“Do not fear,” Samuel answered
them. “You have indeed committed all this evil! Yet do not turn from the LORD, but serve him with your whole heart.
This blog is based on references in the Bible to fear. God wills that we “BE NOT AFRAID”. Many theologians state that the eighth deadly sin is fear. It is fear and its natural animal reaction to fight or flight that is the root cause of our failings to create a Kingdom of God on earth. By “the power of the Holy Spirit” we can be witnesses and “communicators” of a new and redeemed humanity “even to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:7 8). This blog is dedicated to Mary the Mother of God.
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Friday, October 30, 2015
1 Samuel, Chapter
12, Verse 14
If you fear
and serve the LORD, if you listen to the voice
of the LORD and do not rebel against the
LORD’s command, if both you and
the king, who rules over you, follow the LORD
your God—well and good.
Thursday, October 29, 2015
1 Samuel, Chapter
4, Verse 20
She was about to die when the women
standing around her said to her, “Do not be afraid,
you have given birth to a son.” Yet she neither answered nor paid any attention.
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Judges, Chapter 14,
Verse 11
Out of their fear of him, they brought thirty men to be his companions.
This verse is about
Sampson the strongman of the bible; who struck fear into the hearts of the
pagan Philistines. Nevertheless how different was Sampson from his pagan
neighbors? Justyn Rees has an interesting shortened tale of the tragedy of
Sampson that is available online that is a quick thought-provoking read in his
book entitled, “Old Story New”.[1]
Sampson who was born
endowed with great physical strength started out following God but failed to
continue walking in the spirit of He that Is. John Maxwell[2]
points out that like Gideon many men fail toward the end of their life because
they dilute the vision God had given them, and have become too comfortable with
their success and lack the self-control to overcome their weaknesses. John’s
advice to leaders is to be self-disciplined using a quote from Plato, “The first and best victory is to conquer
self.” John points out a five step plan to develop self-discipline in your
life.
1.
Develop and follow
your priorities. Time is a precious commodity, do what’s really important
first and release yourself from the rest.
2.
Make a
disciplined lifestyle your goal. Set up systems and routines to ensure you
feed the mind, body, spirit and love of neighbor daily.
3.
Challenge your
excuses. We all make them; push the envelope.
4.
Remove rewards until
you finish the job. Eat your vegetables first.
5.
Stay focused on
results. Focus on the outcomes and not the difficulties in accomplishing
it; envision the change.
Our model for transformation:
Jesus
went up to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God. (Luke
6:12)
[1]
https://books.google.com/books?id=Ya4KBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA81&lpg=PA81&dq=burn+you+and+your+family+philistines&source=bl&ots=0UWpCsxdDc&sig=AVZOJtLIcSvCrAzCdgZl5lvhjoE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEoQ6AEwCWoVChMIq5bd_dLkyAIVA9pjCh0MGwvM#v=onepage&q=burn%20you%20and%20your%20family%20philistines&f=false
[2]
John Maxwell, The Leadership Bible, 1982.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Judges, Chapter 9,
Verse 21
Then Jotham fled and escaped to Beer, where
he remained for fear of his brother Abimelech.
A lot of people seem to
escape to Beer! That’s a joke but unfortunately it is a common response to
fear. Liquid courage we use to call it in the military. However, today I would
like to change the subject to that of the family.
Jotham
was raised in a large family 70 brothers and we do not know how many sisters. Families
are the breeding ground of either love or hate; of either evil or good and
finally of either excellence or apathy. A great family whether large or small
is the seedbed of either greatness or smallness. This is the reason there is
such a focus on the family in the church now. Families are the factories of a person’s
character and character determines a person’s destiny which leads us back the
study of John McCain’s book, Character is Destiny"[1]

McCain states that Wilma
Rudolph:
Survived poverty, racism, and polio to
become the fastest woman on earth and was known to journalists as La Gazelle
Noire, the Black Gazelle and go on to win a gold medal in the 1960 Olympics.
