Cristy Li

Our Savior Christ Jesus who abolished death brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel.
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Praises to God For His Covenant and Mercies to David

My faithfulness and steadfast love shall be with him. (Psalm 89:24)

I will sing of Your steadfast love O Lord, forever with my mouth I will proclaim Your

faithfulness to all generations. I declare that Your steadfast love is established forever; Your

faithfulness is as firm as the heavens. You said, “I have made a Covenant with My chosen one, I

have sworn to My servant David: I will establish your descendants forever and build your

throne for all generations.” Let the heavens praise Your wonders O Lord, Your faithfulness in

the assembly of the Holy ones. For who in the skies can be compared to the Lord? Who among

the heavenly beings is like the Lord, a God feared in the council of the Holy ones, great and

awesome above all that are around Him? O Lord God of hosts, who is as mighty as You, O Lord?

Your faithfulness surrounds You. You rule the raging sea when its waves rise, You still them.

You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm. The

heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours; The world and all that is in it — You have founded

them. The north and the south You created them; Tabor and Harmon joyously praise Your

Name. You have a mighty arm; Strong is Your hand, high Your right hand. Righteousness and

justice are the foundation of Your throne; Steadfast love and faithfulness go before You. Happy

are the people who know the festal shout, who walk, O Lord in the light of Your countenance;

They exult in Your name all day long and extol Your righteousness. For You are the glory of

their strength, by Your favor our horn is exalted. For our shield belongs to the Lord, our king to

the Holy One of Israel.

My faithfulness and steadfast love shall be with him. (Psalm 89:24)

Then You spoke in a vision to Your faithful one and said: “I have set the crown on one who is

mighty, I have exalted one chosen from the people. I have found My servant David with my

Holy oil I have anointed him; My hand shall always remain with him; My arm also shall

strengthen him.

My faithfulness and steadfast love shall be with him. (Psalm 89:24)

The enemy shall not outwit him, the wicked shall not humble him. I will crush his foes before

him and strike down those who hate him. My faithfulness and steadfast love shall be with him

and in My name his horn shall be exalted. I will set his hand on the sea and his right hand on

the rivers.

My faithfulness and steadfast love shall be with him. (Psalm 89:24)

He shall cry to Me, ‘You are My Father, My God and the Rock of My Salvation!’ I will make him

the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. Forever I will keep My steadfast love for him

and My Covenant with him will stand firm. I will establish his line forever and his throne as

long as the heavens endure. If his children forsake My Law and do not walk according to My

Ordinances, if they violate My Statutes and do not keep My Commandments, then I will punish

their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with scourges but I will not remove him

from My steadfast love or be false to My faithfulness. I will not violate My Covenant or alter the

Word that went forth from My lips. Once and for all I have sworn by My Holiness; I will not lie

to David. His line shall continue forever and his throne endure before Me like the sun. It shall

be established forever like the moon, an enduring witness in the skies.” Now you have spurned

and rejected him, you are full of wrath against your anointed. You have renounced the

Covenant with your servant; You have defiled his crown in the dust. You have broken through

all his walls; You have laid his strongholds in ruins. All who pass by plunder him, he has

become the scorn of his neighbors. You have exalted the right hand of his foes, you have made

all his enemies rejoice. Moreover, you have turned back the edge og his sword and you have not

supported him in battle. You have removed the scepter from his hand and hurled his throne to

the ground. You have cut short the days of his youth, you have covered him with shame. How

long, O Lord? Will You hide Yourself forever? How long will Your wrath burn like fire?

Remember how short my time is, for what vanity You have created all mortals! Who can live

and never see death? Who can escape the power of Sheol? (Hell) Lord, where is Your steadfast

love of old, which by Your faithfulness you swore to David? Remember, O Lord, how Your

servant is taunted; How I bear in my bosom the insults of the peoples, with which Your

enemies taunt, O Lord, with which they taunted the footsteps of Your anointed. Blessed be the

Lord forever! Amen and Amen! –Psalm 89:1-52

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In Christ God was reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them
and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us. –2 Corinthians 5:19 (NRSVCE)
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Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; In the shadow of

Your wings I will take refuge until the destroying storms pass by.

Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me. (Psalm 57:1A)

I cry to God Most High, to God who fulfills His purpose for me. He will send from Heaven and

save me, He will put to shame those who trample on me. God will send forth His steadfast love

and His faithfulness.

Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me. (Psalm 57:1A)

I lie down among lions that greedily devour human prey; their teeth are spears and arrows,

their tongues sharp swords.

Be exalted, O God, above the heavens. Let Your glory be over all the earth.

They set a net for my steps, my soul was bowed down. They dug a pit in my path but they have

fallen into it themselves. My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast. I will sing and

make melody. Awake, my soul! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awake the dawn. I will give

thanks to You, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to you among the nations. For

Your steadfast love is as high as the heavens, Your faithfulness extends to the clouds.

Be exalted, O God, above the heavens. Let Your glory be over all the earth. –Psalm 57:1-11

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Jesus said, “Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.” –Matthew 4:17

Praise For God’s Goodness To Israel

The Lord takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the humble with victory. (Psalm 149:4)

Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song, His praise in the assembly of the faithful.

Let Israel be glad in its Maker; Let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.

The Lord takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the humble with victory. (Psalm 149:4)

Let them praise His name with dancing, making melody to Him with tambourine and lyre.

For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the humble with victory.

The Lord takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the humble with victory. (Psalm 149:4)

Let the faithful exult in glory; Let them sing for joy on their couches. Let the high praises of God

be in their throats and two-edged swords in their hands, to execute vengeance on the nations

and punishment on the peoples, to bind their kings with fetters (shackles) and their nobles

with chains of iron, to execute on them the judgment decreed. This is glory for all His faithful

ones. Praise the Lord! –Psalm 149:1-9

The Lord takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the humble with victory. (Psalm 149:4)

Jesus Begins His Ministry in Galilee

Jesus left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun

and Naphtli, so that what had been spoken through the Prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:

“Land of Zebulun, land of Naphtali, on the road by the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles — the peoples who sat in darkness have seen a great light and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death light has dawned.” (Isaiah 9:1-2)

From that time Jesus began to proclaim, “Repent for the Kingdom of Heaven has come near.” –Matthew 4:13-17

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“Knell each day in Adoration of Jesus — Ask the Blessed Mother and Queen Mary
to teach you to adore Jesus.” –Image Courtesy: Apostolate of Sacred Hearts

Faith Conquers The World

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God and everyone who loves

the parent loves the child. By this we know that we love the Children of God, when we love God

and obey His Commandments. For the love of God is this, the we obey His Commandments and

His Commandments are not burdensome, for whatever is born of God conquers the world and

this is the victory that conquers the world, our faith. Who is it that conquers the world but the

one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

Testimony Concerning the Son of God

This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not with the water only but with

water and the blood and the Spirit is the one who testifies, for the Spirit is the truth. There are

three that testify: The Spirit and the water and the blood and these agree. If we receive human

testimony, the testimony of God is greater; For this is the testimony of God that He testified to

His Son. Those who believe in the Son of God have the testimony in their hearts. Those who do

not believe in God have made Him a liar by not believing in the testimony that God has given

concerning His Son and this is the testimony: God gave us eternal life and this life is in His Son.

Whoever has the Son has life; Whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

Epilogue

I write these things to you who believe in the Name of the Son of God, so that you may know

that you have eternal life and this is the boldness we have in Him, that if we ask anything

according to His will, He hears us and if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know

that we have obtained the requests made of Him. If you see your brother or sister committing

what is not a mortal sin, you will ask and God will give life to such a one — to those whose sin is

not mortal. There is a sin that is mortal; I do not say that you should pray about that. All

wrongdoing is sin but there is a sin that is not mortal. We know that those who are born of God

do not sin but the One who was born of God protects them and the evil does not touch them. We

know that we are God’s children and that the whole world lies under the power of the evil one

and we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may

know Him who is true and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true

God and eternal life. Little children keep yourselves from idols. Amen! –1 John 5:1-21

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