Day: January 28, 2013

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Thank you to all the visitors! Pray for me and this blog. 500 views has been reached.

My blog posts have been viewed more than 500 times in the past 11 days by visitors from various countries. Thank you for visiting my humble blog. Pray for me that I will continue to be strong and faithful to write on about the faith, about His Scripture, and about the Lord Himself.

Total views : 517

Distribution by country (Total recorded : 500)

1. Singapore : 169

2. United States of America : 139

3. Philippines : 47

4. United Kingdom : 36

5. Canada : 17

6. Malaysia : 13

7. Italy : 10

8. Ireland : 8

9. Australia : 7

10. India : 5

11. Trinidad and Tobago : 4

12. Indonesia : 4

13. Belgium : 4

14. Germany : 4

15. Poland : 4

16. Argentina : 3

17. Namibia : 2

18. Malta : 2

19. Mexico : 2

20. France : 2

21. Switzerland : 2

22. Colombia : 2

23. Laos : 2

24. Brazil : 2

25. Kenya : 1

26. Macau : 1

27. Croatia : 1

28. Timor Leste : 1

29. Chile : 1

30. Hong Kong : 1

31. South Korea : 1

32. Spain : 1

33. Denmark : 1

34. United Arab Emirates : 1

+Ut Omnes Unum Sint, ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam+

(That they all may be One, for the greater glory of God)

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Monday, 28 January 2013 : 3rd Week of Ordinary Time, Memorial of St. Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Doctor of the Church (Gospel Reading)

Mark 3 : 22-30

Meanwhile, the teachers of the Law, who had come from Jerusalem, said, “He is in the power of Beelzebul : the chief of demons helps Him to drive out demons.”

Jesus called them to Him, and began teaching them by means of stories, or parables. “How can Satan drive out Satan? If a nation is divided by civil war, that nation cannot stand. If a family divides itself into groups, that family will not survive. In the same way, if Satan has risen against himself and is divided, he will not stand; he is finished.”

“No one can break into the house of a strong man in order to plunder his goods, unless he first ties up the strong man. Then indeed, he can plunder his house.”

“Truly, I say to you, every sin will be forgiven in humankind, even insults to God, however numerous. But whoever slanders the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven : he carries the guilt of his sin forever.”

This was their sin when they said, “He has an unclean spirit in Him.”

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Monday, 28 January 2013 : 3rd Week of Ordinary Time, Memorial of St. Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Doctor of the Church (Psalm)

Psalm 97 : 1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4, 5-6

Sing to the Lord a new song, sing to the Lord, all the earth!

Sing to the Lord, bless His name; proclaim His salvation day by day.

Recall His glory among the nations, tell all the peoples His wonderful deeds.

How great is the Lord and worthy of praise! Above all other gods He is to be feared.

For all other gods are worthless idols, but YHVH is the one who made the heavens.

Splendor and majesty go before Him; power and glory fill His sanctuary.

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Monday, 28 January 2013 : 3rd Week of Ordinary Time, Memorial of St. Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Doctor of the Church (First Reading)

Hebrews 9 : 15, 24-28

So Christ is the mediator of a new covenant or testament. His death made atonement for the sins committed under the old testament, and the promise is handed over to all who are called to the everlasting inheritance.

Christ did not enter some sanctuary made by hands, a copy of the true one, but heaven itself. He is now in the presence of God on our behalf. He had not to offer Himself many times, as the High Priest does : he who may return every year, because the blood is not his own.

Otherwise He would have suffered many times from the creation of the world. But no, He manifested Himself only now at the end of the ages, to take away sins by sacrifice, and, as humans die only once and afterwards are judged, in the same way Christ sacrificed Himself once to take away the sins of the multitude.

There will be no further question of sin when He comes again to save those waiting for Him.