Blanche and Eddie Rudolph had already
welcomed nineteen children into the world when little Wilma arrived on June 23,
1940, two months ahead of schedule. Blanche had fallen down and almost
immediately gone into labor. Weighing a little over four pounds at birth, Wilma
Glodean Rudolph wasn’t expected to live long. That the newborn survived those
first perilous weeks was an early indication of the strength she would employ
to see herself safely through the many crises of her childhood. Blanche and
Eddie were extraordinary parents, hardworking and devoted to their children.
But with twenty-two children (two more were born after Wilma), and each parent
holding more than one job, Eddie as a railroad porter and handyman, Blanche a
laundress and housekeeper, it was hard to give much attention to any individual
child. Wilma would need a lot of attention, and would have little prospect of
finding much help outside her family. The family’s poverty and the injustices
of the segregated South offered scant encouragement to the Rudolph’s as they
looked to their community in rural Clarksville, Tennessee, for the care that
their lively but chronically ill daughter needed. But they did the best they
could; for as poor as they were, they were rich in virtue, and gave their
struggling child the love and encouragement she needed to believe she might one
day be a healthy, happy little girl. Wilma suffered measles, mumps, chicken
pox, and the whooping cough before she was four years old. Colds and the flu
constantly plagued her. She spent most of her early childhood in bed. Shortly
before her fifth birthday, Wilma became very sick with scarlet fever and
pneumonia in both her lungs. Again, she was not expected to survive. Her family
covered her in blankets, plied her with the usual remedies, comforted her, and
prayed. But the illness persisted. Even as the crisis began to abate, a strange
symptom occurred that caused her worried family even greater alarm. Wilma’s
left leg began to twist to one side. When her parents encouraged her to move
it, she told them she couldn’t. The doctor was called, and after examining her
briefly, he informed Eddie and Blanche that their daughter had been stricken
with polio, for which there was then no known cure. If she survived, he warned
them, she would never walk again. But walk she did. Her family saved her. Their
constant encouragement and care helped Wilma to overcome her despair, and
summon such a great quantity of strength and courage, and an almost superhuman
power of concentration, that she would in time become known as their miracle
child. She attributed those qualities to the great fortune of having a loving
family. “The doctors told me I would never walk,” she wrote in her
autobiography, “but my mother told me I would, so I believed my mother.” One
day, as Wilma felt the onset of another illness, she decided she would begin to
fight. “Enough! No more taking everything that comes along, no more drifting
off, no more wondering.”
During the long years of her
rehabilitation, when few outside her family ever believed that day would come,
Wilma had developed into a young girl with extraordinary reserves of strength,
and had learned to pursue goals that were beyond the reach of most people with
a tremendous intensity of resolve and concentration. She was not just a normal,
healthy kid. She was special, and she knew it. Now that she had beat the odds
and learned to walk again, she decided to focus her formidable strength on
becoming an athlete. There are four things necessary to excel at a sport, or
anything, for that matter: skill, concentration, willingness to struggle, and
love. When she was only sixteen, she made the American women’s track and field
team in the 1956 Olympic Games, which were held in Melbourne, Australia. Then
in 1960, she was the first American woman to win three gold medals. And she
was, beyond dispute, the fastest woman on earth. The girl had beaten polio,
poverty, and racism to become the greatest female athlete of her time, and one
of the most beloved people in the world.
One wonders how many other Wilma's have been lost to history by the evil of abortion?
Monday, October 26, 2015
Judges, Chapter 8,
Verse 19-20
19“They were my
brothers, my mother’s sons,” he said. “As the LORD lives, if you had spared
their lives, I would not kill you.” 20Then he said to his
firstborn, Jether, “Go, kill them.” But the boy did not draw his sword, for he
was afraid, for he was still a boy.
Jether was still a boy
when asked by his father to continue the cycle of violence. Sometimes children
are wiser than parents. Children instinctively know that being fair starts with
understanding your own shortcomings and listening to that small voice of
conscience.
Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness
begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of
love... Our aim must never be to defeat or humiliate the white man, but to win
his friendship and understanding.
