On September 16, 2023 (1 Tishri 5784) Rosh haShanah same time I received new Confirmation and new Eucharist into the Presence of Christ is The Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity at Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church.
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Mashiyach alike spiritual servant of Abba YHWH Elohim. One Torah for all. May Abba YHWH bless you. Malachi 3:16
Advent starts on Sunday, December 3, 2023 and ends on Christmas means Christ’s Mass. Please click Advent
December 7, 2023 (5784)
When is Hanukkah in 2023? This year, Hanukkah aka Chanukah “Festival of Lights” will start on the evening of Thursday, December 7, 2023. It will end on the evening of Friday, December 15, 2023. Each year, Hanukkah begins on the 25th day of Kislev, which is the ninth month of the Jewish calendar.
Chanukah begins Thursday evening, December 7, 2023 and continues through Friday, December 15, 2023. Please click Chanukah
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Exalted Through Humility
November 5, 2023 Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)
Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples, saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees have taken their seat on the chair of Moses. Therefore, do and observe all things whatsoever they tell you, but do not follow their example.” Matthew 23:1–3
Sometimes people’s words inspire us, but more often it is the witness they give with their actions that inspires. Additionally, when someone’s words do not match up with their actions, they are seen as hypocrites. Jesus is very hard on the scribes and the Pharisees for this reason. “For they preach but they do not practice.” They spoke about the Law of God, taught it in a detailed way, but they did not truly practice God’s Law as it was intended to be practiced. Jesus goes on to give a list of the ways that these religious leaders failed to live the laws of God. They failed in their charity and encouragement of others, they did everything for public praise and for show, and they sought out honors and meaningless titles. As a result, they cared little for others and cared much about themselves.
At the heart of Jesus’ criticism of the scribes and Pharisees was their tendency to exalt themselves in the eyes of others. Jesus corrects this tendency by saying that “the greatest among you must be your servant,” and that “whoever humbles himself will be exalted.” Therefore, if you wish to be truly great and if you wish to be exalted by God, you must serve with the deepest humility.
Humility begins by seeing yourself in the light of truth. How does God see you? The humble soul seeks to discover this insight by using the eyes of Christ to look at their own soul. It would be truly humbling if we could see ourselves in the full light of the truth. But too often we take on a false image of ourselves and look at our lives through a lens of self-righteousness. We tend to quickly defend our actions, justifying the sins we commit and failing to acknowledge our weaknesses.
What would you see if you looked at yourself with humility? One glaring thing you will see is your sin. Our lives are filled with sin. Sometimes they are serious sins, and at other times less serious, but our lives are undoubtedly filled with sins and imperfections. If we are blind to those sins, then we lack the necessary humility we need to see ourselves in the light of truth.
The virtue of humility will also take us a step further than seeing our sins clearly. It will also help us to see our need for God’s grace in order to change, to love, and to serve God and others. We cannot love by our own efforts. It is impossible. The love of charity is only possible when it is God Who lives in us and acts through us. God and God alone is able to work true charity through our actions. Knowing and believing this humble truth is the only way to open the door to that grace.
Reflect, today, upon the humility that you need in order to truly love. When you love others with the pure love of God, you will discover within yourself a need to serve. You will see others as objects of your love. You will discover a burning desire to help them, forgive them, be gentle and merciful to them, and to do all you can to help them discover the truth of their own lives so they will, in turn, humbly turn to God. The scribes and Pharisees failed miserably at this mission, and that is one of the reasons that Jesus used them as an example. Do not follow their lead. Seek to take the opposite approach. Seek humility. Seek the truth. If you do, God will use you in powerful ways and will exalt you on high.
Most humble Lord, You are exalted above all because You were humble beyond all. You knew the truth of Who You are and embraced that truth with all Your might. Please give me Your eyes to see myself as You see me, so that in Your humble gaze, I will see my sin, repent wholeheartedly, and turn to You as the source of all my love. Jesus, I trust in You.
All Hallows Eve, All Saints Day, All Souls Day (The Triduum of Hallowtide).
