The Gospel of March 5th of 2020 according to Saint Matthew Chapter 7 Verses 7 to 12 - Lenten Weekday

"7.Ask, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and you shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you. 8.For everyone who asks, receives; and whoever seeks, finds; and to anyone who knocks, it will be opened. 9.Or what man is there among you, who, if his son were to ask him for bread, would offer him a stone; 10.or if he were to ask him for a fish, would offer him a snake? 11.Therefore, if you, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your sons, how much more will your Father, who is in heaven, give good things to those who ask him? 12.Therefore, all things whatsoever that you wish that men would do to you, do so also to them. For this is the law and the prophets."

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Highlights
We have to make a decisive choice towards the teachings of the Son of the man, and Do to the others what you expect them to do you is the Golden Rule. This command is the path towards the second commandment - love your neighbor.

God calls us to knock in his door, a call for a decisive choice, an option to believe that he is unique and absolute. Ask, seek, and knock is possible when we trust and are intimate to him.

Moreover, love your neighbor is a way to the new commandment, love one another as I have loved you. Jn Chapter 15, Verse 12. This new commandment is the men searching for the divine beatitude.

God Bless Us


Sources
Catholic Public Domain Version
The didache Bible, Ignatius Bible Edition, 2015, Ignatius Press
La Bible Expliquée, 2004, Société Biblique française
Bíblia Sagrada, Edição Pastoral, 2007, Editora Paulus


2020 March 5 Thu: Lenten Weekday Mt 7: 7-12

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“7:11 We, sons and daughters of God, can pray in faith and confidence that the Father will answer our prayers. God knows what we need before we ask. If what we ask for is not received, we can trust that God will give us something more profitable for salvation. (CCC 2609, 2736)
7:12 Called the "golden rule," this concept is part of the natural law and is a universal ethical standard. It is a nat“natural consequence to the Two Great Commandments to love God and to love our neighbor (cf. Mt 5:17-48) and is a step toward the new commandment, "Love one another as I have loved you"(Jn 15:12). (CCC 1789, 1968, 1970, 2510, 2821)”

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The Gospel of March 4th of 2020 according to Saint Luke Chapter 11 Verses 29 to 32 - Lenten Weekday - Casimir

" 29.Then, as the crowds were quickly gathering, he began to say: “This generation is a wicked generation: it seeks a sign. But no sign will be given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 30.For just as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of man be to this generation. 31.The queen of the South will rise up, at the judgment, with the men of this generation, and she will condemn them. For she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon. And behold, more than Solomon is here. 32.The men of Nineveh will rise up, at the judgment, with this generation, and they will condemn it. For at the preaching of Jonah, they repented. And behold, more than Jonah is here."

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Highlights
Today's gospel is about our faith; everyone has to believe in Jesus, in his acts, and in his teaching by oneself decision. The miracles only happen with the faithful ones.
Jesus was asked to give signs to the unfaithful, and he refused like he refused to devil in the pinnacle of the Temple.
Jonah spent three days in the whale's belly, and Jesus spent three days in the tomb, the dwellers of Nineveh and the Queen were an example of faith that Jesus expected from his people and he didn't find it.


God Bless Us


Sources
Catholic Public Domain Version
The didache Bible, Ignatius Bible Edition, 2015, Ignatius Press
La Bible Expliquée, 2004, Société Biblique française
Bíblia Sagrada, Edição Pastoral, 2007, Editora Paulus


2020 March 4 Wed: Lenten Weekday - Casimir LK 11: 29-32

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The Gospel of March 2th of 2020 according to Saint Matthew Chapter 25 Verses 31 to 46 - Lenten Weekday

"31.But when the Son of man will have arrived in his majesty, and all the Angels with him, then he will sit upon the seat of his majesty. 32.And all the nations shall be gathered together before him. And he shall separate them from one another, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33.And he shall station the sheep, indeed, on his right, but the goats on his left. 34.Then the King shall say to those who will be on his right: ‘Come, you blessed of my Father. Possess the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 35.For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in; 36.naked, and you covered me; sick, and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to me.’ 37.Then the just will answer him, saying: ‘Lord, when have we see you hungry, and fed you; thirsty, and given you drink? 38.And when have we seen you a stranger, and taken you in? Or naked, and covered you? 39.Or when did we see you sick, or in prison, and visit to you?’ 40.And in response, the King shall say to them, ‘Amen I say to you, whenever you did this for one of these, the least of my brothers, you did it for me.’ 41.Then he shall also say, to those who will be on his left: ‘Depart from me, you accursed ones, into the eternal fire, which was prepared for the devil and his angels. 42.For I was hungry, and you did not give me to eat; I was thirsty, and you did not give me to drink; 43.I was a stranger and you did not take me in; naked, and you did not cover me; sick and in prison, and you did not visit me.’ 44.Then they will also answer him, saying: ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to you?’ 45.Then he shall respond to them by saying: ‘Amen I say to you, whenever you did not do it to one of these least, neither did you do it to me.’ 46.And these shall go into eternal punishment, but the just shall go into eternal life.”

