3rd Sunday of Baba

Mt 12:22-
Then one was brought to Him who was demon-possessed, blind and mute; and He healed him, so that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw. And all the multitudes were amazed and said, "Could this be the Son of David?"

How Can I Restore My Inner Sight!

So that i may feel and see His presence, His blessings, His grace, His love, and His mercy — and give thanks to Him and praise Him at all times.

Psalm 71:7-8

2nd Sunday of the month of Baba

“What Do We Experience When We Pray, Read the Holy Scriptures, and Participate in the Divine Liturgy?”

“Pray without ceasing.” - 1 Thessalonians 5:17

St. Justina’s steadfast prayer life beautifully reflects this command, showing how communion with God is our greatest defense and source of strength.

May the Cross of My Lord Jesus Christ protect me & deliver me!

A Cloud of Witnesses, The Friendship of the Saints!

1 Peter 4:7

But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers.

What would mama Mary Do?

1 Corinthians 11:1

11 Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ.

Luke 9
21 Jesus strictly warned them not to tell this to anyone. 22 And he said, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.”

23 Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. 24 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it. 25 What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit their very self? 26 Whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.

27 “Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.”

1 John 2

9 He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now. 10 He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him. 11 But he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

The Path to a Pure Heart!

John 11
40 Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?”

41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.

42 And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.”

43 Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!”

44 And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him, and let him go.”

Loose, remit, and forgive us,
O God, our iniquities which
we have committed willingly
and which we have
committed unwillingly, which
we have committed
knowingly and which we
have committed
unknowingly; the hidden and
the manifest, O Lord, remit
for us.

Listen to the Hymns:
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A message of comfort shared at the funeral of a faithful woman: Though her body grew weak, her spirit was clothed in strength. Outwardly she may have seemed frail, but within, she bore a quiet and steadfast faith — a vessel of endurance and love. In her suffering, she bore witness to the unseen strength that comes from God. As St. Paul reminds us, ‘Though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day’ (2 Corinthians 4:16, OSB). 
Her life was a testimony to the power of grace at work within, a light that did not dim even as the body faded."

From Fear to Hope, Death Before and After Christ!

Luke 1

34 Then Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I [g]do not know a man?”

35 And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God.

You, O Lord, know my unworthiness and my unfitness, and my unmeetness that I should draw near unto this, Your holy service.

I have no boldness to draw near and open my mouth before Your holy glory, but according to the multitude of Your tender mercies pardon me a sinner. And grant to me that I may find grace and mercy at this hour, and send me strength from on high that I may begin and be made fit and finish Your holy service according to Your pleasure, according to the good pleasure of Your will, and for a sweet savor of incense.

Even so, O our Master, be with us; take part with us in this matter. Bless us, for You are the forgiveness of our sins, the light of our souls, our life, our strength, and our confidence.

You are He unto whom we ascribe glory and honor and worship, O Father and Son and Holy Spirit, now and at all times and unto the age of all ages.

Amen.

Matthew 12

31 “Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men. 32 Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come.

The Holy Spirit longs to dwell in a heart that is clean, quiet, and welcoming!

The Ascension and the Helium Balloon!

John 14 : 9

Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip?

Why do baptized babies join the Resurrection procession?