads and gird themselves with sackcloth.  The maidens of Jerusalem bow their heads to the ground.”  And the children and infants “faint away like the wounded in the streets of the city, and breathe their last in their mothers’ arms.”  And so the prophet Jeremiah is “worn out from weeping”; and so his “gall is poured out on the ground because of the downfall of the daughter of [his] people.” And is this weeping not Jesus’ own?  Does He not shed tears over Jerusalem for the suffering it has known, and its suffering to come?  Does He not indeed die for our sins?  Listen to the description of the destruction of the holy city offered by our psalmist today: “With chisel and hammer they hack at all the paneling of the sanctuary.”  Are these not the blows Jesus suffered; are they not the nails which pierced His hands and feet and side?  “They set your sanctuary on fire; the place where your name abides they have razed and destroyed.”  Is not Jesus the Temple of the living God, crucified by the hands of lust and greed and jealousy?  Have we not done such violence to our Lord?  And has He not endured all for our salvation? Let the priest and all the children note the cause of such destruction of God’s chosen ones, the suffering of His only Son.  Is it not the prophets who proclaimed “false and specious visions,” who “did not lay bare [the people’s] guilt, to avert [their] fate”?  And note the Lord’s own words and attitude toward those who follow Him, to the children of Israel who press upon Him: “The natural heirs of the kingdom will be driven out into the dark.  Wailing will be heard there and grinding of teeth.”  Does Jesus fail to show those in His care the narrow gate?  And so should we continue to coddle faithless hearts unto their destruction? He indeed bears all our infirmities, all the sickness our sin has wrought.  But we must indeed see ourselves as the centurion’s servant boy, “in bed paralyzed, suffering painfully,” to find His word of healing.  We must come with the faith of the centurion to know His saving touch.  For destruction indeed awaits the land, and so we must cry out to Him, “Turn your steps toward the utter ruins; toward all the damage the enemy has done in your sanctuary,” if we hope to be redeemed by His blood. ******* O LORD, only Jesus could heal our ills, only He could bear our suffering, for our guilt is great – only He could take it away. YHWH, how dire is the condition of your city this day; your people waste away on its streets, and none is there to help them.  Should we not call upon you; and would you not be faithful in carrying away our afflictions, in saving us from the destruction that surrounds us because of our sin?  We lie paralyzed before you; lift us up from our bed of pain. Does not death surround us this day, O LORD?  Is there not little hope among your people – are not the walls of our city torn down?  Yet your Son would bear all our suffering; our infirmities He would take away.  Let us come to Him for healing.  Let us cry out to you for grace, for you are faithful to all sincere prayers…  Look upon us in our desolate state. O LORD, the sanctuary has been torn down – your Son has been crucified in our midst.  But we know this death He endures with us will bring us new life if we but pour out our hearts like water in your presence.  O let us come to your banquet in the kingdom!

