Today’s Catholic Mass Readings & Gospel Reflection 💌 Thursday, FEB 15, 2024 – 🙏 Daily Bible Reading

May the Lord Pour Out All His blessings  upon you as we bring you the readings   of today’s Holy Mass I share with you now the  readings for Thursday after Ash February 15th 2024 collect prayer Lord Our God you love us  and invite us to share in your own life and  

Joy through a deeply personal decision  help us to choose you and life and to   always remain faithful and loyal to  this fundamental Choice through the   power of Jesus Christ your son who  was loyal to you and to us now and forever reading from the book of

Deuteronomy Moses spoke to the people saying see I  have set before you today life and good death and   evil if you obey the Commandments of the Lord your  God that I command you today by loving the Lord  

Your God by walking in his ways and by keeping his  Commandments decrees and ordinances then you shall   live and become numerous and the Lord your God  will bless you in the land that you are entering  

To possess but if your heart turns away and you do  not hear but are LED astray to bow down to other   gods and serve them I declare to you today that  You Shall Perish you shall not live long in the  

Land that you are crossing the Jordan to enter  and possess I call Heaven and Earth to witness   against you today that I have set before you life  and death blessings and curses choose life so that  

You and your descendants may live loving the Lord  your God obeying him and holding fast to him for   that means life to you and length of days so that  you may live in the land that the Lord swore to  

Give to your ancestors to Abraham to Isaac and  to Jacob the word of the Lord responsorial Psalm   response blessed is the man who has put his trust  in the Lord blessed is the man who does not follow  

The advice of the wicked nor does he enter the  path of Sinners nor does he sit in the meeting   of the cnics but the joy of it is the law of the  Lord and He meditates on his law day and night  

Blessed is the man who has put his trust in the  Lord it will be like a tree planted on the edge   of the ditch bears fruit in its season and its  leaves do not wither and whatever he undertakes  

Has a good end blessed is the man who has put  his trust in the Lord not so the wicked not so   they will be chaff that the wind carries away  for the Lord protects the path of the righteous  

But the path path of the wicked ends badly  blessed is the man who has put his trust in the Lord reading from the holy Gospel According to  Luke at that time Jesus said to his disciples   the son of man must undergo great suffering  be rejected by the elders Chief priests and  

Scribes be killed and on the third day be raised  then he said to them all if any want to become   my followers let them deny themselves and take up  their cross daily and follow me for those who want  

To save their life will lose it and those who  lose their life for my sake will save it what   does it profit them if they gain the whole world  but lose or forfeit themselves the gospel of the  

Lord reflection of today’s Gospel goel in these  early days of Lent the readings Focus us on the   fundamentals if yesterday Ash Wednesday invited  us to focus our Gaze on God today calls us to   recognize our capacity to make decisions in our  lives and the consequent responsibility for the  

Decisions we make to be responsible means to be  able to account for what we do or do not do for   why we act in a certain way it is not enough  to say I didn’t know or I didn’t think about  

It or I didn’t realize or I was told to do it or  everyone was doing it the great gift that God has   given us along with life is freedom the ability  to decide for ourselves what we want or do not  

Want to do with our lives what we want to be or  not to be it is true and we must be aware of it   that our freedom is limited I would even dare to  say very limited it is conditioned by the family  

In which we have grown up by Culture by our own  personal character limitations by many things   but still there remains a glimmer of freedom and  it is our responsibility to become more and more   free from all those conditioning factors as Paul  says for freed Christ has set us free Galatians  

51 today’s first reading confronts us with this  capacity of ours to choose between life and death   between good and evil to follow God is to choose  good and Life to reject him is to choose evil and  

Death let’s be realistic not always does putting  the word God first mean that we have chosen good   and life in the name of God many many wars have  been waged and many heads have been cut off in  

The name of God many people have been excluded and  marginalized and condemned to death choosing life   and good is choosing fraternity Justice closeness  understanding and mercy it is ultimately to follow   God in our freedom and responsibility we must  make the appropriate decisions to choose good  

And Light or in other words to follow God it is  possible that in some specific decision we may   make mistakes but at least the intention should  always be to do good for my brothers and for  

Myself join me to pray brothers and sisters as we  conclude this encounter with the word of God which   has filled us with light and hope let us lift  our hearts to the Lord in in a farewell prayer  

Heavenly Father we thank you for this day you  have gifted us for the opportunity to hear your   word and nurture our Spirits with your message of  love and salvation we ask for forgiveness for our   shortcomings and the times we have strayed from  your path open our hearts to conversion and help  

Us live according to your teachings illuminate  our minds to understand your word and give us   the strength to practice it in our daily lives  may we be Witnesses of Your Love in the world   and Carry Your Light to every corner of the earth  we entrust to you our brothers and sisters who are  

Suffering the sick the poor the marginalized and  all those in need of your comfort accompany them   in their pain and give them hope for a better  future bless our families and our loved ones   may our homes be spaces of peace love and unity  where your presence Reigns we pray for peace in  

The world an end to Wars and violence May Harmony  Prevail among nations and may all men and women   live in harmony and Brotherhood finally we ask  for your blessings upon our church that it may   remain faithful to its mission of proclaiming  the gospel and serving the people of God May  

Our Shepherds guide us with wisdom and discernment  and may all Christians be instruments of Your Love   love and mercy we ask this through Jesus Christ  Our Lord who lives and reigns with you in the   unity of the holy spirit amen May the blessing of  almighty god father Son and Holy Spirit descend  

Upon us and accompany us always in the name of the  Father the Son and the Holy Spirit amen thank you   for listening to the readings and reflection of  today’s mass remember that it is very simple to   support our mission you just have to subscribe  and share with your family and friends the word  

Of God received in the reading and reflections of  today’s Gospel I wait for you on a new occasion

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