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February 12, 2011
February 13th Holy Spirit Novena
Scripture selection is Day 7 Period II.The Novena Rosary Mysteries
for February 13th are Glorious.
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February 12, 2011
Today's Readings
Genesis 3: 9-24
But Yahweh God called to the man. Where are you? he asked. I heard the sound of you in the garden, he replied. I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid. Who told you that you were naked? he asked. Have you been eating from the tree I forbade you to eat? The man replied, It was the woman you put with me; she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it. Then Yahweh God said to the woman, Why did you do that? The woman replied, The snake tempted me and I ate.
Then Yahweh God said to the snake, Because you have done this,
Accursed be you
of all animals wild and tame!
On your belly you will go
and on dust you will feed
as long as you live.
I shall put enmity
between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and hers;
it will bruise your head
and you will strike its heel.To the woman he said:
I shall give you intense pain
in childbearing,
you will give birth to your children
in pain.
Your yearning will be for your husband,
and he will dominate you.To the man he said, Because you listened to the voice of your wife and ate from the tree of which I had forbidden you to eat,
Accursed be the soil because of you!
Painfully will you get your food from it
as long as you live.
It will yield you brambles and thistles,
as you eat the produce of the land.
By the sweat of your face
will you earn your food,
until you return to the ground,
as you were taken from it.
For dust you are
and to dust you shall return.The man named his wife Eve because she was the mother of all those who live. Yahweh God made tunics of skins for the man and his wife and clothed them. Then Yahweh God said, Now that the man has become like one of us in knowing good from evil, he must not be allowed to reach out his hand and pick from the tree of life too, and eat and live for ever! So Yahweh God expelled him from the garden of Eden, to till the soil from which he had been taken. He banished the man, and in front of the garden of Eden he posted the great winged creatures and the fiery flashing sword, to guard the way to the tree of life.
Psalm 90: 2-6, 12-13
Before the mountains were born,
before the earth and the world came to birth,
from eternity to eternity you are God.You bring human beings to the dust,
by saying, Return, children of Adam.
A thousand years are to you
like a yesterday which has passed,
like a watch of the night.You flood them with sleep
in the morning they will be like growing grass:
in the morning it is blossoming and growing,
by evening it is withered and dry.Teach us to count up the days that are ours,
and we shall come to the heart of wisdom.
Come back, Yahweh! How long must we wait?
Take pity on your servants.
Mark 8: 1-10
And now once again a great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat. So he called his disciples to him and said to them, 'I feel sorry for all these people; they have been with me for three days now and have nothing to eat. If I send them off home hungry they will collapse on the way; some have come a great distance.' His disciples replied, 'Where could anyone get these people enough bread to eat in a deserted place?' He asked them, 'How many loaves have you?' And they said to him, 'Seven.' Then he instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground, and he took the seven loaves, and after giving thanks he broke them and began handing them to his disciples to distribute; and they distributed them among the crowd. They had a few small fishes as well, and over these he said a blessing and ordered them to be distributed too. They ate as much as they wanted, and they collected seven basketfuls of the scraps left over. Now there had been about four thousand people. He sent them away and at once, getting into the boat with his disciples, went to the region of Dalmanutha.
R. Such dignity that Christ comes
in the womb of His Mother
Eve was the mother of all the living
Freedom we have a free will
We have a tainted human nature
We have concupiscence
We give into the deadly sins
These can be inordinate attachments
that hurt our freedom
Freedom is being pure
Choosing God's will
Being as God intends us
Matthew 4: 3-4
and the tester came and said to him, If you are Son of God, tell these stones to turn into loaves. But he replied, Scripture says:
Human beings live not on bread alone
but on every word
that comes from the mouth of God.
R. Bread of life is Eucharist and the Word
Man had a better idea
Adam and Eve sinned
God forced them to leave the
garden
Mark 8: 1-10
And now once again a great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat. So he called his disciples to him and said to them, 'I feel sorry for all these people; they have been with me for three days now and have nothing to eat. If I send them off home hungry they will collapse on the way; some have come a great distance.' His disciples replied, 'Where could anyone get these people enough bread to eat in a deserted place?' He asked them, 'How many loaves have you?' And they said to him, 'Seven.' Then he instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground, and he took the seven loaves, and after giving thanks he broke them and began handing them to his disciples to distribute; and they distributed them among the crowd. They had a few small fishes as well, and over these he said a blessing and ordered them to be distributed too. They ate as much as they wanted, and they collected seven basketfuls of the scraps left over. Now there had been about four thousand people. He sent them away and at once, getting into the boat with his disciples, went to the region of Dalmanutha.
R. God gives us the Liturgy of the Word and
the Eucharist at Mass
We receive the Bread of Life
When we are loving
Vices are bad habits that
we acquire that distances
us from God
Faith, hope and love are theological
virtues
When we have great faith we
see with the vision of
the Father
We walk by faith
meaning we walk more and
more in the vision of
the Father
Abraham had great faith
Moses had great faith
Joseph believed
Jeremiah believed in God's
word to him
Mary believed the message
of the angel
St. Joseph, Jesus' foster-father,
believed the dream
We want to be pure
Not have a tainted heart and be bound
not be a slave to sin
not have inordinate attachments
that keep us from knowing
God's will
God gave us a free will
to choose to serve Him
or not
Some angels refused to serve God
Turning in on ourselves
giving into satan to oppose
God's will
We need to guard our hearts
like a guarded treasure
to keep it pure
to ever be increasing in
faith, hope and love
Jesus came, the Divine Almighty
God to give us a share
in His life
To be slaves no longer
We don't want to be slaves to sin
We must recognize our human
weakness and
See how the devil tempted
Eve
The devil lied to Eve
The devil told her she would be
like God
When we seek to put ourselves
above authority the
structure God wants
We are putting ourselves above
God
Power comes from God
R. The devil wanted Jesus to bow
to him
The fallen angels said they would
not serve
Our first ancestors rebelled
against God
Salvation History
this rebellion is seen
other people came worshipping
false gods
those following the one true God
struggled
They would rebel
They were brought back after
much suffering
proving to God they would
obey Him
Constant struggle
rebellion obedience
Freedom is found in serving
God according to
God's will
God's plan
freely loving God and others
The Trinity is the most perfect community
One God and 3 Persons
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