The Holy Gospel

Highlights
Matthew Chapter 25, Verses 31 to 46 is The only passage in the holy gospels describing the final judgment.

The duties of feeding the hungry, giving drink to the thirsty, clothing the naked, sheltering the homeless, visiting the imprisoned, visiting the sick, burying the dead come from the commandment to love your neighbor. They are called Seven Corporal Works of Mercy.

The Corporal Works are connected with the Seven Spiritual Works of Mercy (admonishing the sinner, instructing the ignorant, counseling the doubtful, bearing wrongs patiently, forgiving injuries, comforting the sorrowful, praying for the living and the dead. These two Works are the path to our salvation.

We will be judged according to our behavior, our conduct helping the other spiritually and materially.

The Last Judgement is one of the Dogmas of the Church.

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Sources
Catholic Public Domain Version
The didache Bible, Ignatius Bible Edition, 2015, Ignatius Press
La Bible Expliquée, 2004, Société Biblique française
Bíblia Sagrada, Edição Pastoral, 2007, Editora Paulus

The Gospel of February 29th of 2020
according to Saint Luke Chapter 5 Verses 27 to 32 - Saturday after Ash Wednesday

"27.And after these things, he went out, and he saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the customs office. And he said to him, “Follow me.” 28.And leaving behind everything, rising up, he followed him. 29.And Levi made a great feast for him in his own house. And there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others, who were sitting at table with them. 30.But the Pharisees and scribes were murmuring, saying to his disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” 31.And responding, Jesus said to them: “It is not those who are well who need a doctor, but those who have maladies. 32.I have not come to call the just, but sinners to repentance.”"

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The Gospel of February 28th of 2020
Friday after Ash Wednesday
according to Saint Matthews Chapter 9 Verses 14 to 15

"14.Then the disciples of John drew near to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast frequently, but your disciples do not fast?” 15.And Jesus said to them: “How can the sons of the groom mourn, while the groom is still with them? But the days will arrive when the groom will be taken away from them. And then they shall fast."

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The Gospel of December 29th of 2019 The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph Verses according to Saint Matthews Chapter 2 Verses 13 to 15 and 19 to 23


“13 Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there till I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him." 14And he rose and took the child and his mother by night, and departed to Egypt, 15and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfil what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, "Out of Egypt have I called my son."

“But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, 20"Rise, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the childs life are dead." 21And he rose and took the child and his mother, and went to the land of Israel. 22But when he heard that Archela'us reigned over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, and being warned in a dream he withdrew to the district of Galilee. 23And he went and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled. "He shall be called a Nazarene.”

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“13 Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there till I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him." 14And he rose and took the child and his mother by night, and departed to Egypt, 15and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfil what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, "Out of Egypt have I called my son."
16 Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the Wise Men, was in a furious rage, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time which he had ascertained from the Wise Men. 17Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah:
18"A voice was heard in Ra'mah,
  wailing and loud lamentation,
  Rachel weeping for her children;
  she refused to be consoled,
  because they were no more.”

December 24th of 2019
Tuesday in the Fourth Week of Advent
The Gospel according to Saint Luke Chapter 1 Verses 67 to 79

" 67.His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke this prophecy: 68.Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited his people, he has set them free, 69.and he has established for us a saving power in the House of his servant David, 70.just as he proclaimed, by the mouth of his holy prophets from ancient times, 71.that he would save us from our enemies and from the hands of all those who hate us, 72.and show faithful love to our ancestors, and so keep in mind his holy covenant. 73.This was the oath he swore to our father Abraham, 74.that he would grant us, free from fear, to be delivered from the hands of our enemies, 75.to serve him in holiness and uprightness in his presence, all our days. 76.And you, little child, you shall be called Prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to prepare a way for him, 77.to give his people knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins, 78.because of the faithful love of our God in which the rising Sun has come from on high to visit us, 79.to give light to those who live in darkness and the shadow dark as death, and to guide our feet into the way of peace."

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