Sometimes in the Mass, after we recite the Mystery of Faith, the Priest will say one of four Eucharistic Prayers.
One Eucharistic Prayer includes this:
“Be pleased to look upon these offerings with a serene and kindly countenance, and to accept them, as you were pleased to accept the gifts of your servant Abel the just, the sacrifice of Abraham, our father in faith, and the offering of your high priest Melchizedek, a holy sacrifice, a spotless victim.”Read More
Right before we receive communion, the priest holds up the consecrated host one more time and says: “Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb.”
Read MoreDid you know that there’s a feast that celebrates the Eucharist outside of Holy Thursday? The Feast of Corpus Christi is celebrated one week after Trinity Sunday, usually in the month of June. St. Juliana, a Norbertine nun, was the greatest advocate for the creation of this feast day.
Read MoreToday is the last day of our two week study! Kuddos to you if you showed up every day. ☺Let’s recap everything that we’ve been studying.
Read MorePeter begins today’s readings with a final exhortation.
He says that while we look forward to the second coming,
“endeavor to be found by him [God] without spot or blemish” (2 Peter 3:14).
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Today’s readings are about patience in prayer and putting our focus in the right place. Chew on this for a minute: “Beloved, do not be ignorant of this one thing, that one day
Read MoreWe have now entered into chapter three of 2 Peter. It’s the final chapter of this potent, compact book! Peter seems to be telling them to put up their guard. He exhorts them to meditate on the true teachings of Jesus, on the prophets, and on the whole program of life proposed by the apostles. But why? Read on.
Read MoreAs I reflect on today’s reading I can’t help but notice the theme of knowledge. Words like judgement, thinking, and irrational are scattered throughout the text. We use these words when referring to our ability to know and to reason. This gift of intellect that God gives man separates us from the animals who act on instinct alone.
Read MoreToday we meditate on divine justice in times past. We are given three examples of God’s punishment to the wicked. Peter starts off by recalling how disobedient and rebellious angels were exiled to Tartarus.
Read MoreAs I was on the phone with my sister the other day she mentioned that she got a letter in the mail from a Christian “prophet.” I was intrigued, so I asked what the letter said. She gleefully read it aloud. The “prophet” was asking her for money. Why was I not surprised?
Read MoreIn verse sixteen Peter is defending himself, James, and John from slander. I imagine them being all too familiar with this harsh, behind the back, type of talking. A rumor was going around that they had created “fictitious tales” about their experience of the transfiguration of Jesus.
Read MoreDo you ever feel like a broken record? You know, like you say the same thing ALL THE TIME status? Maybe it’s just me, but I feel like this every day as a middle school teacher
Read MoreYesterday we talked about the gifts of divine nature, power, and how each of us manifests them in different ways. Today, in verses 5-9, we read about what we must do in order to be worthy of so great a promise and how not lose it.
Read MoreAs I read these two short, yet powerful, verses what strikes me the most is Peter’s emphasis on the divine power God gives each Christian and how it affects our lives. He writes how necessary it is to practice virtue in order to receive the promises Christ holds for us, and he gives us one main reason for striving towards it
Read MoreBuon giorno bella! ☺ It’s great to be back with you this week! I am super excited for these next twelve days!
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