Sunday<\/p>\n
Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what the next day will bring forth. Let your neighbor praise you, and not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips. \u2013 Proverbs 27:1-2<\/p>\n
THE only thing we can count on is God and His Providence\u00a0 (fatherly protection) for us.\u00a0 \u00a0Each day brings unforeseen events.<\/p>\n
Prayer:\u00a0 O my God I firmly believe that Thou art one God in three Divine Persons, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; I believe that Thy Divine Son became man, and died for our sins, and that he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe these and all the truths which the Holy Catholic Church teaches, because Thou hast revealed them, who canst neither deceive nor be deceived. (Act of Faith)<\/p>\n
Monday<\/p>\n
To everything there is<\/em> a season, 2\u00a0<\/sup>A time to be born, NOTICE that each action has an opposite reaction…we need to ask for the Lord’s wisdom to know which to do at the right time.<\/p>\n Prayer:\u00a0\u00a0 O Lord come to my assistance, O Lord make haste to help me.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tuesday<\/p>\n Those who fear the Lord will seek His approval, And those who love Him will be filled with the law. Those who fear the Lord will prepare their hearts And will humble their souls before Him. We will fall into the hands of the Lord And not into the hands of men; For as His majesty is, so is His mercy.\u00a0 – Book of Sirach 2:16-18<\/p>\n FEAR is not dread unless we are sinful and know we are disobeying\u00a0 the Lord.\u00a0 Fear of the Lord is a safeguard for us to seek His Will and do what is right knowing there are real\u00a0 consequences if we don’t, but, all for our benefit.<\/p>\n Prayer:\u00a0 May Christ be with us! May Christ be before us! May Christ be in us, Christ be over all! <\/p>\n Wednesday<\/p>\n Do not be rash with your mouth, 4\u00a0<\/sup>When you make a vow to God, do not delay to pay it; IDLE words are the source for innumerable troubles.\u00a0 Rarely does silence cause problems.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Prayer:\u00a0\u00a0 Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in Thy sight O Lord my strength and my redeemer.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Thursday<\/p>\n My son, do not deprive the poor of his living, And do not keep eyes in need waiting. Do not grieve a soul who is hungry, Nor provoke to anger a man in despair. Do not trouble a heart that was made resentful, And do not put off the gift of a man in need. Do not reject a suppliant who is afflicted, Nor turn your face away from a poor man. Do not turn your eye away from a needy man\u2026 – Book of Sirach 4:1-5<\/p>\n FAILING to help those truly in need when we can is a kind of theft and in many cases is worse than outright ‘stealing’ from someone in the usual manner.<\/p>\n Prayer:\u00a0 Our Father, Who art in \u00a0Heaven, hallowed by Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.<\/p>\n Friday<\/p>\n We can barely form a conjecture of the things upon the earth, And the things at hand we find with toil; But who has searched out the things in the heavens? Who has known Your counsel, Unless You have given him wisdom And sent him Your Holy Spirit from on high? \u2013 Wisdom of Solomon 9:16-17<\/p>\n TRUE knowledge only comes from the Holy Spirit, most often whispered by our guardian angel in our spiritual ear.<\/p>\n Prayer:\u00a0 O Lord, our God, in Thy goodness and love for men forgive me all the sins I have committed today in word, deed or thought. Grant me peaceful and undisturbed sleep. Send Thy Guardian Angel to guard and protect me from all evil. For Thou art the guardian of our souls and bodies, and to Thee we ascribe glory, to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the ages of ages. 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\nA time for every purpose under heaven:<\/p>\n
\nAnd a time to die;
\nA time to plant,
\nAnd a time to pluck what is<\/em> planted;
\n3\u00a0<\/sup>A time to kill,
\nAnd a time to heal;
\nA time to break down,
\nAnd a time to build up;
\n4\u00a0<\/sup>A time to weep,
\nAnd a time to laugh;
\nA time to mourn,
\nAnd a time to dance;
\n5\u00a0<\/sup>A time to cast away stones,
\nAnd a time to gather stones;
\nA time to embrace,
\nAnd a time to refrain from embracing\u2026 . – Ecclesiastes 3:1-5<\/p>\n
\nMay Thy Grace, Lord, Always be ours, This day, O Lord, and forevermore. Amen.
\nPrayer for the Faithful of St. Patrick\u00a0 Part 2<\/em><\/p>\n
\nAnd let not your heart utter anything hastily before God.
\nFor God is<\/em> in heaven, and you on earth;
\nTherefore let your words be few.
\n3\u00a0<\/sup>For a dream comes through much activity,
\nAnd a fool\u2019s voice is known<\/em> by his<\/em> many words.<\/p>\n
\nFor He has<\/em> no pleasure in fools.
\nPay what you have vowed\u2014
\n5\u00a0<\/sup>Better not to vow than to vow and not pay. – Ecclesiastes 5:2-5<\/p>\n
\n*(Evening Prayer and Confession of Sins)<\/p>\n
\nBut when the Savior says: \u201cThe Kingdom of Heaven is at hand; receive it and enter it,\u201d He thereby teaches us to submit our hearts and souls to the divine Gospel, to build our entire inner, spiritual life according to the Gospel commandments. So our thoughts and desires, characteristics and inclinations, love and hate\u2014everything must be submitted to the word of God. And when we reach this state, and when our entire inner life is subordinated to the Gospel, then our external actions will also be good and pleasing to God; then our whole being will enter the Kingdom of God.
\n– St Gabriel of Imereti<\/p>\n