‘My Lord,’ Abram replied ‘what do you
intend to give me? I go childless…’. Then Abram said, ‘See, you have given me
no descendants; some man of my household will be my heir.’ And then this word
of the Lord was spoken to him, ‘He shall not be your heir; your heir shall be
of your own flesh and blood.’ Then taking him outside he said, ‘Look up to
heaven and count the stars if you can. Such will be your descendants’ he told
him. Abram put his faith in the Lord, who counted this as making him justified.
‘I am the Lord’ he said to him ‘who
brought you out of Ur of the Chaldaeans to make you heir to this land.’ ‘My
Lord,’ Abram replied ‘how am I to know that I shall inherit it?’ He said to
him, ‘Get me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old goat, a three-year-old
ram, a turtledove and a young pigeon.’ He brought him all these, cut them in
half and put half on one side and half facing it on the other; but the birds he
did not cut in half. Birds of prey came down on the carcases but Abram drove
them off.
Now as the sun was setting Abram fell into
a deep sleep, and terror seized him. When the sun had set and darkness had
fallen, there appeared a smoking furnace and a firebrand that went between the
halves. That day the Lord made a Covenant with Abram in these terms:
‘To your descendants I give this land, from
the wadi of Egypt to the Great River, the river Euphrates.’
Gospel Matthew 7:15-20 You will be able to tell them by their fruits CDR
Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Beware of false prophets who come to you disguised as sheep but underneath are ravenous wolves. You will be able to tell them by their fruits. Can people pick grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? In the same way, a sound tree produces good fruit but a rotten tree bad fruit. A sound tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor a rotten tree bear good fruit. Any tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown on the fire. I repeat, you will be able to tell them by their fruits.’
Father you remember your covenant; you are
covenant keeping God. You are faithful in all your ways. Father there is none
like you. I worship you my God. Thank
you Father for loving me. You are ever at my side, make me conscious of your
presence in my life.
Lord Jesus Christ I surrender my life to
you. I am tired of trying to control things beyond my control. Lord there are
many false prophets professing to be your disciples. Deliver me from being
their victim. I remain in my Catholic faith, the one and Holy Apostolic Church.
Lord I trust you will give me the courage to remain faithful till the end.
Lord Jesus Christ I trust in you. You are my Lord and Saviour. Increase my faith in you. Lord with you I fear no evil. Virgin Mary pray for me. Saint Joseph pray for me. Saint Ireneaus pray for me. God’s Angels and Saints pray for me. My Guardian Angel pray for me.
Pray the Holy Rosary: Hail Mary full of grace. Hail Virgin Mother.
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