    6 min

  2. 1d ago

    June 26 - Friday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II

    (2Kgs.25:1-12;   Ps.137:1-6;   Mt.8:1-4)  “Then Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, led into exile the last of the people remaining in the city.” And so the exile is complete.  Not a soul remains in the holy city.  And their captors “burned the house of the Lord, the palace of the king, and all the houses of Jerusalem.”  Not a stone is left standing one upon another.  Not even the government appointed by the king of Babylon could remain.  And they even “tore down the walls that surrounded Jerusalem.” Now she is utterly exposed.  Now she who was his precious pearl is cast out and trampled underfoot.  And so our psalmist can but lament, “By the streams of Babylon we sat and wept, when we remembered Zion.”  And so his songs of joy are silenced in this “foreign land.”  But in his lament today do we not find a kind of hope?  Does not his abiding love for the holy city of God bring expectation of a better day?  Listen to his faith: “If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand be forgotten!  May my tongue cleave to my palate if I remember you not, if I place not Jerusalem ahead of my joy.”  Even as we hear of the utter destruction of the temple and the city of God, we are given a sense of the faith that will build it up again. And on the day we hear of the completion of the exile of Judah and Jerusalem to Babylon, we hear of the healing of one who is completely ostracized by society.  The leper comes begging for a cure, seeking to join his fellow men upon the land, and the Lord answers him: “Jesus stretched out His hand and touched him and said, ‘I do will it.  Be cured.’”  Should this not give us hope in all our travails?  Does this not signal not only the return of the exiles in seventy years, but our utter redemption and return to the Lord in the coming of the Person of Jesus?  For upon heeding the Lord’s instruction to “show [himself] to the priest and offer the gift prescribed,” the leper will be welcomed into the Church and society – his exile will be ended. We all stand exiled by sin.  We are all utterly bereft of the blessing of the Lord.  But there is hope.  We are told that even in this exile to Babylon “some of the country’s poor” remained to till the land.  And has not Jesus just come from the mountain where He has taught His disciples, “Blest are the lowly; they shall inherit the land”?  If we humble ourselves before Him as has the leper, if we remain meek in His sight as have the poor of the land, the blessing of the Lord shall come to us and never leave.  For He indeed wills it so.  He indeed desires our return from exile.  Do we have a heart to come to Him?  Do we remember where we have been? ******* O LORD, it is your will that we be whole and living in peace; keep us poor in spirit that we might not be removed from your sight. YHWH, save us from our sin this day, even as you healed the leper; bring us back from our exile to dwell again in the holy City of Jerusalem.  Are we not temples of your Spirit?  Let us remember and return to them. O LORD, come down from the mountain to walk amongst us, for we are in need of your presence.  We live as though far from you in a land of darkness and exile.  Is there yet hope for our beaten souls?  May we yet be cured of our disease?  Only if you are here with us, and we recognize you and call upon your love. Why should your children remain apart from you?  O LORD, why can we not sing of your glory?  You are just and we deserve our punishment, but let us call upon your mercy this day.  Then you will reach out to us; then you will speak your Word over us.  Then your will shall indeed be known – that we be saved from the evil of this day.

    6 min

  3. 2d ago

    June 25 - Thursday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II

    (2Kgs.24:8-17;   Ps.79:1-5,8,9;   Mt.7:21-29)  “The rains fell, the torrents came, the winds blew and lashed against his house. It collapsed under all this and was completely ruined.” Yes, “the officials of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, attacked Jerusalem, and the city came under siege,” and “Jehoiachin, king of Judah, together with his mother, his ministers, officers, and functionaries, surrendered to the king of Babylon, who… took him captive…  None were left among the people of the land except the poor”; and these, too, shall soon be struck. Yes, the nations “have defiled [the Lord’s] holy temple, they have laid Jerusalem in ruins.”  And why has such destruction come?  Our first reading tells us simply of Jehoiachin, “He did evil in the sight of the Lord, just as his forebears had done”; and now finally the day of reckoning has come.  And now the nations “have poured out their blood like water round about Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury them.”  Now does the Lord’s “jealousy burn like fire.” And what shall be left when that fire is passed?  Who shall stand on that day of reckoning that shall come to all souls, to peoples of all nations?  Will you stand before the Lord and recount the great deeds you have done before Him who holds all the world in His holy hand?  Will you attempt to justify yourself before Him who justifies all?  Will your heart truly be set upon such vain pursuit?  Truly then the Lord will “declare to [you] solemnly, ‘Out of my sight, you evildoers’”; for all you have done will be as a grain of sand in His sight, and that grain will be blown from His hand for your lack of humility, for your pride before whom none can stand. How shall it be then that your house be “solidly set on rock”?  How will you avoid the fate of His chosen city Jerusalem?  If it has been destroyed, do you not think that you, too, are liable to be struck from His sight?  Or do you find yourself perfect?  You must cry out as our psalmist, “Deliver us and pardon our sins for your name’s sake.”  You must heed the words of Christ and consider yourselves unworthy servants (Lk.17:10), unfit as you are to stand before His eyes, to dwell in His light.  Then He may have pity on your wretched soul.  Then He might make you strong.  Your tongue silent before His majesty, there will be hope that you shall remain. Remember, brothers and sisters, this is He who “taught with authority” before whom you stand.  Do not lose the awe of His presence.  And perhaps the great collapse of your house will not be necessary; perhaps you shall find His great love which washes away all sin.  Let the rains He sends but be cleansing.  Endure them gracefully. ******* O LORD, the gold of the temple does not endure, but only a humble soul set on your will. YHWH, let us do your will, that we might stand humbly before you on the Day of judgment. You cannot help but judge, dear LORD; you cannot help but condemn the pride and wickedness of an evil heart and a vain life.  You would give us food to stand strong, your command that gives life indeed… but we would follow our own ways, and so, how can we end but removed from your sight? You make us as temples, LORD, temples of your Holy Spirit feeding on the Body and Blood of your Son… but how faithful are we to the call to be as your Son, to listen to His words and the guidance of the Spirit – are we truly obedient to your will for our lives? If we are not humble, LORD, then we know you not.  If we expect return for works done in your NAME, then we understand not the great blessing of being your sons, and how unworthy we are to carry out your will. O LORD, come back to us and help us because of the glory of your NAME.  Let us make our home in you and in your Temple, and so find strength in you on the Day you return.