“Halloween” comes from “All Hallow’s Eve,” as it falls the day before the Solemnity of All Saints, a Holy Day of Obligation. The trio of All Hallow’s Eve (Oct 31), All Saints’ Day (Nov 1), and All Souls’ Day (Nov 2) is sometimes known as the “Autumn Triduum”.
Update: What does “Triduum” means?
It (Triduum) comes from Latin roots that mean, essentially, “the three days” or “period of three days” (tri- = three, -dies = days).
Dictionary Triduum a period of three days of prayer 👈
🙏🕊️💜🔥 noun. trid·u·um ˈtri-jə-wəm. ˈtri-dyə- : a period of three days of prayer usually preceding a Roman Catholic feast.
Thrones were set up and the Ancient One took his throne. His clothing was bright as snow, and the hair on his head as white as wool; His throne was flames of fire, with wheels of burning fire. A surging stream of fire flowed out from where he sat; Thousands upon thousands were ministering to him, and myriads upon myriads attended him.
The court was convened, and the books were opened. As the visions during the night continued, I saw
One like a son of man coming, on the clouds of heaven; When he reached the Ancient One and was presented before him, He received dominion, glory, and kingship; nations and peoples of every language serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that shall not be taken away, his kingship shall not be destroyed.
War broke out in heaven; Michael and his angels battled against the dragon. The dragon and its angels fought back, but they did not prevail and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. The huge dragon, the ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, who deceived the whole world, was thrown down to earth, and its angels were thrown down with it.
Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: “Now have salvation and power come, and the Kingdom of our God and the authority of his Anointed. For the accuser of our brothers is cast out, who accuses them before our God day and night. They conquered him by the Blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; love for life did not deter them from death. Therefore, rejoice, you heavens, and you who dwell in them.”
R. (1) In the sight of the angels I will sing your praises, Lord. I will give thanks to you, O LORD, with all my heart, for you have heard the words of my mouth; in the presence of the angels I will sing your praise; I will worship at your holy temple and give thanks to your name. R. In the sight of the angels I will sing your praises, Lord. Because of your kindness and your truth; for you have made great above all things your name and your promise. When I called, you answered me; you built up strength within me. R. In the sight of the angels I will sing your praises, Lord. All the kings of the earth shall give thanks to you, O LORD when they hear the words of your mouth; And they shall sing of the ways of the LORD “Great is the glory of the LORD R. In the sight of the angels I will sing your praises, Lord.
Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Here is a true child of Israel. There is no duplicity in him.” Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.” Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel.” Jesus answered and said to him, “Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this.” And he said to him, “Amen, amen, I say to you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”
This above photo of Saints Anne, Simeon held baby Jesus, Joseph & Mary
I read Leviticus 1:2 USCCB 2Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any one of you* brings an offering of livestock to the LORD, you shall bring your offering from the herd or from the flock.
Question Who brings sacrifices?
Answer: USCCB Footnote Any one of you: women as well as men bring sacrifices …..
Question: At the Presentation, why did Mary make a sin offering (Lk 2:24, Lv 12:8) if she was without sin?
Answer: For the same reason Jesus was baptized by John, though he had no sins to repent. Mary fulfilled the Law.
According to Leviticus 12:2-8, a mother was purified forty days after the birth of a son, and she was required to offer a lamb as a burnt offering and a young pigeon or turtledove as a sin offering. A poor woman could substitute another pigeon or turtledove for the lamb, thus offering two of them.
The purification had to do with ritual uncleanliness and didn’t imply a moral fault in childbirth. As Jesus would later, Mary fulfilled all the precepts of the Law, which, clearly, wasn’t written to make allowances for a sinless man (the Messiah) or his sinless mother.
Wishing a sweet new year to our Jewish brothers and sisters, Shanah Tovah!
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Tonight is an Evening of Fri, Sep 15, 2023 – Sun, Sep 17, 2023.
Shabbat, 1 Tishrei, 5784 (September 16, 2023).
Yes and I agree wholeheartedly with Chabad: Rosh Hashanah, first of the High Holidays, is the Jewish New Year. It is the anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, and a day of judgment and coronation of God as king.
