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Depart from evil (sin) and do good, so you shall abide forever. For the Lord loves justice;
He will not forsake His faithful ones. The righteous shall be kept safe forever but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.  –Psalm 37:27-28    Image Courtesy: I Love Jesus & Mary

Life In The Spirit

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus! For the Law of the

Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the Law of sin and of death. For God has done

what the Law, weakened by the flesh, could not do: By sending His own Son in the likeness of

sinful flesh and to deal with sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, so that the just requirement of

the Law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh but those

who live according to the Spirit, set their minds on the things of the Spirit. To set the mind on

the flesh is death but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. For this reason the mind

that is set on the flesh is hostile to God; It does not submit to God’s Law — indeed it cannot and

those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

To Christians:

You are not in the flesh; you are in the Spirit, since the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who

does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to Him but if Christ is in you, though the body

is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. If the Spirit of Him

(God the Father) who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in You, He who raised Christ from the

dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through His Spirit that dwells in you. 

–Romans 8:1-11

The Power of The Gospel

For I am not ashamed of the Gospel; It is the power of God for Salvation to everyone who has

faith, to the Jew first and also to the Greek (Gentile) for in it the righteousness of God is

revealed through faith for faith; as it is written:

“The one who is righteous will live by faith.” (Habakkuk 2:4)

The Guilt of Humankind

For the wrath of God is revealed from Heaven against all ungodliness and wickedness of those

who by their wickedness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them

because God has shown it to them. Ever since the creation of the world His eternal power and

Divine nature, invisible though they are, have been understood and seen through the things He

has made. So they are without excuse. For though they knew God, they did not honor Him as

God or give thanks to Him but they became futile in their thinking and their senseless minds

were darkened. Claiming to be wise they became fools; they exchanged the glory of the

Immortal God for images resembling a mortal human being or birds or

four-footed animals or reptiles.

Therefore God have them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the degrading of their

bodies among themselves because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie, worshiped and

served the creature (Satan) rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.

For this reason God gave them up to degrading passions. Their women exchanged natural

intercourse for unnatural and in the same way also the men, giving up natural intercourse with

women, were consumed with passion for one another. Men committed shameless acts with

men and received in their own persons the due penalty for their error.

Since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind and to

things that should not be done. They were filled with every kind of wickedness, evil,

covetousness, malice. Full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, craftiness, they are gossips,

slanderers, God-haters, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, rebellious towards

parents, foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. They knew God’s decree, that those who practice

such things deserve to die — yet they not only do them but even applaud others who practice

them.  –Romans 1:16-32

Repent or Perish

At that very time there were some present who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood

Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. Jesus (answering) asked them, “Do you think because

these Galileans  suffered in this way they were worse sinners  than all other Galileans? No I tell,

you; Unless you repent, you will all perish as they did. Or the eighteen who were killed when

the Tower of Siloam fell on them — do you think that they were worse offenders than all the

others living in Jerusalem? No, I tell you;

Unless you repent, you will all perish just as they did.”

The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree

Then Jesus told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard and he came looking

for fruit on it and found none. So he said to the gardener, ‘See here! For three years I have

come looking for fruit on this fig tree and still I find none. Cut it down!

Why should it be wasting the soil?’

He (the gardener) replied, ‘Sir, let it alone for one more year, until I dig around it and put

manure on it. If it bears fruit next year, well and good but if not, you can cut it down.'” 

–Luke 13:1-9

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From infancy to death human life is surrounded by (Angels) their watchful care and intercession. “Beside each Believer stands an Angel as protector and shepherd leading him to life.” -St. Basil
Already here on earth the Christian life shares by faith in the blessed company of Angels and men united in God.  336. Catechism of the Catholic Church

Bless the Lord, all you His Angels,

You who serve Him, doing His will.  –Psalm 103:21

Assurance of God’s Protection

For He (God) will command His Angels concerning you

to guard you in all your ways. (Psalm 91:11)

You who live in the shelter of the Most High,

who abide in the shadow of the Almighty,

will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress;

My God, in whom I trust.”

For He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler

and from the deadly pestilence;

He will cover you with His pinions

and under His wings you will find refuge;

his faithfulness is a shield and a buckler.

You will not fear the terror of the night

or the arrow that flies by day

or the pestilence that stalks in the darkness

or the destruction that wastes at noonday.

