DAILY MASS READING

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Tuesday, December 06, 2011
St. Nicholas, Bishop (Optional Memorial)

FIRST READING

Isaiah 40: 1 – 11

1 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. 2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the LORD's hand double for all her sins. 3 A voice cries: "In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. 4 Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain. 5 And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the LORD has spoken." 6 A voice says, "Cry!" And I said, "What shall I cry?" All flesh is grass, and all its beauty is like the flower of the field. 7 The grass withers, the flower fades, when the breath of the LORD blows upon it; surely the people is grass. 8 The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God will stand for ever. 9 Get you up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good tidings; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good tidings, lift it up, fear not; say to the cities of Judah, "Behold your God!" 10 Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and his arm rules for him; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him. 11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arms, he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.

PSALM RESPONSE

Psalms 96: 1 - 3, 10 – 13
 

1 O sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth! 2 Sing to the LORD, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day. 3 Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples! 

10 Say among the nations, "The LORD reigns! Yea, the world is established, it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity." 11 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and all that fills it; 12 let the field exult, and everything in it! Then shall all the trees of the wood sing for joy 13 before the LORD, for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with his truth.

GOSPEL

Matthew 18: 12 – 14

12 What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray? 13 And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. 14 So it is not the will of my Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

"Not the goods of the world, but God.
Not riches, but God.
Not honors, but God.
Not distinction, but God.
Not dignities, but God.
Not advancement, but God.
God always and in everything."
-- St Vincent Pallotti

Read more: http://www.ewtn.com/Devotionals/inspiration_12dec2011.htm#ixzz1f246NAGv

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“When you say your Rosary the Angels rejoice, the Blessed Trinity delights in it, my Son finds joy in it too and I myself am happier than you can possibly guess. After the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, there is nothing in the Church that I love as much as the Rosary”.   A Revelation of Our Lady to Blessed Alan de la Roche

“Each decade of the Holy Rosary that you repeat, the angels gather and place as an offering at the feet of My Holy Mother.” [SM-27]

“When you pray the Rosary for someone, every bead is a drop of My blood and those drops fall on the person for whom it is offered. That is the reason why the souls in Purgatory are saved with your Rosaries, because they implore My saving blood.” [ARK 120a ¶4]

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Mother Mary promised that if  just one member of the family prays it every day, She will save that family. And this promise is signed and sealed by the Divine Trinity.”

              

Let us pray the  Sorrowful Mysteries of the Holy Rosary  

(Tuesday & Friday)

The Complete Rosary, Sorrowful Mysteries; a free professional presentation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uspbix_1P3M&feature=related 

   

St.Nicholas

 

St.Nicholas was born a Greek  Asia Minor located in Myra   during the third century which was a port  at a time when the region was Greek in its heritage,  culture and outlook and was part of the Roman province of Asia.   He was the only son of wealthy Christian parents named Epiphanus  and Johanna  according to some accounts  and Theophanes   and Nonna   according to others.  He was very religious from an early age and according to legend, Nicholas was said to have rigorously observed the canonical fasts of Wednesdays and Fridays. His wealthy parents died in an epidemic while Nicholas was still young and he was raised by his uncle—also named Nicholas—who was the bishop of Patara. He tonsured the young Nicholas as a reader , and later as presbyter  (priest). Nicholas also spent a stint at a monastery named Holy Sion, which had been founded by his uncle

A legend tells how a terrible famine struck the island and a malicious butcher lured three little children into his house, where he slaughtered and butchered them, placing their remains in a barrel to cure, planning to sell them off as ham. Saint Nicholas, visiting the region to care for the hungry, not only saw through the butcher's horrific crime but also resurrected the three boys from the barrel by his prayers.
 

He had a reputation for secret gift-giving, such as putting coins in the shoes of those who left them out for him, and thus became the model for Santa Claus, whose modern name comes from the Dutch Sinterklaas, itself from a series of elisions of the transliteration of "Saint Nikolaos". His reputation evolved among the faithful, as was common for early Christian saints.  In 1087, his relics were furtively translated  to Bari , in southeastern Italy; for this reason, he is also known as Nikolaos of Bari. His feast day is 6 December

Santa Claus

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DAILY MASS READING

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Monday, December 05, 2011
Advent Weekday
 