“The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a
descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy, instead of
diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar,
but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you
may murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely
increases hate.
Returning violence for violence multiplies violence,
adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot
drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only
love can do that.”[1]
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Then Jesus said
to him, “Put your sword back into its sheath, for all who take the sword will
perish by the sword. (Mt. 26:52)
Sunday, October 25, 2015
Judges, Chapter 7, Verse 10-11
10 If you are afraid to attack, go down to the camp with your aide Purah
11 and listen to what they are saying. After
that you will have the courage to descend on the camp. So he went down with his
aide Purah to the outposts of the armed men in the camp.
“Take courage; get up, he is calling you.” (Mk:
10:49)
Christ calls us to a
greater purpose than he did Gideon:
No man or woman of good will can
renounce the struggle to overcome evil with good. This fight can be fought
effectively only with the weapons of love. When good overcomes evil, love
prevails and where love prevails, there peace prevails. This is the
teaching of the Gospel, restated by the Second Vatican Council: "the
fundamental law of human perfection, and consequently of the transformation of
the world, is the new commandment of love"…Christians must be convinced
witnesses of this truth. They should show by their lives that love is the only
force capable of bringing fulfillment to persons and societies, the only force
capable of directing the course of history in the way of goodness and peace…By
Christ's death and resurrection, made sacramentally present in each Eucharistic
celebration, we are saved from evil and enabled to do good. Through the new
life which Christ has bestowed on us, we can recognize one another as brothers
and sisters, despite every difference of language, nationality and culture. In
a word, by sharing in the one bread and the one cup, we come to realize that we
are "God's family" and that together we can make our own effective
contribution to building a world based on the values of justice, freedom and
peace.[1]
Saturday, October 24, 2015
Judges, Chapter 7,
Verse 3
So announce in the hearing of the soldiers,
“If anyone is afraid or fearful, let him leave! Let him depart from Mount Gilead!” Twenty-two
thousand of the soldiers left, but ten thousand remained.
Fear! Those who are
fearful are ruled by their emotions. Gideon knew this emotion well for he was a
man afraid. What changed him? It was God! God had changed his fear into hope
and love for the reign of God. God had changed his unbelief into resolute iron
will.
Saint John Paul II was a
sword of Gideon; he reminded us that we too must be unafraid that we must be
bold and remember that Gideon did not defeat the Midianites with the sword but with
fear.
Gideon needed to lead a night attack against the
Midianites and Amalekites. His plan was to have every soldier carry a trumpet
and a torch, the latter inside a clay pot, and blow the trumpet and reveal the
torch upon command. The racket and the sudden appearance of hundreds of torches
would doubtlessly panic the enemy troops, who would have no idea as to how many
enemies had come out of nowhere. A night attack, however, involves considerable
risk. Even today, only the most skilled soldiers are willing to undertake such
a mission. A lot of things can go wrong, and it is very easy to mistake friend
for foe in the darkness. There is a good chance of shooting or, in ancient
times, stabbing one’s own people unless the operation goes perfectly. Any
premature action or loud noise can allow the enemy to draw up his soldiers into
formations that can repel an attack. If, for example, one of Gideon’s men
dropped his pot by accident during the approach to the enemy camp, the exposed
torch would have told the enemy sentries that something was amiss. The job was
clearly not one for amateurs, or people who lacked commitment.
The first step was therefore to send away the more than
two-thirds of Gideon’s army that was hesitant to fight the enemy. This made
eminent sense because fear might easily result in the kind of false move—and it
would take only one—that would ruin the operation. Ten thousand soldiers were
still, however, ten thousand opportunities for something to go wrong. It wasn’t
enough that they were committed and willing to fight; they also had to have the
discipline and training necessary to participate in a night attack. As Judges
7.4 through 7.7 continues: “And the Lord said unto Gideon, The people are yet
too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there:
and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the
same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go
with thee, the same shall not go.