A thousand may fall at your side,

ten thousand at your right hand

but it will not come near you.

You will only look with your eyes

and see the punishment of the wicked

because you have made the Lord your refuge,

the Most High your dwelling place,

no evil shall be fall you,

no scourge come near your tent.

For God will command His Angels concerning you

to guard you in all His ways.

On their hands they will bear you up,

so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.

you will tread on the lion and the adder,

the young lion and the serpent you will trample under foot.

Those who love Me (God) I will deliver;

I will protect those who know My name.

When they call to Me, I will answer them;

I will be with them in trouble,

I will rescue them and honor them.

with long life I will satisfy them

and show them my Salvation!  –Psalm 91:1-16

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For the wages of sin is death but the Free Gift of God
is Eternal Life in Christ Jesus our Lord. –Romans 6:23
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Do not let sin exercise dominion in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions. No

longer present your members to sin as instruments of wickedness but present yourselves to

God as those who have been brought from death to life and present your members to God as

instruments of righteousness. For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under

the Law but under grace.

Slaves of Righteousness

What then? should we sin because we are not under the Law but under grace? By no means!

Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of

the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death or of obedience which leads to

righteousness? Thanks be to God that you have once been slaves of sin, have become obedient

from the heart to the form of teaching to which you were entrusted and that you, having been

set free from sin have become slaves of righteousness. I am speaking in human terms because

of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity

and to greater and greater iniquity, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness

for sanctification. When you were slaves to sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. So

what advantage did you then get from the things of which you now are ashamed? The end of

these things is death. Now that you have been freed from sin and enslaved to God, the

advantage you get is sanctification . The end is eternal life!

For the wages of sin is death but the Free Gift of God is Eternal Life

in Christ Jesus our Lord!  –Romans 6:12-23

The Two Ways

Happy are those

who do not follow the advice of the wicked

or take the path that sinners tread

or sit in the seat of Scoffers;

Their delight is in the Law of the Lord

and on His Law they meditate day and night.

They are like trees

planted by the streams of water,

which yield their fruit in its season

and their leaves do not wither.

In all they do, they prosper.

The wicked are not so

but are like chaff that the wind drives away.

Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,

nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous

but the way of the wicked will perish.  –Psalm 1:1-6

Jesus taught, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son,

so that everyone who Believes in Him may not perish but may have Eternal Life.

Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world

but in order that the world might be saved through Him.

Those who Believe in Him are not condemned but those who do not believe are condemned

already because they have not Believed in the Name of the only Son of God

and this is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world and people loved darkness

rather than Light because their deeds were evil. For all who do evil hate the Light and do not

come to the Light, so that their deeds may not be exposed but those who do what is true

come to the Light, so that it may be clearly seen that their deeds have been done in God.” 

–John 3:16-21

Jesus taught, “If any want to become My followers, let them deny themselves, take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it and those who lose their life for my sake and for the sake of the Gospel will save it.” –Mark 8:34-35   Image Courtesy: I Love Jesus & Mary

The Golden Rule

Jesus: “In everything do to others as you would have them do to you;

For this the the Law of the Prophets.” (See: Leviticus 19:18)  –Matthew 7:12

Jesus: “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life.

No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Those who love Me will keep My Word and My Father will love them

and We will come to them and make Our Home with them.” John 14:6; 23

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The First (Greatest) Commandment

One of the Scribes (Lawyer, See: Matthew 22:35) came near and heard them (Pharisees,

Sadducee’s and Scribes) disputing with one another and seeing that Jesus answered them well,

he asked Him, ‘Which Commandment is the first of all?’ Jesus answered, “The first is, ‘Hear O

Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is One! (See: Deuteronomy 6:4) You shall love the Lord your

God with all your heart and with all your soul, with all your mind and with all your strength.’

The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ (Leviticus 19:18)

There is no other Commandment greater than these.”

Then the Scribe said to Jesus, ‘You are right Teacher, You have truly said that He is One

(See: Deuteronomy 6:4-5) and beside Him there is no other and to love Him with all your heart

and with all the understanding, with all the strength and to love one’s neighbor as oneself

(Leviticus 19:18) — this is much more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.’

