11.29.2024

16°F WNW14mph SR0715 SS1627

Morning Offering given

Memory Verse Luke 6:45

A good person
out of the store of goodness in his heart
produces good,
but an evil person
out of a store of evil
produces evil;
for from the fullness of the heart
the mouth speaks.

Village sleepy and peaceful

Coffee good

Today we think of my B-i-l, David who would have been 69 had he lived. May he rest in peace.

It is also my day to pray for my online community. We’ve been together over 20 yrs. Great bunch of Catholic Women.

Arrived back home around 0100 this morning. A beautiful night of driving. Crisp, cool, air. Little traffic. No seen deer. 1 law enforcement officer the entire 6 hr trip. Gave me plenty of time to think about the wonderful day I had at S-i-l’s house. Truly loved her place, I could see her personality in every room.

Today, Bacci speaks on “The Blessedness of the Merciful” pg 479

Bacci tells us the mercy of God is infinite just as his justice is infinite. He goes on to say, that God’s mercy does not subtract from his justice, but is the fullness and the perfection of that justice. He tells us the merits we acquire derive from his gratuitous gift of grace, fusing together his mercy and justice in a wonderful harmony claiming our gratitude and fidelity. Sacred Scripture gives us many references to the mercy of God. One of which is Psalm 86:5 (NABRE) Lord, you are good and forgiving, most merciful to all who call on you. Psalm 85:5 (DR) For thou, O Lord, art sweet and mild: and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee. _{Please note until recently the Psalms in the Catholic Bible were numbered differently than the Psalms in the Protestant Bible}.
Because of God’s mercy he requires us to be good and merciful to our neighbour. “Blessed are the merciful.” St. James tells us if we hope to receive God’s mercy, we must show mercy (James 2:12) We have often made ourselves God’s enemy by our sins. We have often deprived ourselves of divine grace. At these times God is merciful to us in granting our forgiveness and his friendship. These gifts of God oblige us to behave in the same manner to those who are in need by assisting them willingly and generously. Luke 6:3–38 Give to everyone who asks of you, and from the one who takes what is yours do not demand it back. 31 Do to others as you would have them do to you. 32 For if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. 33 And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same. 34 If you lend money to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit [is] that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, and get back the same amount. 35 But rather, love your enemies and do good to them, and lend expecting nothing back; then your reward will be great and you will be children of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked. 36 Be merciful, just as [also] your Father is merciful. 37 “Stop judging and you will not be judged. Stop condemning and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven. 38 Give and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure with which you measure will in return be measured out to you.”

Know you are prayed for.