“So he brought down the people unto the water: and the
Lord said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as
a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth
down upon his knees to drink.[1]
Now those who did not drink like dogs what
do you suppose they had in their other hand. Their weapons! They were ready for the
battle at any moment. God needs stout hearted men and women. Are you ready?
Heed the words of Saint John Paul
the Great:
"Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good" (12:21).
Evil
is never defeated by evil; once that road is taken, rather than defeating evil, one will instead be defeated by evil.
Peace is the outcome of a long and demanding battle which is only won
when evil is defeated by good. Flee
what is evil and hold fast to what is good (cf. Rom 12:9). Peace
is a good to be promoted with good: it is a good for individuals, for
families, for nations and for all humanity; yet it is one which needs to be
maintained and fostered by decisions and actions inspired by good. "Repay
no one evil for evil" (Rom 12:17). The one way out of the
vicious circle of requiting evil for evil is "Do not be overcome by
evil, but overcome evil with good" (Rom 12:21). At its deepest
level, evil is a tragic rejection of the demands of love(1).
Moral good, on the other hand, is born of love, shows itself as love and is
directed towards love. All this is particularly evident to Christians, who know
that their membership in the one mystical Body of Christ sets them in a
particular relationship not only with the Lord but also with their brothers and
sisters. The inner logic of Christian love, which in the Gospel is the living
source of moral goodness, leads even to the love of one's enemies: "If
your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to
drink" (Rom 12:20).[2]
Friday, October 23, 2015
Judges, Chapter 6, Verse 27
So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the LORD had commanded him. But he was too afraid of his family and of the townspeople to do it by day; he did it at night.
Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth; you have revealed to little ones the mysteries of the Kingdom. (Mt. 11:25)
Thursday, October 22, 2015
Judges, Chapter 6, Verse 9-10
9 I rescued you from the power of Egypt and all your oppressors. I drove them out before you and gave you their land. 10 And I said to you: I, the LORD, am your God; you shall not fear the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are dwelling. But you did not listen to me.
Today is the Feast of Saint John Paul the Great. His greatest words to us were to "Be Not Afraid". In addition he also gave us the luminous mysteries of the rosary and advocated the Divine Mercy of God. I am currently working on a book for the year of Mercy which starts on 12/8/2015 which uses hiking in the Sedona, Arizona area to hike and pray the Divine Mercy and other spiritual treasures such as the rosary using the backdrop of the red rocks. In celebration of Saint John the Great I am providing a portion of the book from the Rosary Hike for my readers that covers the luminous mysteries of Saint John Paul the Great.
8 Rosary Hike
Airport
Loop/Table Top Trails #211
During this hike you
will be doing the Divine Mercy Chaplet on page 9 while reflecting on the souls
of the persons who especially venerate
and glorify Jesus' mercy. After
completing the Divine Mercy Chaplet please continue the hike reflecting on the
entire Rosary of our Lady the blessed mother of Christ. The trail is in the shape of the rosary when
seen from the air. Although the Rosary hike is design for to work with this particular
trail it could be used on any hiking trail.
Length:
4.3 mile loop including Table Top Spur
Rating:
Easy
Use: Moderate
Season: All year
Hiking time: 3 hour round trip
USGS Map: Sedona
Location: From the junction of
Routes 89A and 179,
take 89A west 1.0 mile to Airport Road on the left. Go .5 miles and park in the
turnout on the left.
GPS: N34° 54' 7.4154",
W-111° 51' 28.2594"
It is suggested to honor Our Lady of Guadalupe and
St. Juan Diego (Feast day December 12th) it is recommended that you
complete the hike with a rose in hand offering up the hike for some intention
and give the rose to the person for which the hike was completed or lay the
rose at a statue of our Lady for her intentions.
How To Pray The Rosary
- The purpose of the Rosary is to help keep in memory certain principal
events or mysteries in the history of our salvation, and to thank and praise
God for them. There are twenty mysteries reflected upon in the Rosary, and
these are divided into the five JOYFUL
MYSTERIES, the five LUMINOUS MYSTERIES, the five SORROWFUL MYSTERIES, and the five GLORIOUS
MYSTERIES.