    6 min

  4. 4d ago

    June 23 - Tuesday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II

    (2Kgs.19:9-11,14-21,31-36;   Ps.48:2-4,9-11;   Mt.7:6,12-14) “I will shield and save this city for my own sake, and for the sake of my servant David.” Brothers and sisters, “renowned is He as a stronghold,” the Lord our God.  And faithfully does He watch over His chosen one. Our psalmist proclaims, “Great is the Lord and wholly to be praised in the city of our God.”  He extols the glory of Mount Zion, of Jerusalem, “the city of the great King,” for the blessings of God upon it.  Here is His temple and so here it is we “ponder [His] kindness”; here it is we take refuge, finding “the narrow gate” that leads to Him and to His salvation. In our first reading today the Lord gives evidence of the way in which He protects His children; He reveals that He will not “give what is holy to dogs or toss [His] pearls before swine.”  The king of Assyria has indeed “laid waste the nations and their lands,” including the Northern Kingdom of Israel.  He has acted with seemingly invincible power, and now he has come to the Lord’s chosen city to destroy it as well.  And though this Jerusalem, where His temple does dwell, and the chosen tribes of Judah (through whom His Savior shall come) shall not be protected forever… though this earthly tent shall so soon be ransacked and taken into exile itself, today the Lord shows how His promise, His covenant with them, will never be taken away.  Though the temple’s walls be one day destroyed, His spiritual kingdom, His New Jerusalem is eternally blessed in heaven. Hezekiah indeed “enter[s] through the narrow gate” of prayer.  Taking the threatening letter from Sennacherib in his hand, “he [goes] up to the temple of the Lord, and spreading it out before Him, he pray[s] in the Lord’s presence.”  He calls out, “O Lord, our God, save us from the power of this man, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone, O Lord, are God.”  And the Lord listens.  He takes pity on His “virgin daughter Zion… for out of Jerusalem shall come a remnant, and from Mount Zion, survivors.”  And by the hand of the Lord the king of Assyria is turned back. Brothers and sisters, “Jerusalem will not be handed over” to the king of this world.  Upon His Church His blessed protection remains.  Through Judah and David, the king whose city is Jerusalem, Jesus has come – the Lord’s promise is fulfilled and the remnant now does thrive.  Here is the Temple not made by human hands; here is the narrow gate through whom all must enter paradise… here is “the joy of all the earth,” God’s “holy mountain” in our midst; and on His heights and in these walls, we are shielded and saved forever. ******* O LORD, if we enter through the narrow gate, we shall come into your presence, and you shall always fight for us. YHWH, how shall we find our way to your holy City, on which your protection rests, which shall always be saved from the violence of this world?  No kingdom can conquer your Church; in her let us make our home. On your holy mountain, the fairest of heights, let us find our place, O LORD.  To your Temple let us come, stretching out our arms in prayer.  And you shall listen to our pleas, and your help will be with us quickly – you will be our stronghold.  And so, we will praise you forever, for you teach us the way that leads to your House; in your heavenly kingdom we shall ever remain. O LORD, let us be holy as you are holy, as all your children are holy.  Let us be as those who walk the narrow path to you, who find joy in the difficulties present there.  Dwelling in faith we shall not fear the threats of the mighty, for you who are above all are our shield and guide.

