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I enjoy reading sweet short daily spiritual nourishment devotional reading. Share you all enjoy reading. Have a delightful Saturday (Shabbat means Seven (v or b are same) i.e. Beersheba (*seven wells), Bathsheba (David’s wife) according Hebrew etymology root SH-B-T 👈 🤟💜🙏🕊️
The Spiritual Mystery of Shabbat (Sabbath) means Seven. The root ש–ב–ת (shin-vet-tav, shin-bet-tav), to cease from labor. Seven in Hebrew (Sheva/Sheba/Shaba/Saba…) comes from the root of shin-bet-tav. They both are same. The key is SHB (SHV) SHBT
Shabbat Shalom!
*Abraham’s Well: The name Beersheba comes from the Hebrew Be’er Sheva, meaning well of seven or well of oaths comes from root word of “oath”.
I pray this blessings nourish you beautiful. You have a delightful weekend. 💜
Saturday of Week 1 Lent
Commentary on Deuteronomy 26:16-19
Today’s reading comes from the last part of the Book of Deuteronomy, which is also the last of the five books forming the Pentateuch and containing the covenant laws by which the lives of observant Jews were guided.
Moses reminds the people of the solemn agreement that has been made between God and them. “You have obtained this declaration from Yahweh.” And the declaration is that he will be their God only as long as they “follow his ways, keep his statutes, his commandments, his customs, and listen to his voice”. It is a mutually binding contract. He will be their God on condition that they observe his laws and customs with all their heart and soul. If they do that, they will stand out among all peoples as a people consecrated to their God and outstanding in their virtue.
However, the reading has to be read in the later context of the Gospel, which spells out more clearly just what are the commandments and statutes that really count. The emphasis in the Law of the Old Testament was very much on external observance of rules and regulations. The emphasis in the Gospel is very much on the interior attitude and on mutual relationships between God, other people and oneself.
Today’s Gospel passage on loving even one’s enemies in particular shows how far God’s commands are to be observed.
Nevertheless, the basic message stands: he is our God and we are to walk in his ways and to listen to his voice. That is the covenant that has been made between God and his people.
Amen? I read Reading 1 Deuteronomy 26:16-19, Responsorial Psalm Psalms 119:1-2, 4-5, 7-8, Verse Before the Gospel 2 Corinthians 6:2b, Gospel Matthew 5:43-48
Optional Memorial of Saint Casimir
I didn’t know who was he even his history I learn something new about Saint Casimir and his ministry. You can check everywhere more information about his journey life: He became known for his piety, devotion to God, and generosity towards the sick and poor. He became ill (most likely with tuberculosis) and died at the age of 25. He was buried in Vilnius Cathedral…..
Lectionary: 537
Below are the readings suggested for today’s Memorial. However, readings for the Memorial may also be taken from the Common of Holy Men and Women, #737-742.
Reading 1
Brothers and sisters:
I consider everything as a loss
because of the supreme good of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.
For his sake I have accepted the loss of all things
and I consider them so much rubbish,
that I may gain Christ and be found in him,
not having any righteousness of my own based on the law
but that which comes through faith in Christ,
the righteousness from God,
depending on faith to know him and the power of his resurrection
and the sharing of his sufferings by being conformed to his death,
if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead.
It is not that I have already taken hold of it
or have already attained perfect maturity,
but I continue my pursuit in hope that I may possess it,
since I have indeed been taken possession of by Christ Jesus.
Brothers and sisters, I for my part
do not consider myself to have taken possession.
Just one thing: forgetting what lies behind
but straining forward to what lies ahead,
I continue my pursuit toward the goal,
the prize of God’s upward calling, in Christ Jesus.
Responsorial Psalm
R. (1) The just one shall live on your holy mountain, O Lord.
He who walks blamelessly and does justice;
who thinks the truth in his heart
and slanders not with his tongue.
R. The just one shall live on your holy mountain, O Lord.
Who harms not his fellow man,
nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor;
By whom the reprobate is despised,
while he honors those who fear the LORD.
R. The just one shall live on your holy mountain, O Lord.
Who lends not his money at usury
and accepts no bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things
shall never be disturbed.
R. The just one shall live on your holy mountain, O Lord.
Alleluia
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
I give you a new commandment:
love one another as I have loved you.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel
Jesus said to his disciples:
“As the Father loves me, so I also love you.
Remain in my love.
If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love,
just as I have kept my Father’s commandments
and remain in his love.
“I have told you this so that my joy might be in you
and your joy might be complete.
This is my commandment: love one another as I love you.
No one has greater love than this,
to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
You are my friends if you do what I command you.
I no longer call you slaves,
because a slave does not know what his master is doing.
I have called you friends,
because I have told you everything I have heard from my Father.
It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you
and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain,
so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you.
This I command you: love one another.”
Jesus Christ is New Paschal Lamb of God 
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