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  First Saturday TRADITIONAL EPIPHANY-ST. ANDRE BESSETTE   Psalm 52, Verse 8-9 8 The righteous will see and they will FEAR ; but they will laugh at him: 9 “Behold the man! He did not take God as his refuge, but he trusted in the abundance of his wealth, and grew powerful through his wickedness.” This psalm is about the end of the wicked and the peace of the Godly. This is a short but interesting psalm. Take this verse: Why do you glory in what is evil, you who are mighty by the mercy of God? All day long you are thinking up intrigues; your tongue is like a sharpened razor, you worker of deceit. You love evil more than good, lying rather than saying what is right. Do you think God is talking to politicians and the fake news hacks that are in power today?   Our lord is patient; remember even the wicked are also his and he loves them. Pray for them and be at peace. Everything is in good hands-although they do have holes in them.   “Contentment sp...

  First Friday TWELFTH NIGHT evening prior to epiphany   Psalm 49, Verse 17 Do not FEAR when a man becomes rich, when the wealth of his house grows great.   The next verse drives the point: for his glory shall not descend with him!  Inheritance vs. Legacy [1]   Fix your eyes on that which endures. In the movie Centennial it portrays a young Arapahoe child in the year 1756, who learns his father has just been killed in battle and is taught the lesson that 'only rocks live forever'. God encourages us to fix our eyes on the eternal. Leaders become consumed with the momentary but forget the lasting. Christ tells us that leaders must not pursue wealth or power for true greatness comes from inside out. Even our own bodies make a testimony to this by accomplishing the healing from the inside out. True leaders pursue a legacy rather than wealth. What does any man take with him to the grave? Only a vision came outlive a man. Think of Washington, Jefferson, a...