    5 min

  5. 5d ago

    June 22 - Monday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II

    (2Kgs.17:5-8,13-15,18;   Ps.60:3-5,7,12-13;   Mt.7:1-5) “In His great anger against Israel, the Lord put them away out of His sight.” Jesus instructs His disciples today, “If you want to avoid judgment, stop passing judgment.”  In other words, “Judge not and you shall not be judged.”  Here is the prerequisite not only for avoiding judgment and condemnation at the hand of God, but also for assisting and healing others, as is our call.  If we wish to serve as Christians and remove the speck of sin from others’ eyes that they might see in the clear light of the Lord Jesus Christ, first it is certainly necessary that we ourselves see so clearly, that we come to the Lord and have our great sin removed from our souls.  Otherwise our desire to help others in their frailty will indeed but turn to judgment of them; first we must recognize the great sinners we ourselves are – and so, that we cannot judge another – before we can find the grace from God to bring Jesus’ mercy to others.  God alone judges, brothers and sisters, for God alone is good, God alone is pure… the Lord Jesus alone is free from every speck of sin. And God will judge.  Believe this.  He will send His apostles and prophets forth to bring remission of sins – He has sent His Son to die on the cross that we might be cleansed in His blood – but failing the acceptance and embracing of the call of the Lord, indeed what hope have we of salvation?  There is but His righteous judgment remaining for our souls; there is but His chastising Hand to be placed upon us. That God does judge, that He does cast sinful man from His sight, is made evident in exemplary fashion in the fate of our ancestors, the Israelites.  “Because the Israelites sinned against the Lord, their God,” He cast them into exile at the hand of their enemies.  “The Lord warned Israel… by every prophet and seer, ‘Give up your evil ways and keep my commandments and statutes’”; He sought to turn them from their sins by those whom He had touched, but “they did not listen…  They rejected His statutes, the covenant which He had made with their fathers, and the warnings, which He had given them.”  And so, His pure eye unable to look upon them anymore, He removed them from before Himself. “O God, you have rejected us and broken down our defenses,” David cries, and begs the Lord’s return to the Israelites’ ranks…  And how often this must be our prayer because of our foolishness in the sight of the Lord.  Brothers and sisters, we have a greater covenant now with the Lord than did the ancient Israelites, for we have a greater than David or Moses or Abraham with us now.  And more demanding is He of our purity, of our virtue before Him.  For what threatens us now is not mere exile, but the fires of hell; what awaits those who turn from Him now is eternal damnation, and so let us remain faithful to our God.  Indeed let us remove the log from our eye that we “will see clearly to take the speck from [our] brother’s eye” and so effect the building up of the kingdom of God.  The time is now upon us; let us do all we can to remain in His sight. ******* O LORD, remove us not from your sight but remove the plank from our eye. YHWH, judgment is yours alone and it is eminently fair.  Where we would condemn out of hand, you are merciful, and cast us from your sight only when we persist in our sin.  Help us to see as you see, and to be as you are, that we might remain before you and help others to return to your presence. We are outcasts, LORD, for our sins against you, for our failure to heed your blessed commands.  You would save us from such fate as would separate us from you, and so you tell us of the path to tread.  But we do not listen.  And so we invite your wrath upon our souls; and so, how can we help others? Save us this day, O LORD, from ourselves and from all our enemies.  Let us listen to your voice and so enter into your love and the light of your presence.  In your land let us dwell, in the land of Heaven, and there let us stay… and to this place let us draw others who seek you in the forgiveness of their transgressions and the following of your way.  We have sinned against you, but gather us back into your arms, we pray.