Research sharing you all Rosh haShanah/Hashanah (are same): “beginning of the year”.
Rosh Hashanah, also spelled Hashana or Ha-shanah, comes from Hebrew and, most simply put, means “beginning of the year.” Rosh Hashanah not only marks the new year—it also honors the creation date of Adam and Eve some 5,700 years ago, the first relationship, and the human connection with God’s world. The Hebrew Etymology Rosh is the Hebrew word for “head”, ha is the definite article (“the”), and shana means year. Thus Rosh HaShanah means “head of the year”, referring to the Jewish day of new year.
Yom Teruah (יוֹם תְּרוּעָה, Yōm Tərūʿā, lit. “day of shouting/blasting”) appears on Leviticus 23:24 in the Hebrew Bible. The Torah refers to the festival of the first day of the seventh month as zikhron teru’ah (“a memorial of blowing [of horns]”) Numbers 29:1 calls the festival yom teru’ah (“day of blowing [the horn]”). Rosh Hashanah appears once on Ezekiel 40:1.
Yeshua (Jesus) suddenly comes back again with loud trumpets we all can checkout sacred scripture verses.
Stabat Mater is the title of a thirteenth-century Latin hymn and it means “the Mother was standing.” In Latin, the hymn consists of twenty couplets which describe the Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin at the Cross.
In Latin: Stabat Mater dolorosa iuxta crucem lacrimosa dum pendebat Filius
in English: The grieving Mother stood weeping beside the cross where her Son was hanging.
Beautiful hymn elaborates more spiritual comprehension
The Mother stood grieving beside the cross weeping while on it hung her Son The sorrowful Mother stood full of tears by the Cross while her Son was hanging there. The mother of sorrows stood in tears beside the cross on which her Son was hanging Weeping stood the Mother of Sorrows next the Cross, the while her Son hung there. The Mother stood sorrowing by the cross weeping while her Son hung there. The sorrowful Mother stood weeping before the cross where hung her Son At the cross her station keeping, stood the mournful mother weeping, close to Jesus to the last.
Yeshua (Jesus) quoted this sacred scriptures (Matthew 18) from Ben Sira (Old Testament/Tanakh):
Ben Sira 27:30-28:7 New American Bible (Revised Edition)
30 Wrath and anger, these also are abominations, yet a sinner holds on to them.
Chapter 28
1 The vengeful will face the Lord’s vengeance; indeed he remembers their sins in detail.
2 Forgive your neighbor the wrong done to you; then when you pray, your own sins will be forgiven. 3 Does anyone nourish anger against another and expect healing from the Lord? 4 Can one refuse mercy to a sinner like oneself, yet seek pardon for one’s own sins? 5 If a mere mortal cherishes wrath, who will forgive his sins? 6 Remember your last days and set enmity aside; remember death and decay, and cease from sin! 7 Remember the commandments and do not be angry with your neighbor; remember the covenant of the Most High, and overlook faults.
I study learn something new Dr Brant Pitre share deep anointing sacred scriptures Jesus quoted Matthew 18:21-35 from Sirach 27:30-28:7—Forgive Your Neighbor’s Injustice:
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“Malice, Anger and Vengeance” are the powerful key.
CCC #2843 Thus the Lord’s words on forgiveness, the love that loves to the end,142 become a living reality. The parable of the merciless servant, which crowns the Lord’s teaching on ecclesial communion, ends with these words: “So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart.”143 It is there, in fact, “in the depths of the heart,” that everything is bound and loosed. It is not in our power not to feel or to forget an offense; but the heart that offers itself to the Holy Spirit turns injury into compassion and purifies the memory in transforming the hurt into intercession.
142 Cf. Jn 13:1. 143 Cf. Mt 18:23-35.
CCC #368 The spiritual tradition of the Church also emphasizes the heart, in the biblical sense of the depths of one’s being, where the person decides for or against God.239
239 Cf. Jer 31:33; Deut 6:5; 29:3; Isa 29:13; Ezek 36:26; Mt 6:21; Lk 8:15; Rom 5:5.
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