1. Make
the Sign of the Cross and say the "Apostles' Creed."
2. Say
the "Our
Father."
3. Say
three "Hail
Mary’s."
4. Say
the "Glory
be to the Father."
5. Announce
the First Mystery; then say the "Our Father."
6. Say
ten "Hail
Mary’s," while meditating on the Mystery.
7. Say
the "Glory
be to the Father."
Announce the Second
Mystery; then say the "Our Father. "Repeat
6 and 7 and continue with Third, Fourth and Fifth Mysteries in the same manner.
After each
decade say the following prayer requested by the Blessed Virgin Mary at
Fatima: "O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell,
lead all souls to Heaven, especially those who have most need of your
mercy."
To begin the Rosary make the sign
of the cross and say the Apostles Creed.
The
Apostles' Creed, I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
Creator of Heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord; Who
was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under
Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell;
the third day He arose again from the dead. He ascended into Heaven, and sits
at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to
judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy
Catholic Church, the communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins, the
resurrection of the body and life everlasting. Amen.
Say an Our Father.
Our Father,
Who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on
earth, as it is in Heaven. And give us this day our daily bread and forgive
us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil. Amen
Say three Hail Mary’s.
Hail Mary,
full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women and
blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us
sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen
Hail Mary…
Hail Mary…
Say a Glory Be.
Glory Be
to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the
beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
The Luminous Mysteries
Announce the First Luminous
Mystery
then say one Our Father
and ten Hail Mary’s one after each scripture reading
THE
BAPTISM OF THE LORD
Desired Spiritual Fruit: Gratitude for the
gift of Faith
1. In
those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the desert of Judea and saying
“Repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.” (Matt. 3:1-2)
2. Then
people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went
out to him. They were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing
their sins. (Matt. 3:5-6)
3. “I
indeed baptize you with water for repentance.” But he who is coming after me is
mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to bear.” (Matt. 3:11)
4. “He
will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.” (Matt. 3:11)
5. Then
Jesus came from Galilee to John, at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. (Matt.
3:13)
6. But
John would have hindered him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and you
come to me?” (Matt. 3:14)
7. But
Jesus, answering, said to him, “Allow it now, for this is the fitting way
for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed him. (Matt. 3:15)
8. Jesus,
when he was baptized, went up directly from the water: and behold, the heavens
were opened to him. (Matt. 3:16)
9. He
saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming on him. (Matt.
3:16)
10.
A voice out of the heavens said, “This
is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.” (Matt. 3:17)
Say a Glory Be followed
by:
"O
my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell, lead all souls
to Heaven, especially those who have most need of your mercy."
Announce the Second
Luminous Mystery
then say one Our Father
and ten Hail Mary’s one after each scripture reading
THE
WEDDING OF CANA
Desired Spiritual Fruit: Fidelity
1. There
was a marriage in Cana of Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there. (John 2:1)
2. Jesus
also was invited, with his disciples, to the marriage. When the wine ran out,
Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no wine.” (John 2:2-3)
3. Jesus
said to her, “Woman, what does that have to do with you and me? My hour has not
yet come.” (John 2:4)
4. His
mother said to the attendants, “Do whatever he tells you.” (John 2:5)
5. Now
six stone water-jars were placed there, after the Jewish manner of purification
[each holding two or three measures. (20-30 gallons) (John 2:6)
6. Jesus
said to them, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them to the brim.
(John 2:7)
7. And
Jesus said to them, “Now draw from it, and carry it to the chief steward of the
feast.” And they took it to him. (John 2:8)
8. Then,
when the chief steward had tasted the water made into wine, since he did not
know where it was from, for only the servants who had drawn the water knew, the
chief steward called the bridegroom. (John 2:9)
9. And
He said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when the guests have
drunk freely, then that which is worse. But You have kept the good wine until
now!” (John 2:10)
10.
This was the beginning of the signs that
Jesus accomplished in Cana of Galilee, and it manifested his glory, and his
disciples believed in him. (John 2:11)
Say a Glory Be followed
by:
"O
my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell, lead all souls
to Heaven, especially those who have most need of your mercy."