When Jesus saw that He answered wisely he said to him, “You are not far from the

Kingdom of God.” After that no one dared to ask Him any question.  –Mark 12:28-34

The Lord looks down from Heaven; He sees all humankind. –Psalm 33:13

Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord,

the people whom He has chosen as His heritage.

The Lord looks down from Heaven,

He sees all humankind.

From where He sits enthroned He watches

all the inhabitants of the earth,

He who fashions the hearts of them all (See: Psalm 139:13)

and observes all their deeds.

A king is not saved by his great army,

a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.

The war horse is a vain hope for victory

and by its great might it cannot save.

Truly the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him,

on those who hope in His steadfast love,

to deliver their soul from death

and to keep them alive in famine.

Our soul waits for the Lord;

He is our help and shield.

Our heart is glad in Him

because we trust in His Holy Name!

Let You steadfast love O Lord, be upon us,

even as we hope in You!  –Psalm 33:12-22

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Do not worry about anything but in everything by prayer and supplication (appeal) with thanksgiving
let your requests be made known to God and the peace of God which surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. –Philippians 4:6-7  Image Courtesy: EWTN@Facebook

The Joy of a Good Wife

Happy is the husband of a good wife;

the number of his days will be doubled.

A loyal wife brings joy to her husband

and he will complete his years in peace.

A good wife is a great blessing;

she will be granted among the blessings

of the man who fears the Lord.

Whether rich or poor his heart is content

and at all times his face is cheerful.

The Worst of Evils: A Wicked Wife

Of three things my heart is frightened

and of a fourth I am in great fear:

Slander in the city, the gathering of a mob

and false accusation — all these are worse than death

but it is heartache and sorrow when a wife is jealous of a rival

and a tongue-lashing makes it known to all.

A bad wife is a chafing yoke;

taking hold of her is like grasping a scorpion.

A drunken wife arouses great anger;

she cannot hide her shame.

The haughty stare betrays an unchaste wife,

her eyelids give her away.

Keep strict watch over a headstrong daughter

or else, when she finds liberty, she will make use of it.

Be on guard against her impudent eye

and do not be surprised if she sins against you.

As a thirst traveler opens his mouth

and drinks from any water near him

so she will sit in front of every tent peg

and open her quiver to the arrow.

The Blessing of a Good Wife

A wife’s charm delights her husband

and her skill puts flesh on his bones.

A silent wife is a gift from the Lord

and nothing is so precious as her self-discipline.

A modest wife ads charm to charm

and no scales can weigh the value of her chastity.

Like the sun rising in the heights of the Lord,

so is the beauty of a good wife in her well-ordered home.

like the shining lamp on the holy lampstand,

so is a beautiful face on a stately figure.

like golden pillars on silver bases,

so are shapely legs and steadfast feet.

My child, keep sound the bloom of your youth

and do not give your strength to strangers.

seek a fertile field within the whole plain

and sow it with your own seed, trusting in your fine stock.

So your offspring will prosper

and having confidence in the good descent, will grow great.

A prostitute is regarded as spittle (drool)

and a married woman as a tower of death to her lovers.

A godless wife is given as a portion to a lawless man

but a pious wife is given to the man who fears the Lord.

A shameless woman constantly acts disgracefully

but a modest daughter will even be embarrassed before her husband.

A headstrong wife is regarded as a dog

but the one who has a sense of shame will fear the Lord.

A wife honoring her husband will seem wise to all

but if she dishonors him in her pride she will be known to all as ungodly.

Happy is the husband of a good wife;

for the number of his years will be doubled.

A loud-voiced and garrulous wife is like a trumpet sounding the charge

and every person like this lives in the anarchy of war.

Three Depressing Things

At two things my heart is grieved

and because of a third anger comes over me;

A warrior in want through poverty,

intelligent men who are treated contemptuously

and a man who turns back from righteousness to sin —

the Lord will prepare him for the sword!

The Temptations of Commerce

A merchant can hardly keep from wrongdoing,

nor is a tradesman innocent of sin.

Many have committed sin for gain

and those who seek to get rich will avert their eyes.

As a stake is driven firmly into a fissure between stones,

so sin is weighed in between selling and buying.

