Hear to Heaven

Hear to Heaven

By Robert KilnerReligion & SpiritualityChristianity
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  • Forgiveness Favors the Bold
    Mark 1:40-45. A leper came to him and kneeling down begged him and said, "If you wish, you can make me clean."
    Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand, touched him, and said to him, "I do will it. Be made clean."
    The leprosy left him immediately, and he was made clean.
    Then, warning him sternly, he dismissed him at once.
    Then he said to him, "See that you tell no one anything, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses prescribed; that will be proof for them."
    The man went away and began to publicize the whole matter. He spread the report abroad so that it was impossible for Jesus to enter a town openly. He remained outside in deserted places, and people kept coming to him from everywhere.
    6 min
  • Mass for Life
    Reading I

    Heb 10:32-39

    Remember the days past when, after you had been enlightened, 

    you endured a great contest of suffering.
    At times you were publicly exposed to abuse and affliction; 
    at other times you associated yourselves with those so treated.
    You even joined in the sufferings of those in prison 
    and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, 
    knowing that you had a better and lasting possession.
    Therefore, do not throw away your confidence; 
    it will have great recompense.
    You need endurance to do the will of God and receive what he has promised.

    For, after just a brief moment,

            he who is to come shall come;
            he shall not delay.
        But my just one shall live by faith,
            and if he draws back I take no pleasure in him.

    We are not among those who draw back and perish, 

    but among those who have faith and will possess life.

    8 min
  • Proclaim His Mercy (One Minute Meditation)
    Daily Homily, Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul, Apostle

    Lectionary: 519

    Reading I

    Acts 22:3-16

    Paul addressed the people in these words:

    “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia,
    but brought up in this city.
    At the feet of Gamaliel I was educated strictly in our ancestral law
    and was zealous for God, just as all of you are today.
    I persecuted this Way to death,
    binding both men and women and delivering them to prison.
    Even the high priest and the whole council of elders
    can testify on my behalf.
    For from them I even received letters to the brothers
    and set out for Damascus to bring back to Jerusalem
    in chains for punishment those there as well.

    “On that journey as I drew near to Damascus,

    about noon a great light from the sky suddenly shone around me.
    I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me,
    ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’
    I replied, ‘Who are you, sir?’
    And he said to me,
    ‘I am Jesus the Nazorean whom you are persecuting.’
    My companions saw the light
    but did not hear the voice of the one who spoke to me.
    I asked, ‘What shall I do, sir?’
    The Lord answered me, ‘Get up and go into Damascus,
    and there you will be told about everything
    appointed for you to do.’ 
    Since I could see nothing because of the brightness of that light,
    I was led by hand by my companions and entered Damascus.

    “A certain Ananias, a devout observer of the law,

    and highly spoken of by all the Jews who lived there,
    came to me and stood there and said,
    ‘Saul, my brother, regain your sight.’
    And at that very moment I regained my sight and saw him.
    Then he said,
    ‘The God of our ancestors designated you to know his will,
    to see the Righteous One, and to hear the sound of his voice;
    for you will be his witness before all
    to what you have seen and heard.
    Now, why delay?
    Get up and have yourself baptized and your sins washed away,
    calling upon his name.’”

    2 min
  • Leaving Our Nets, 01-24-21
    Homily, Third Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year B
    Gospel

    Mk 1:14-20

    After John had been arrested,

    Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God:
    “This is the time of fulfillment.
    The kingdom of God is at hand.
    Repent, and believe in the gospel.”

    As he passed by the Sea of Galilee,

    he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting their nets into the sea;
    they were fishermen.
    Jesus said to them,
    “Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
    Then they abandoned their nets and followed him.
    He walked along a little farther
    and saw James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John.
    They too were in a boat mending their nets.
    Then he called them.
    So they left their father Zebedee in the boat
    along with the hired men and followed him.

    8 min
  • Standing Orders for Life, 01-22-2021

    Daily Homily, Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children

    Reading I

    Heb 8:6-13

    Brothers and sisters:

    Now our high priest has obtained so much more excellent a ministry
    as he is mediator of a better covenant, 
    enacted on better promises.

    For if that first covenant had been faultless, 

    no place would have been sought for a second one.
    But he finds fault with them and says:
    Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord,
    when I will conclude a new covenant with the house of 
    Israel and the house of Judah.
    It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers
    the day I took them by the hand to lead 
    them forth from the land of Egypt;
    for they did not stand by my covenant
    and I ignored them, says the Lord.
    But this is the covenant I will establish with the house of Israel
    after those days, says the Lord:
    I will put my laws in their minds
    and I will write them upon their hearts.
    I will be their God,
    and they shall be my people.
    And they shall not teach, each one his fellow citizen and kin, saying,
    “Know the Lord,”
    for all shall know me, from least to greatest.
    For I will forgive their evildoing
    and remember their sins no more.

    When he speaks of a “new” covenant, 

    he declares the first one obsolete.
    And what has become obsolete 
    and has grown old is close to disappearing.

    Responsorial Psalm

    85:8 and 10, 11-12, 13-14

    R. (11a) Kindness and truth shall meet.

    Show us, O LORD, your mercy,
    and grant us your salvation.
    Near indeed is his salvation to those who fear him,
    glory dwelling in our land.
    R. Kindness and truth shall meet.
    Kindness and truth shall meet;
    justice and peace shall kiss.
    Truth shall spring out of the earth,
    and justice shall look down from heaven.
    R. Kindness and truth shall meet.
    The LORD himself will give his benefits;
    our land shall yield its increase.
    Justice shall walk before him,
    and salvation, along the way of his steps.
    R. Kindness and truth shall meet.

    Alleluia

    R. Alleluia, alleluia.

    God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ,
    and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.

    Gospel

    Mk 3:13-19

    Jesus went up the mountain and summoned those whom he wanted 

    and they came to him.
    He appointed Twelve, whom he also named Apostles,
    that they might be with him
    and he might send them forth to preach 
    and to have authority to drive out demons:
    He appointed the Twelve:
    Simon, whom he named Peter; 
    James, son of Zebedee, 
    and John the brother of James, whom he named Boanerges, 
    that is, sons of thunder;
    Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew,
    Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus; 
    Thaddeus, Simon the Cananean,
    and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.


    7 min

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