Announce the Third
Luminous Mystery
then say one Our Father
and ten Hail Mary’s one after each scripture reading
Desired Spiritual Fruit: Desire for
Holiness
1. Jesus
came into Galilee preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom of God, and saying
"The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and
believe in the Gospel.” (Mark 1:14-15)
2. “Unless
a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.”
(John 3:5)
3. “Blessed
are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven” (Matt 5:3)
4. “Blessed
are they who suffer persecution for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is
the Kingdom of Heaven.” (Matt 5:10)
5. “Unless
your righteousness exceeds that of the Scribes and Pharisees, you shall not
enter the Kingdom of Heaven.” (Matt 5:20)
6. “The
Kingdom of Heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls. When he finds a
single pearl of great price, he goes and sells all that he has and buys it.”
(Matt 13:45-46)
7. “Amen
I say to you, unless you turn and become like little children you will not
enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.” (Matt 18:3)
8. “Children,
how hard it is for those that trust in riches to enter the Kingdom of God!”
(Mark 10:24)
9. “I
must proclaim the Kingdom of God, for this is why I have been sent” (Luke 4:43)
10. “My
Kingdom is not of this world.” (John 18:36)
Say a Glory Be followed
by:
"O
my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell, lead all souls
to Heaven, especially those who have most need of your mercy."
Announce the Fourth
Luminous Mystery
then say one Our Father
and ten Hail Mary’s one after each scripture reading
THE
TRANSFIGURATION
Desired Spiritual Fruit: Spiritual
Courage
1. Jesus
took Peter, James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain by
themselves and was transfigured before them. (Matt 17:1)
2. And
his face shone as the sun and his garments became white as snow. (Matt 17:2)
3. And
behold there appeared to them Moses and Elijah talking together with him. (Matt
17:3)
4. Now
Peter and his companions were heavy with sleep. But when they were fully awake,
they saw his glory and the two men who were standing with him. (Luke 9:32)
5. Then
Peter addressed Jesus saying “Lord it is good for us to be here. Let us set up
three tents here, one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah”. (Matt 17:4)
6. As
he was still speaking, behold a bright cloud overshadowed them. (Matt 17:5)
7. And
behold a voice out of the cloud said “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well
pleased; hear him.” (Matt 17:5)
8. And
on hearing it the disciples fell on their faces and were exceedingly afraid.
(Matt 17:6)
9. And
Jesus came near and touched them and said to them, “Arise, and do not be
afraid.” (Matt 17:7)
10.
And suddenly looking round, they no
longer saw anyone with them but only Jesus. (Mark 9:8)
Say a Glory Be followed
by:
"O
my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell, lead all souls
to Heaven, especially those who have most need of your mercy."
Announce the Fifth
Luminous Mystery
then say one Our Father
and ten Hail Mary’s one after each scripture reading
THE
INSTITUTION OF THE EUCHARIST
Desired Spiritual Fruit: Love of
our Eucharistic Lord
1. Jesus
said “I am the bread of life”. (John 6:35)
2. “He
who comes to me shall not hunger, and he who believes in me shall never
thirst.” (John 6:35)
3. “He
who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has life everlasting and I shall raise
him up on the last day.” (John 6:54)
4. “For
my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed”. (John 6:56)
5. And
while they were at supper, Jesus took bread and blessed and broke it, and gave it
to his disciples … (Matt 26:26)
6. “This
is my body which is being given for you; do this in remembrance of me.” (Luke
22:19)
7. And
taking a cup, he gave thanks and gave it to them …(Matt 26:27)
8. “This
is my blood of the new covenant which shall be shed for many.” (Mark
14:24)
9. “Do
this as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” (1 Cor 11:25)
10.
For as often as you shall eat this bread
and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord, until he comes. (1 Cor
11:26)
Say a Glory Be followed
by:
"O
my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell, lead all souls
to Heaven, especially those who have most need of your mercy."
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