A Thought for Today: Is it just Another Day?

01/17/2012

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_"If you are immersed in the temporal world and your heart finds its treasure in it, then meeting with God in the Eucharist is only an episode or a passing affect. At the same time, this meeting is also a drama that reveals the emptiness of your faith."
(Open Wide the Door to Christ, pg. 56

See the Catholic Catechism of the Catholic Church Articles 2168-2195
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  1. The Sabbath is a day to cease our creating, working with the creation, and appreciate what God has done in the world and is doing in us. Genesis 2

  2. The Sabbath is a time to lay our burdens down and rest. We should not do any servile work on the Sabbath. This includes our entire family, even our servants and beasts of burden and strangers who live among us. Jeremiah 17; Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5

  3. The Sabbath is an holy convocation. We should meet and worship with others. Leviticus 23

  4. We should be reverent and show God that we love, honor, and respect His authority. Psalm 89:7, Habakkuk 2:20

  5. The Sabbath should be a day of delight and rejoicing, a day which we forsake our thoughts and words for God's thoughts and words. Isaiah 56, 58

  6. The Sabbath is a time of healing. Matthew 12, Mark 1, 3, Luke 13, 14

  7. We are not to buy or sell on the Sabbath. Nehemiah 13

  8. The Sabbath is a time to do good and visit and comfort the sick. We should do spiritual work on the Sabbath, serving others. John 5

  9. The Sabbath is a time of prayer. Acts 16:13

  10. The Sabbath is a time to reason with others about spiritual principles, and for ministers to teach the word of God. Acts 17:2, 18:4, 11

  11. Elaborate food preparation is to be done on the day before the Sabbath so that there is no baking or heavy cooking on the Sabbath. Exodus 16

  12. The Sabbath is a time for Singing. Ephesians 5:19-20, Colossians 3:16, Psalms 92 is called the "Sabbath Psalm"

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A Thought for Today: Are You a "Martha" Living in a "Mary World"?

07/29/2011

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"When a busy Martha asked Jesus to speak to her sister that she was letting Martha to do all the serving, He answered her: "Mary has chosen the better part [...]." This better part is to be beside Christ, to sit at His feet and listen intently with faith to His words spoken to us through the Bible."
(The Gift of Faith, pg. 188-189)

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A Thought for Today: Are You Tired and Frustrated? Come and Find Rest with the Lord

07/14/2011

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"Our Heavenly Father removes from our lives only what can become an obstacle in the way to our salvation. He loves us and knows better what we need."
(God Alone Suffices, pg.23)
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