Saturday August 8, 2009

Saturday August 8, 2009 of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time
Readings: Deuteronomy 6: 4-13 Psalm 18: 2-4, 47, 51 Matthew 17: 14-20
Psalm Response: “ I love You Lord, mu\y strength”

The “Schema”, the prayer all Jews pronounce on many occasions is the ‘creed’ of Israel was given them by Moses just before they were to enter into the land God had promised.
Had the Jews put into practice, the tenets of the prayer, God would not have had to send His Son to die for the sins of mankind.
Leviticus 19:17 completes the ordinance from God. “You shall love your neighbor as yourself”.
Jesus confirmed these two as the greatest commandments of God. All we need do to make a perfect world is put them into practice.

The psalm only reiterates the readings. If we proclaim and practice the simple commands, no need will be found for civil laws, constitutions or governance by any group or organization.

Why weren’t the Apostles able to free the man’s son from Satan’s grasp? Jesus answered them and us. We need an undying Faith. We can’t be weak or willy-nilly. Assert your Faith at every opportunity. You may be, unconsciously, the catalyst needed for some poor soul to come to grips with his Faith and joins us in the only True Church.