FIRST READING

Isaiah 35: 1 – 10

1 The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad, the desert shall rejoice and blossom; like the crocus 2 it shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the majesty of Carmel and Sharon. They shall see the glory of the LORD, the majesty of our God. 3 Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees. 4 Say to those who are of a fearful heart, "Be strong, fear not! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God. He will come and save you." 5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped; 6 then shall the lame man leap like a hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing for joy. For waters shall break forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert; 7 the burning sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water; the haunt of jackals shall become a swamp, the grass shall become reeds and rushes. 8 And a highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Holy Way; the unclean shall not pass over it, and fools shall not err therein. 9 No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast come up on it; they shall not be found there, but the redeemed shall walk there. 10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

PSALM RESPONSE

Psalms 85: 9 – 14

9 Surely his salvation is at hand for those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land. 10 Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet; righteousness and peace will kiss each other. 11 Faithfulness will spring up from the ground, and righteousness will look down from the sky. 12 Yea, the LORD will give what is good, and our land will yield its increase. 13 Righteousness will go before him, and make his footsteps a way.

GOSPEL 

Luke 5: 17 – 26

17 On one of those days, as he was teaching, there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was with him to heal. 18 And behold, men were bringing on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they sought to bring him in and lay him before Jesus; 19 but finding no way to bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down with his bed through the tiles into the midst before Jesus. 20 And when he saw their faith he said, "Man, your sins are forgiven you." 21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to question, saying, "Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God only?" 22 When Jesus perceived their questionings, he answered them, "Why do you question in your hearts? 23 Which is easier, to say, `Your sins are forgiven you,' or to say, `Rise and walk'? 24 But that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins" -- he said to the man who was paralyzed -- "I say to you, rise, take up your bed and go home." 25 And immediately he rose before them, and took up that on which he lay, and went home, glorifying God. 26 And amazement seized them all, and they glorified God and were filled with awe, saying, "We have seen strange things today."

 Christ would forgive the sins of one because of the faith his friends have in God.

In this story,  the paralytic receives forgiveness of sins because of the faith of those who brought him to Jesus.

It is also through the Death and Resurrection of Jesus that forgiveness has been given to all.  He becomes our way back to the Father.

Jesus commanded baptism as a necessity for everyone to include infants, to enter into the kingdom of God.

And 'Faith'  is God’s gift, not something that we get when we study some doctrines.

Here, the faith of the parents and Godparents of the child to be baptized, follows the example of Jesus, who forgave sins because of the faith of others .

 

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Let us  pray the Mystery of Light  of the Holy Rosary

(Thursday)

Mother Mary promised that if  just one member of the family prays it every day, She will save that family. And this promise is signed and sealed by the Divine Trinity.”

              

 The Complete Rosary, Luminous Mysteries; a free professional presentation.  
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DAILY MASS READING

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Sunday, December 04, 2011
Second Sunday of Advent

FIRST READING

Isaiah 40: 1 - 5, 9 – 11

1 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. 2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the LORD's hand double for all her sins. 3 A voice cries: "In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. 4 Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain. 5 And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the LORD has spoken." 

9 Get you up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good tidings; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good tidings, lift it up, fear not; say to the cities of Judah, "Behold your God!" 10 Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and his arm rules for him; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him. 11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arms, he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.

PSALM RESPONSE

Psalms 85: 9 – 14

9 Surely his salvation is at hand for those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land. 10 Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet; righteousness and peace will kiss each other. 11 Faithfulness will spring up from the ground, and righteousness will look down from the sky. 12 Yea, the LORD will give what is good, and our land will yield its increase. 13 Righteousness will go before him, and make his footsteps a way

SECOND READING

2 Peter 3: 8 – 14

8 But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slow about his promise as some count slowness, but is forbearing toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fire, and the earth and the works that are upon it will be burned up. 11 Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of persons ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, 12 waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be kindled and dissolved, and the elements will melt with fire! 13 But according to his promise we wait for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. 14 Therefore, beloved, since you wait for these, be zealous to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace.

GOSPEL

Mark 1: 1 – 8

1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 2 As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, "Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way; 3 the voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight -- " 4 John the baptizer appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 5 And there went out to him all the country of Judea, and all the people of Jerusalem; and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. 6 Now John was clothed with camel's hair, and had a leather girdle around his waist, and ate locusts and wild honey. 7 And he preached, saying, "After me comes he who is mightier than I, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. 8 I have baptized you with water; but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."

Whatever you do, think not of yourself, but of God.

-- St Vincent Ferrer

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The Most Holy Rosary

The Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary comes to us from Our Lady through the hands of her Apostle St. Dominic. It is the sword of the spirit (Eph. 6:17) for the defense of the Catholic faith, and the catechism set to prayer. The Rosary is a union of vocal and mental prayer. The words of the "Hail Mary"are its body, and meditation on its 15 mysteries its soul.
 