If a person is not steadfast in the fear of the Lord,

his house will be quickly overthrown.  –Sirach 26:1-29 – 27:1-3

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Those who trust in the Lord will understand truth
and the faithful will abide with Him in love because grace and mercy
are upon His holy ones and He watches over His elect. –Wisdom 3:9  Image Courtesy: EWTN

The Destiny of the Righteous

The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God and no torment will ever touch them. In the

eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died and their departure was thought to be a disaster

and their going from us to be their destruction but they are at peace, For though in the sight of

others they were punished, their hope is full of immortality. Having been disciplined a little,

they will receive great good because God tested them and found them worthy of Himself; Like

gold in the furnace He tried them and like a sacrificial burnt offering He accepted them. In the

time of their visitation they will shine forth and will run like sparks through the stubble. They

will govern nations and rule over peoples and the Lord will reign over them forever. Those who

trust in Him will understand truth and the faithful will abide with Him in love because grace

and mercy are upon the Holy ones and He watches over His elect.

The Destiny of the Ungodly

The ungodly will be punished as their reasoning deserves, those who disregarded the righteous

and rebelled against the Lord; For those who despise wisdom and instruction are miserable.

Their hope is vain, their labors are unprofitable and their works are useless. Their wives are

foolish and their children evil; their offspring are accursed.

On Childlessness

For blessed is the barren woman who is undefiled, who has not entered into a sinful union; she

will have fruit when God examines souls. Blessed also is the eunuch whose hands have done no

lawless deed and who has not devised wicked things against the Lord; for special favor will be

shown him for his faithfulness and a place of great delight in the Temple of the Lord. For the

fruit of good labors is renowned and the root of understanding does not fail but children of

adulterers will not come to maturity and the offspring of an unlawful union will perish. Even if

they live long they will be held of no account and finally their old age will be without honor. If

they die young, they will have no hope and no consolation on the Day of Judgment. For the end

of an unrighteous generation is grievous. Better than this is childlessness with virtue, for in the

memory of virtue is immortality because it is known both by God and by mortals. When it is

present, people imitate it and they long for it when it has gone; throughout all time it marches,

crowned in triumph, victor in the contest for prizes that are undefiled but the prolific brood of

the ungodly will be of no use and none of their illegitimate seedlings will strike a deep root or

take a firm hold. For even if they put forth boughs for a while, standing insecurely they will be

shaken by the wind and by the violence of the winds they will be uprooted. The branches will be

broken off before they come to maturity and their fruit will be useless, not ripe enough to eat

and good for nothing. For children born of unlawful unions are witnesses of evil against their

parents when God examines them but the righteous, though they die early, will be at rest. For

old age is not honored for length of time or measured by number of years but understanding is

gray hair for anyone and a blameless life is ripe old age.

There were some who pleased God and were loved by Him and while living among sinners were

taken up. They were caught up so that evil might not change their understanding or guile

deceive their souls. For the fascination of wickedness obscures what is good and roving desire

perverts the innocent mind. Being perfected in a short time, they fulfilled long years; for their

souls were pleasing to the Lord, therefore He took them quickly from the midst of wickedness.

Yet the peoples saw and did not understand or take such a thing to heart, that God’s grace and

mercy are with His elect and that He watches over His holy ones.

The Triumph of the Righteous

The righteous who have died will condemn the ungodly who are living and youth that is quickly

perfected will condemn the prolonged old age of the unrighteous. For they will see the end of

the wise and will not understand what the Lord purposed for them and for what He kept them

safe. The unrighteous will see and will have contempt for them but the Lord will laugh them to

scorn. After this they will become dishonored corpses and an outrage among the dead forever;

because He will dash them speechless to the ground and shake them from the foundations;

they will be left utterly dry and barren and they will suffer anguish and the memory of them

will perish.

The Final Judgment

They will come with dread when their sins are reckoned up and their lawless deeds will convict

them to their face. Then the righteous will stand with great confidence in the presence of those

who have oppressed them and those who make light of their labors. When the unrighteous see

them, they will be shaken with dreadful fear and they will be amazed at the unexpected

salvation of the righteous. They will speak to one another in repentance and in anguish of spirit

they will groan and say, “These are persons whom we once held in derision and made a byword

of reproach – fools that we were! We thought that their lives were madness and that their end

was without honor. Why have they been numbered among the children of God? Why is their lot

among the Saints? So it is we who strayed from the way of truth and the light of righteousness

did not shine on us and the sun did not rise upon is. We took our fill of the paths of lawlessness

and destruction and we journeyed through trackless deserts but the way of the Lord we have

not known. What has our arrogance profited us?

