24th Sunday of Ordinary Time

 Forgive 77 times. Mt. 18:21-35

Fool me once,

Shame on you!

Fool me twice;

Shame on me!

Fool me 77 times;

What does that make me?

Like God!

God’s forgiveness is endless

For those who ask for it. 

After Jesus was betrayed by a kiss;

Denied by His friend;

Rejected by the religious leaders;

Judged by Pilate;

Scourged 40 times;

Spit upon and crowned with thorns;

Forced to carry His own cross;

Stripped of His clothing;

Nailed to a cross,

Mocked by those walking by;

Had his clothes rolled for with dice;

I would say that all of these things,

Total to about 77 times;

What did Jesus do?

He said;

“Father forgive them for they know not what they do. “

We are very good at making excuses on why NOT to forgive someone. 

If only we were just as good coming up with reasons to forgive;

Then we would better understand 

Why God is always so willing to forgive us!

Saturday 23rd week of Ordinary Time

 The Name of Mary

When the Angel Gabriel came to Nazareth she said,

Hail Mary!

In those two simple words, Gabriel was greeting 

The Mother of Jesus 

The Spouse of the Holy Spirit. 

The Daughter of the Father. 

For Mary was chosen by the Father to be the Mother of His Son,

By the power of the Holy Spirit. 

This is why we call upon her Name at the hour of death to pray for us,

For there is nothing the Father would deny His daughter 

Nor the Son His Mother,

Nor the Holy Spirit His Spouse. 

Sinners that we are!

Friday 23rd week of Ordinary Time

Everything but our nose. Lk. 6:39:42

We can see everything but the nose on our face!

It is the same with sin. 

We can see everyone else’s sin but not our own. 

Because sin blinds us to ourselves. 

We do not see what we are doing;

The wooden beam in our eye has blinded us,

And we need to remove it first,

Before we can remove the splinter in our neighbor’s eye.