Our Lady of Fatima insisted that the Rosary be said every day (at least five decades). No one who prays it with devotion and perserverance will be lost or long enslaved by mortal sin. After the holy sacrifice of the Mass with its accompanying Divine Office, the Rosary is the greatest Catholic prayer.
 

The Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel is the companion of the Rosary and the shield of faith (Eph. 6:16) that goes with the sword. Our Lady of Fatim wishes it to be worn as the sign of our consecration to her Sorrowful and Immaculate  Heart.

Let us pray the Glorious Mysteries of the Holy Rosary

(Wednesday & Sunday)

  The Complete Rosary, Glorious Mysteries; a free professional presentation. 
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DAILY MASS READING

 The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few

Saturday, December 03, 2011
St. Francis Xavier, Priest (Memorial)
 

FIRST READING
 

Isaiah 30: 19 - 21, 23 - 26

19 Yea, O people in Zion who dwell at Jerusalem; you shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when he hears it, he will answer you. 20 And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your Teacher will not hide himself any more, but your eyes shall see your Teacher. 21 And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, "This is the way, walk in it," when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left. 

23 And he will give rain for the seed with which you sow the ground, and grain, the produce of the ground, which will be rich and plenteous. In that day your cattle will graze in large pastures; 24 and the oxen and the asses that till the ground will eat salted provender, which has been winnowed with shovel and fork. 25 And upon every lofty mountain and every high hill there will be brooks running with water, in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall. 26 Moreover the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day when the LORD binds up the hurt of his people, and heals the wounds inflicted by his blow.
 

PSALM RESPONSE

Psalms 147: 1 – 6
 

1 Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for he is gracious, and a song of praise is seemly. 2 The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the outcasts of Israel. 3 He heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds. 4 He determines the number of the stars, he gives to all of them their names. 5 Great is our LORD, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure. 6 The LORD lifts up the downtrodden, he casts the wicked to the ground
 

GOSPEL

Matthew 9: 35 – 38
 

35 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every infirmity. 36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; 38 pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."
 

Love God, serve God: everything is in that.
-- St Clare of Assisi

Read more: http://www.ewtn.com/Devotionals/inspiration_12dec2011.htm#ixzz1eyOdcEuu

Let us pray for the increase of religious vocation, for our priest and religious sisters that the Lord grant them perseverance and to remain faithful to their vows.

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TODAY  IS  THE FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH

The Five First Saturdays are intended to honor and to make reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary for all the blasphemes and ingratitude of men.
This devotion and the wonderful promises connected with it were revealed by the Blessed Virgin at Fatima, a small village in Portugal. Our lady appeared to three children there in 1917, and one of the little girls, Lucy, tells us that Our Lady said:
I promise to help at the hour of death, with the graces needed for salvation, whoever on the First Saturday of five consecutive months shall:

1. Confess and Receive Communion.

 2. Recite five decades of the Rosary(Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful, or Glorious Mysteries)

 3. Keep me company for fifteen minutes while meditating on the fifteen Mysteries of the Rosary, with the intention of making reparation to me.

 Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us!

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THE ANGELUS

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Whoever bears the mark of devotion to Mary, God recognizes as His own.

St. Alphonsus Liguori

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"Let people say the rosary every day. Our Lady stated that repeatedly in all her apparitions, as if to fortify us against these times of diabolical disorientation, so that we would not allow ourselves to be deceived by false doctrines…" (Sr. Lucia)

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In that wonderful little book called The Secret of the Rosary by St. Louis De Montfort, we read in the "Sixth Rose — Mary's Psalter":

EVER SINCE Saint Dominic established the devotion to the Holy Rosary up until the time when Blessed Alan de la Roche re-established it in 1460, it has always been called the Psalter of Jesus and Mary.  This is because it has the same number of angelic salutations as there are in the Psalms in the Book of the Psalms of David [emphasis added].  Since simple and uneducated people are not able to say the Psalms of David the Rosary is held to be just as fruitful for them as David's Psalter is for others. 

But the Rosary can be considered to be even more valuable than the latter for three reasons:

1.  Firstly, because the Angelic Psalter bears a nobler fruit, that of the Word Incarnate, whereas David's Psalter only prophesies His coming;

2.  Secondly, just as the real thing is more important than its prefiguration and as the body is more than its shadow, in the same way the Psalter of Our Lady is greater than David's Psalter which did no more than prefigure it;

3.  And thirdly, because Our Lady's Psalter (or the Rosary made up of the Our Father and Hail Mary) is the direct work of the Most Blessed Trinity and was not made through a human instrument. 