What good has our boasted wealth brought us?”

“All those things have vanished like a shadow and like a rumor that passes by; like a ship that

sails through the billowy water and when it has passed no trace can be found, no track of its

keel in the waves; or as, when a bird flies through the air, no evidence of its passage is found,

the light air, lashed by the beat of its pinions and pierced by the force of its rushing flight, is

traversed by the movement of its wings and afterward no sign of its coming is found there; or

as, when an arrow is shot at a target, the air, thus divided, comes together at once, so that no

one knows its pathway. So we also, as soon as we were born, ceased to be and we had no sign of

virtue to show but were consumed in our wickedness.” Because the hope of the ungodly is like

thistledown carried by the wind and like a light frost driven away by a storm; it is dispersed like

smoke before the wind and it passes like the remembrance of a guest who stays but a day.

The Reward of the Righteous

The righteous will live forever and their reward is with the Lord;

The Most High takes care of them.

Therefore they will receive a glorious crown and a beautiful diadem from the hand of the Lord because with His right hand He will cover them and with His arm He will shield them.
Wisdom 5:16

The Lord will take His zeal as His whole armor and will arm all creation to repel His enemies.

He will put on righteousness as a breastplate and wear impartial justice as a helmet; He will

take holiness as an invincible shield and sharpen stern wrath for a sword and creation will join

Him to fight against His frenzied foes. Shafts of lightning will fly with true aim and will leap

from the clouds to the target, as from a well-drawn bow and hailstones full of wrath will be

hurled as from a catapult; the water of the sea will rage against them and rivers will

relentlessly overwhelm them; a mighty wind will rise against them and like a tempest it will

winnow them away. Lawlessness will lay waste the whole earth and evildoing will overturn the

rulers.  –Wisdom 3-5

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O Mother of Perpetual Help, grant that I may ever invoke thy most powerful name, which is the

safeguard of the living and the salvation of the dying. O Purest May, O Sweetest Mary, let thy

name henceforth be ever on my lips. Delay not, O Blessed Lady, to help me whenever I call on

thee, for in all my needs, in all my temptations I shall never cease to call on thee, ever repeating

thy sacred name, Mary, Mary!

O what consolation, what sweetness, what confidence, what emotion fill my soul when I

pronounce thy sacred name or even only think of thee. I thank God for having given thee, for

my good, so sweet, so powerful, so lovely a name but I will not be content with merely

pronouncing thy name: Let my love for thee prompt me ever to hail thee,

Mother of Perpetual Help!

For the wages of sin is death but the Free Gift of God
is Eternal Life in Christ Jesus Our Lord. –Romans 6:23

Prayer For Cleansing and Pardon

Against You God have I sinned

and done what is evil in Your sight. (CF. Psalm 51:4A)

Have mercy on me, O God,

according to Your steadfast love;

according to Your abundant mercy

blot out my transgressions.

Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity

and cleanse me from my sin.

For I know my transgressions

and my sin is ever before me.

Against You, You alone have I sinned

and done what is evil in Your sight,

so that You are justified in Your sentence

and blameless when You pass judgment.

Indeed I was born guilty,

a sinner when my mother conceived me.

You desire truth in the inward being

therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart.

Purge me with hyssop and I shall be clean;

Wash me and I shall be whiter than snow.

Let me hear joy and gladness;

Let the bones that You have crushed rejoice.

Hide Your face from my sins

and blot out my iniquities.

Create in me a clean heart, O God

and put a new and right spirit within me.

Do not cast me away from Your presence

and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.

Restore to me the joy of Your salvation

and sustain in me a willing spirit.

Then I will teach transgressors Your ways

and sinners will return to You.

Deliver me from bloodshed, O God,

O God of my salvation

and my tongue will sing aloud of Your deliverance.

O Lord, open my lips

and my mouth will declare Your praise.

For You have no delight in sacrifice;

If I were to give a burnt offering, You would not be pleased.

The sacrifice acceptable to God is broken spirit;

a broken and contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.

Do good to Zion in Your good pleasure;

Rebuild the walls of Jerusalem,

then You will delight in right sacrifices,

in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings;

Then bulls will be offered on Your alter.

Amen!  –Psalm 51:1-19

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