    6 min

  6. Jun 19

    June 20 - Saturday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II

    (2Chr.24:17-25;   Ps.89:4-5,29-34;   Mt.6:24-34) “Because you have abandoned the Lord, He has abandoned you.” How quickly Joash the king of Judah, who so recently had restored true worship in the temple at Jerusalem, “transgress[es] the Lord’s commands.”  After Jehoiada the priest died, the people “forsook the temple of the Lord, the God of their fathers, and began to serve the sacred poles and the idols.”  And so, “wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem.”  So great is their apostasy that not only would they “not listen to [the prophets’] warnings” when they were sent “to convert them to the Lord,” but when Zechariah the son of Jehoiada stood up in their midst to call them back to the Lord, “they stoned him to death in the Lord’s temple.”  And so the central place of worship becomes a place of murder. How truly Jesus speaks in today’s gospel: “No man can serve two masters.  He will either hate one and love the other or be attentive to one and despise the other.”  How clearly we see the hatred of God at work in Judah as she embraces false and empty gods.  And so Judah becomes like her profligate sister in the Northern Kingdom of Israel.  She who is set aside to preserve the temple and the holy city of Jerusalem, who is given yet a share in the inheritance promised David, turns boldly from her call and blessing to despise that which is most her own.  And now does her hatred grow.  And though she may escape the chastising hand of God a longer time than her sister, God’s promise: “If [David’s] sons forsake my law and walk not according to my ordinances, if they violate my statutes and keep not my commands, I will punish their crime with a rod and their guilt with stripes,” will not be set aside forever, and they shall follow their sister into exile. Brothers and sisters, we must choose the master we shall serve: if the world and its spirit, then you court God’s condemnation; if the Lord, then remain faithful with your whole heart and follow His Son unto heaven.  It is to heaven He desires your soul to come, but you must trust in Him and remain faithful to His call.  For if you leave Him, He cannot but leave you; but if you hold fast to His love, He can do nothing but bless you. Today Jesus, the Son of the Father in heaven, stands up to warn you against the traps of this world and call you into full, living worship of the One God.  Will you enter into His love? ******* O LORD, in your House alone let us make our home, and so find your kingship over us, and so find your blessing forever. YHWH, how kind your words to us are; how reassuring you would be.  But do we listen to you; indeed, can we hear you at all?  O heavenly Father, you know all that we need, and so would provide for us all things if we but followed in your way – but who among us has any faith? O LORD, do we not rather fret over the passing things of this earth?  Do our hearts not turn quickly to false gods, abandoning you and true worship to feed our bellies, to save the flesh?  And what can we be but destroyed like the grass of the field if we have no more sense, no more faith, no more love for you than a lifeless statue?  Woe to us as we turn from you, for you are our very life, and without your Spirit quickly we die… quickly we die. Let us seek holiness, LORD, let this be our goal, our call, our only desire.  Let us hope for you alone and for your heavenly kingdom, and we shall be blessed, and we shall remain in your House forever.

    5 min

  7. Jun 18

    June 19 - Friday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II

    (2Kgs.11:1-4,9-18,20;   Ps.132:11-14,17-18;   Mt.6:19-23) “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eye is good, your body will be filled with light; if your eye is bad, your body will be in darkness.” And “how deep the darkness” is upon Athaliah.  For her eye is evil, her “light is darkness,” as so desperately she seeks to “lay up for [herself] an earthly treasure” by unjust and murderous means.  Seeing that her son, the king of Judah, has died, she attempts to hold on to his crown by killing all the rightful heirs to his throne, caring more for the things which “moth and rust corrode” than for the righteousness of God.  And she succeeds, though only briefly, as, true to the words of our gospel today, “thieves break in and steal” the kingship she has herself stolen away.  And how great is her woe upon seeing all she has so anxiously and vainly sought removed from under her sight.  How deep indeed is her darkness, deeper than the death she is about to endure. In our psalm today we are reminded of the promise the Lord has made with David, king of all Israel: “If your sons keep my covenant and the decrees which I teach them, their sons, too, forever shall sit upon your throne.”  For in Zion the Lord vows to “place a lamp for [His] anointed,” and declares that upon His chosen one His “crown shall shine.”  This crown, this lamp, is for all the Lord’s children to receive, to shine forth in His holy presence.  All who keep to His ways shall know such blessing.  But, clearly, those who turn away lose the light the Lord deems to give to us as followers of His One Light, Jesus Christ.  And however boldly or by whatever anxious means we attempt to hold on to it, it shall be removed from us like the passing day.  Only remaining in Him are we saved. In our first reading the people, led by Jehoiada the priest of God, renew the covenant “by which they would be the Lord’s people.”  Terribly they have fallen from it and its grace and seek to regain what has now, and so often, been lost.  Continually, in fact, the Israelites fell away from the Lord’s command and so were abandoned to their sins – thus necessitating the coming of Christ – but continually the Lord returns them to the light when they return to Him, until finally Jesus does come. Let us not be as the Israelites have been, brothers and sisters, so easily led into darkness and error, so easily seeking to look upon the evil of this earth.  The Lord has come now to lead us away from just such things and give us a light that never fades.  It is for us to remain with Him.  Let your eye be sound, and so let His wisdom shine through you, O blessed one. ******* O LORD, let us shine like your Son in your heavenly kingdom. YHWH, upon what are our hearts set?  Are they set on you and the doing of your will?  Do we seek indeed your kingdom?  Or do we look to gain whatever we can of earthly treasure, and so set ourselves in opposition to your law of love?  You alone are King; your Son alone is the rightful heir to all.  Let us place Him upon the throne of our hearts and rejoice at your presence there. How evil man can be, O LORD, how blind and desperate in his selfishness.  Into such grave darkness can we fall when we set our hearts on the things of this world.  But how vain power and riches are; how quickly they come to an end, for these are not ours but yours alone, and they return to you at the end of the day.  And so, if we would hold to them, we would find ourselves fighting you… and that is a battle we cannot win. O LORD, have mercy on your people!  Take not your light from our midst – make us your very dwelling place.  Let your light shine forth from all your children as they set their hearts on Heaven.