Our Lady's Psalter or Rosary is divided up into three parts of five decades each, or the following special reasons [emphasis added]:

1.  To honor the three Persons of the Most Blessed Trinity;

2.  To honor the life, death and glory of Jesus Christ;

3.  To imitate the Church Triumphant, to help the members of the Church Militant and to lessen the pains of the Church Suffering;

4.  to imitate the three groups into which the Psalms are divided:

(a) the first being for the purgative life,

(b) the second for the illuminative life,

(c) and the third for the unitive life;

5.  And finally, to give us graces in abundance during our lifetime, peace at death, and glory in eternity.

LET US PRAY THE HOLY ROSARY

(Joyful Mysteries)

 Monday & Saturday

                             

The Complete Rosary, Joyful Mysteries; a free professional presentation. 

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DAILY MASS READING

 Two blind men

 Friday, December 02, 2011
Advent Weekday
 

FIRST READING
 

Isaiah 29: 17 – 24

17 Is it not yet a very little while until Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be regarded as a forest? 18 In that day the deaf shall hear the words of a book, and out of their gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind shall see. 19 The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall exult in the Holy One of Israel. 20 For the ruthless shall come to nought and the scoffer cease, and all who watch to do evil shall be cut off, 21 who by a word make a man out to be an offender, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, and with an empty plea turn aside him who is in the right. 22 Therefore thus says the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob: "Jacob shall no more be ashamed, no more shall his face grow pale. 23 For when he sees his children, the work of my hands, in his midst, they will sanctify my name; they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and will stand in awe of the God of Israel. 24 And those who err in spirit will come to understanding, and those who murmur will accept instruction."

PSALM RESPONSE
 

Psalms 27: 1, 4, 13 – 14

1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? 

4 One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple. 

13 I believe that I shall see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living! 14 Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; yea, wait for the LORD!

GOSPEL
 

Matthew 9: 27 – 31

27 And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed him, crying aloud, "Have mercy on us, Son of David." 28 When he entered the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They said to him, "Yes, Lord." 29 Then he touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith be it done to you." 30 And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly charged them, "See that no one knows it." 31 But they went away and spread his fame through all that district

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Humility is the only thing that no devil can imitate. If pride made demons out of angels, there is no doubt that humility could make angels out of demons.
-- St John Climacus

Read more: http://www.ewtn.com/Devotionals/inspiration_12dec2011.htm#ixzz1eyNpYtcK

 23 When they see among them their children,  the work of my hands, they will keep my name holy; they will acknowledge the holiness of the Holy One of Jacob, and will stand in awe of the God of Israel. (Isaiah 29:18.23).

Christ came to heal our blindness through Baptism and give each the capacity to see  and experience God’s  glory and might moving in our lives. Praise and thanksgiving forever and ever!

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 Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us!

TODAY IS THE FIRST FRIDAY 
OF THE MONTH

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DAILY MASS READING

house upon the rock

Thursday, December 01, 2011
Advent Weekday

FIRST READING
 

Isaiah 26: 1 – 6

1 In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: "We have a strong city; he sets up salvation as walls and bulwarks. 2 Open the gates, that the righteous nation which keeps faith may enter in. 3 Thou dost keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee, because he trusts in thee. 4 Trust in the LORD for ever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock. 5 For he has brought low the inhabitants of the height, the lofty city. He lays it low, lays it low to the ground, casts it to the dust. 6 The foot tramples it, the feet of the poor, the steps of the needy."

PSALM RESPONSE

Psalms 118: 1, 8 - 9, 19 - 21, 25 – 27

1 O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his steadfast love endures for ever! 

8 It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to put confidence in man. 9 It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to put confidence in princes. 

19 Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the LORD. 20 This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it. 21 I thank thee that thou hast answered me and hast become my salvation. 

25 Save us, we beseech thee, O LORD! O LORD, we beseech thee, give us success! 26 Blessed be he who enters in the name of the LORD! We bless you from the house of the LORD. 27 The LORD is God, and he has given us light. Bind the festal procession with branches, up to the horns of the altar!

GOSPEL
 

Matthew 7: 21, 24 – 27

21 "Not every one who says to me, `Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 

24 "Every one then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house upon the rock; 25 and the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. 26 And every one who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house upon the sand; 27 and the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell; and great was the fall of it."

Humility is the only thing that no devil can imitate. If pride made demons out of angels, there is no doubt that humility could make angels out of demons.

-- St John Climacus

Read more: http://www.ewtn.com/Devotionals/inspiration_12dec2011.htm#ixzz1eyMrHOnj

The parable  shows the importance of building one's life on the teachings and example of Jesus.

Parable Of The Two Builders - Wise  Foolish-
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