RELIGION AND ART

Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, 'Go and say to Hezekiah, "The Lord, the God of David your ancestor, says this: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will cure you: in three days' time you shall go up to the Temple of the Lord. I will add fifteen years to your life. I will save you from the hands of the king of Assyria, I will protect this city." Mass Readings To judge sins is the business of one who is sinless, but who is sinless except God? who ever thinks about the multitude of his  in his heart never wants to make the sins of others a topic of conversation. To judge a man who has gone astray is a sign of pride and God resists the proud. On the other hand, one who every hour  prepares himself to give answer for his own sins will not quickly lift up his head to examine the mistakes of others by  Joseph Nathaniel

The way of the just is smooth; the path of the just you make level. Yes, for your way and your judgments, O LORD, we look to you; Your name and Your title are the desire of our souls. My soul yearns for you in the night, yes, my spirit within me keeps vigil for you; when your judgment dawns upon the earth, the world's inhabitants learn justice. O LORD, you mete out peace to us, for it is you who have accomplished all we have done.      Mass Readings Heavenly Father, Your name and your title are the desire of our souls. You reign supreme over all. Lord Jesus Christ thank you for your words of concern, assurance and love.  It a great joy to know how much God loves me, and how much you my Christ loves me. Holy Spirit enlighten me. Help me realize how privilege I am to know that God have have accomplished all I have done through Jesus Christ my Lord. H.G.

Jesus exclaimed, "bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for hiding these things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to mere children. Yes, Father, for that is what pleased you to do. Everything has been entrusted to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, just as no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.  Mass Readings Dear Children   Charles de Fou cauld:  Prayer is any converse between the soul and God. Hence it is that state in which the soul looks wordlessly on God, solely occupied with contemplating him, telling him with looks that it loves him, while uttering no words, even in thoughts Father give me the heart of a Child, that I may contemplate the secret of your Kingdom. Give me the heart of Christ that I may reveal your glory.

In those days of Ahaz, king of Judah, son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, Rezin, king of Aram, and Pekah, king of Israel, son of Ramaliah, went up to attach Jerusalem, but they were unable to conquer it. When word came to the house of David that Aram was encamped in Ephraim, the heart of the king and the heart of the people trembled, as the trees of the forest tremble in the wind.    Mass Readings Heavenly Father, you love us so much that each day, you give us assurance of your love and protection. Father give us a repented heart so that we will accept the teaching of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Deliver us from the punishment of hell "the nether world". Lord Jesus Christ continue to nourish us with the revelation of your divine plan. May our faith in you be firm. H.G. Jesus began to reproach the towns where most of his mighty deeds has been done, since they had not repented. "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty deed done in y