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08/31/2026

“To Love”

To love the Lord is to love every aspect and detail of who He is. Our relationship with Him must be an all-or-nothing situation. It is easy to love His love, His mercy, His compassion, and even His sacrifice, but we are also called to love His law, His correction, and His plan. These are a little more difficult and require devotion and intention, yet when we come to realize that His laws are a pathway to protection, they become much easier to love. May we embrace the fullness of God in all that we do and all that we are.

How I love your law, O LORD!
It is my meditation all the day.
R. Lord, I love your commands.
Your command has made me wiser than my enemies,
for it is ever with me.
R. Lord, I love your commands.
I have more understanding than all my teachers
when your decrees are my meditation.
R. Lord, I love your commands.
I have more discernment than the elders,
because I observe your precepts.
R. Lord, I love your commands.
From every evil way I withhold my feet,
that I may keep your words.
R. Lord, I love your commands.
From your ordinances I turn not away,
for you have instructed me.
R. Lord, I love your commands.

08/31/2026

Morning Prayer

08/30/2026

“What Is Gain”

We live in a world that believes that the person with the most toys wins. This may be the world’s view, but it is not God’s view. Our life in Christ calls us to sacrificial living. It calls us to leaving the old ways behind and taking on new and better ways. In today’s Gospel, Jesus shows us His way, and that is the way of love, devotion, and sacrifice. Jesus came and abandoned the way of the flesh for the way of the Spirit. He chose this way because of what it offered you and me, and in the end, what it offered Him. The sacrifice needed was that of His own, but what He gained was our redemption. May we come to look at gain in the eternal sense and not in the temporal, and may our lives be a living evidence of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ.

Jesus began to show his disciples
that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer greatly
from the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes,
and be killed and on the third day be raised.
Then Peter took Jesus aside and began to rebuke him,
“God forbid, Lord! No such thing shall ever happen to you.”
He turned and said to Peter,
“Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me.
You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do."
Then Jesus said to his disciples,
“Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself,
take up his cross, and follow me.
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it,
but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world
and forfeit his life?
Or what can one give in exchange for his life?
For the Son of Man will come with his angels in his Father’s glory,
and then he will repay all according to his conduct.”

08/29/2026

“Chosen”

At some point in each person’s life, the question arises, “Am I Chosen”? It may be for the purpose of being on a team, or for a job, or maybe even by God. Jesus tells us that it is the heart of God that All might be saved, and none might be lost. You are chosen. You are chosen to be a part of the family of God, to be the bride of Christ, to be with Him in everlasting life. The question is not whether you are chosen; it is really whether you will accept His choosing and respond. In today’s Psalm our response is, “Blessed the people the Lord has chosen to be His own”. We have been chosen, and if we will respond, we will be blessed.

Blessed the nation whose God is the LORD,
the people he has chosen for his own inheritance.
From heaven the LORD looks down;
he sees all mankind.
R. Blessed the people the Lord has chosen to be his own.
But see, the eyes of the LORD are upon those who fear him,
upon those who hope for his kindness,
To deliver them from death
and preserve them in spite of famine.
R. Blessed the people the Lord has chosen to be his own.
Our soul waits for the LORD,
who is our help and our shield,
For in him our hearts rejoice;
in his holy name we trust.
R. Blessed the people the Lord has chosen to be his own.

08/28/2026

“The Goodness Of The Lord”

So many people see the world full of darkness and even hopelessness. If that is what we are looking for, that is what we will find. If we look for hope, happiness, and light, we will surely find that as well. Today’s Psalm is one of hope as we respond: “The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.” There are blessings bestowed upon us every day. There is good in this world around every corner. And the blessings and good we find in this world are all expressions of God’s love for each and every one of us.

Exult, you just, in the LORD;
praise from the upright is fitting.
Give thanks to the LORD on the harp;
with the ten-stringed lyre chant his praises.
R. The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.
For upright is the word of the LORD,
and all his works are trustworthy.
He loves justice and right;
of the kindness of the Lord the earth is full.
R. The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.
The LORD brings to nought the plans of nations;
he foils the designs of peoples.
But the plan of the LORD stands forever;
the design of his heart, through all generations.
R. The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.

08/28/2026

Morning Prayer

08/27/2026

“Stay Awake”

As a Boy Scout, I was taught to “Be Prepared”. This is the spirit in which today’s Gospel is written. As followers of Jesus Christ, we are always called to be prepared and to stay awake, ready for the coming of the Lord. Many will spin their wheels trying to guestimate when the Lord will return, but He has told us that no one will know the day, time, season, or hour. Our call is to be prepared, stay on guard, always be looking and ready so that when He comes, we will recognize Him and answer the call of His voice. Let us stay spiritually and physically awake and ready for the Lord.

Jesus said to his disciples:
“Stay awake!
For you do not know on which day your Lord will come.
Be sure of this:
if the master of the house
had known the hour of night when the thief was coming,
he would have stayed awake
and not let his house be broken into.
So too, you also must be prepared,
for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.
“Who, then, is the faithful and prudent servant,
whom the master has put in charge of his household
to distribute to them their food at the proper time?
Blessed is that servant whom his master on his arrival finds doing so.
Amen, I say to you, he will put him in charge of all his property.
But if that wicked servant says to himself, ‘My master is long delayed,’
and begins to beat his fellow servants,
and eat and drink with drunkards,
the servant’s master will come on an unexpected day
and at an unknown hour and will punish him severely
and assign him a place with the hypocrites,
where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.”

08/27/2026

Morning Prayer

08/26/2026

“Inside Out”

Today’s Gospel reading follows closely with yesterday's. All too often we try to disguise the real and true us with an illusion of what we want the world to see. Being honest and genuine is the first step to finding the truth of who we are. Jesus condemned the scribes and Pharisees for putting up a deceptive front because it lacked honesty and set a standard that others could not attain. Being honest about ourselves and allowing the Lord to transform us from the inside out will allow others to likewise follow Jesus and embrace His love for them.

Jesus said,
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites.
You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside,
but inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of filth.
Even so, on the outside you appear righteous,
but inside you are filled with hypocrisy and evildoing.
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites.
You build the tombs of the prophets
and adorn the memorials of the righteous,
and you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors,
we would not have joined them in shedding the prophets’ blood.’
Thus you bear witness against yourselves
that you are the children of those who murdered the prophets;
now fill up what your ancestors measured out!”

08/25/2026

“Where It All Begins”

Where do I start when trying to change my life? Should I buy new clothes, get a new hairstyle, or maybe change the way I talk? It is not enough to disguise who we really are; we must be transformed into the image and likeness of Christ. In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus addresses the hypocritical mindset of the Pharisees. They were known for teaching the law and yet not abiding in it. They were known for looking the part while not living it. True transformation happens from the inside out. First, our hearts must be changed, healed, and reformed, and through this change all other transformation takes place. May our hearts and minds be conformed into the creation we were meant to be.

Jesus said:
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites.
You pay tithes of mint and dill and cu**in,
and have neglected the weightier things of the law:
judgment and mercy and fidelity.
But these you should have done, without neglecting the others.
Blind guides, who strain out the gnat and swallow the camel!“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites.
You cleanse the outside of cup and dish,
but inside they are full of plunder and self-indulgence.
Blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup,
so that the outside also may be clean.”

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