Friday after the Third Sunday after Epiphany

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Opening Sentence
From the rising of the sun to its setting my Name shall be great among the nations, and in every place incense shall be offered to my Name, and a pure offering; for my Name shall be great among the nations, says the Lord of hosts.  + Malachi 1:11

Read | Friday | 29 January 2016 |
Ps. 40 54; Ps. 51; Gen. 17:15–27; Heb. 10:11–25; John 6:1–15

Reflection |
Psalm 40  - Literary type | Mixed | click here.
The Lord put a new song in my mouth; happy are they who trust in the Lord; God is faithful and compassionate; I am a sinner but the Lord delivers me.

Genesis 16 - Abraham is 100 years old when God talks to him again about fulfilling the covenant in Issac to be new born son; Abe laughs; God is patient; Abraham circumcises his entire male community as a sight of the faithfulness to the covenant. 

Hebrews 10 - Jesus offered a single sacrifice for all; I will remember their sin no more; We have been made clean; let us provoke love in one another.

John 6 - A large crowd came to hear Jesus; Jesus asks disciples how are we going to feed these people - 5,000 in all; Jesus bless the small offering; they ate and were satisfied and there were leftovers.

Today: Jesus will bless all you give to perform miracles and continue to create the Kingdom of God.
Background -
Genesis - JEPD - Click here
Sources | Morning Office in Audio | Click here
Biblegateway.com | Click here
New Oxford Annotated Bible | Click here
A Prayer Attributed to St. Francis
Lord, make us instruments of your peace. Where there is hatred, let us sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is discord, union; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy. Grant that we may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen.
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