Tuesday of the Second Week of Easter
The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the ordinances of the LORD are true, all of them just.
2 Maccabees, Chapter 14, Verse 22
Judas had posted armed men in
readiness at strategic points for FEAR
that the enemy might suddenly commit some treachery. But the conference was
held in the proper way.
During our last episode we see that our Hero Judas, with the help of the All Seeing Almighty vanquishes the enemy. Judas wants peace and returns home but the enemy the devil never sleeps, and snip snap the Syrians invade again. This time under the leadership of a gangster called Nicanor; a crafty little snake who wants a peace treaty. In this verse we see Judas is being ready and prepared for any trouble; and his fear is justified.
Making and Breaking Treaties[1]
"When the Jews heard of Nicanor's coming, and
that the Gentiles were rallying to him, they sprinkled themselves with earth
and prayed to Him Who established His people forever, and Who always comes to
the aid of His heritage." —2 Maccabees 14:15
Nicanor was sent again to
fight Judas (8:9). Instead of fighting, he made a peace treaty and became a
good friend of Judas. But this didn't last long. Soon Nicanor was hunting down
Judas, blaspheming the Temple, and murdering the faithful Jewish elders. "Cursed
is the man who trusts in human beings, who seeks his strength in flesh"
(Jer 17:5). "Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose hope is the
Lord" (Jer 17:7).
Prayer:
Father, may I make a peace treaty with You by repenting of sin and surrendering
my life to You.
Promise:
"Therefore, O Holy One, Lord of all holiness, preserve forever undefiled
this house, which has been so recently purified." —14:36
Lesson: When you play with snakes they often bite; don’t make treaties with the Devils children.
Catechism
of the Catholic Church
PART THREE: LIFE IN CHRIST
SECTION TWO-THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
CHAPTER
TWO-YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF
Article 10-THE
TENTH COMMANDMENT
IV. "I Want to See God"
2548 Desire for true happiness
frees man from his immoderate attachment to the goods of this world so that he
can find his fulfillment in the vision and beatitude of God. "The promise
[of seeing God] surpasses all beatitude.... In Scripture, to see is to
possess.... Whoever sees God has obtained all the goods of which he can
conceive."
2549 It remains for the holy
people to struggle, with grace from on high, to obtain the good things God
promises. In order to possess and contemplate God, Christ's faithful mortify
their cravings and, with the grace of God, prevail over the seductions of
pleasure and power.
2550 On this way of perfection,
the Spirit and the Bride call whoever hears them to perfect communion with
God:
There will
true glory be, where no one will be praised by mistake or flattery; true honor
will not be refused to the worthy, nor granted to the unworthy; likewise, no
one unworthy will pretend to be worthy, where only those who are worthy will be
admitted. There true peace will reign, where no one will experience opposition
either from self or others. God himself will be virtue's reward; he gives
virtue and has promised to give himself as the best and greatest reward that
could exist.... "I shall be their God and they will be my people...."
This is also the meaning of the Apostle's words: "So that God may be all
in all." God himself will be the goal of our desires; we shall contemplate
him without end, love him without surfeit, praise him without weariness. This
gift, this state, this act, like eternal life itself, will assuredly be common
to all.
PRAYERS AND TEACHINGS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
The
Beatitudes[2]
The fuller account and the more prominent place given the Beatitudes in St. Matthew are quite in accordance with the scope and the tendency of the First Gospel, in which the spiritual character of the Messianic kingdom — the paramount idea of the Beatitudes — is consistently put forward, in sharp contrast with Jewish prejudices. The very peculiar form in which Our Lord proposed His blessings make them, perhaps, the only example of His sayings that may be styled poetical — the parallelism of thought and expression, which is the most striking feature of Biblical poetry, being unmistakably clear.
The text of St. Matthew runs as
follows:
·
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is
the kingdom of heaven.
(Verse 3)
·
Blessed are the meek: for they shall possess the
land. (Verse 4)
·
Blessed are they who mourn: for they shall be
comforted. (Verse
5)
·
Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall
have their fill. (Verse
6)
·
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain
mercy. (Verse 7)
·
Blessed are the clean of heart: for they shall
see God. (Verse 8)
·
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be
called the children of God.
(Verse 9)
·
Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice' sake, for
theirs is the kingdom of
heaven. (Verse
10)
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Daily
Devotions
·
Unite in the work of the Porters of St. Joseph by joining them
in fasting: Today's Fast: Purity
·
Make
reparations to the Holy Face-Tuesday
Devotion
·
Pray Day 6 of
the Novena for our Pope and Bishops
·
Tuesday:
Litany of St. Michael the Archangel
·
Litany of the Most Precious
Blood of Jesus
·
Offering to
the sacred heart of Jesus
·
Make
reparations to the Holy Face
·
30
Days with St. Joseph Day 21
[2] https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02371a.htm
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