    6 min

  8. Jun 17

    June 18 - Thursday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II

    (Sir.48:1-14;   Ps.97:1-7,12;   Mt.6:7-15) “Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” Our psalm sings of the greatness of our God; in our first reading we hear of how this greatness was revealed in the prophets Elijah and Elisha; and in the Lord’s Prayer we call for this greatness to be present in our midst. “Fire goes before Him and consumes His foes round about,” our psalmist declares in praise of God.  “His lightnings illumine the world.”  How great indeed is He: “The mountains melt like wax before the Lord, before the Lord of all the earth.”  Nothing stands before His glance, for “justice and judgment are the foundation of His throne,” and this world is held in His all-powerful Hand. And how well this greatness is brought to bear by His holy prophets.  We are told, “Like a fire there appeared the prophet Elijah whose words were as a flaming furnace.”  The consuming power of the Lord is indeed revealed in him, for “by God’s word he shut up the heavens and three times brought down fire.”  He “brought a dead man back to life from the nether world, by the will of the Lord… sent kings down to destruction,” and finally was “taken aloft in a whirlwind, in a chariot with fiery horses.”  How the Lord blesses His holy ones!  How He reveals His greatness in them!  And of Elisha it is said, “Nothing was beyond his power…  In life he performed wonders, and after death, marvelous deeds.” There is no end to the power the Lord provides to His children, for there is no end to His power, and this power He would share with all.  Thus does the Lord encourage us to call upon the majesty of God our Father to be with us, to feed us each day, that His Name might indeed be praised, that His holiness might be revealed in His chosen ones.  And to avoid His wrath, and to share in His power, what must we do?  What is the central call of this all-powerful, all-holy Lord?  Forgiveness.  His grace is power, and grace and mercy we must share with all to share that power which has no end. Trust in Him who holds you in His Hand, brothers and sisters.  And His mighty Hand you shall see at work in the course of your day, and the fire of His grace shall pour upon your soul. ******* O LORD, let your power be upon us, the power of your merciful love. YHWH, you are all-good and all-powerful, and those who share your goodness share in your power.  Let your kingdom come upon us; there let us dwell with you.  We pray to be forgiven all our sins that your Spirit might be with us. But we know, O LORD, for your Son has taught us, that if we are to come into your presence and share in your power and wonder, first we must forgive our neighbor – even our enemy we must love.  Those who sin against us indeed become as our enemies, but your mercy we must share with them if we are to know your grace at work in our souls.  Separated from you, all die, but in your light all are brought to life: let all souls come into your kingdom. Let thy holy will be done, O LORD, in all your prophets, in all your disciples.  Your power, your love, make known in all who bear your NAME.  What should we fear if you are with us?  Let your Word be spoken through us and His  blood course through our veins.  Let all peoples see your glory.

    5 min
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Spirit-filled daily reflections on the Mass Readings of the Roman Catholic Church from the book Our Daily Bread by James Kurt (with imprimatur). The daily podcasts are voice only, while the podcasts for Sundays and Solemnities are produced with music and other elements. Another podcast recently added: Prayers to the Saints - a prayer to each saint on the calendar for the US. Also with imprimatur.

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