Word for today: Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. Psalm 37:5 KJV
A Christian’s goal should be to create the Kingdom of God here on earth, as it is in Heaven. Not only, to get to Heaven.
Watch this to start your day.
Reflection for Today.
To finish the Bible in one year, Read Job 32,33,34, & Titus 1
Old Testament Reading for today – Listen or read it for yourself:
Also read the verses, if you like.
Job 32
1 These three men stopped arguing with Job, because he was convinced of his uprightness.
2 But Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the clan of Ram, became very angry. He fumed with rage against Job for thinking that he was right and God was wrong;
3 and he was equally angry with the three friends for giving up the argument and thus putting God in the wrong.
4 While they and Job were talking, Elihu had waited, because they were older than he was;
5 but when he saw that the three men had not another word to say in answer, his anger burst out.
6 And Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite began to speak. He said: I am still young, and you are old, so I was shy and hesitant to tell you what I know.
7 I thought, ‘Age ought to speak, advancing years will convey wisdom.’
8 There is, you see, a spirit residing in humanity, the breath of God conferring intelligence.
9 Great age does not give wisdom, nor seniority fair judgement.
10 And so I ask you for a hearing; now it is my turn to tell what I know.
11 Up to now, I was hanging on your words, I paid attention to your arguments as each of you chose his words.
12 I paid very close attention; and I see that none of you has confounded Job, not one of you has refuted what he says.
13 So do not say, ‘We have found wisdom; our teaching is divine and not human.’
14 I am not going to follow the same line of argument; my reply to Job will be couched in different terms.
15 They are nonplussed for an answer, words have failed them.
16 I have been waiting. Since they do not speak, since they have given up the argument,
17 now I shall have my say, my turn has come to say what I know.
18 For I am full of words and forced to speak by a spirit within me;
19 within me, it feels like new wine seeking a vent, bursting out of new wine-skins.
20 To gain relief, I must speak, I must open my lips and reply.
21 I shall not take anyone’s side, I shall not flatter anyone.
22 I do not know how to flatter — or my Creator would make short work of me.
Job 33
1 So, Job, please listen to my words and attend to all I have to say.
2 Now as I open my mouth, and my tongue shapes words against my palate,
3 I shall utter words of wisdom from the heart, my lips will speak in all sincerity.
4 God’s was the spirit that made me, Shaddai’s the breath that gave me life.
5 Refute me, if you can. Prepare yourself, take up your position!
6 Look, I am your equal, not some god, like you I was moulded out of clay.
7 No fear of me, therefore, need affright you, my hand will not lie heavy over you.
8 How could you say in my hearing — for the sound of your words did not escape me-
9 ‘I am clean, and sinless, I am pure, without fault.
10 But he keeps inventing excuses against me and regards me as his enemy.
11 He puts me in the stocks, he watches my every path’?
12 In saying so, I tell you, you are wrong: for God is greater than any human being.
13 Why then quarrel with him for not replying to you, word for word?
14 God speaks first in one way, and then in another, although we do not realise it.
15 In dreams and in night-visions, when slumber has settled on humanity and people are asleep in bed,
16 he speaks in someone’s ear, frightens him with apparitions
17 to turn him from what he is doing and to put an end to his pride.
18 And thus he preserves his soul from the abyss, his life from passing down the Canal.
19 Or again, he corrects by the sufferings of the sick-bed, when someone’s bones tremble continuously
20 and the thought of food revolts him, however tasty it is,
21 and his flesh rots away while you watch it and the bones beneath begin to show,
22 and his soul is drawing nearer to the abyss and his life to the dwelling of the dead.
23 Then, if there is an Angel near him, a Mediator, one in a thousand, to remind him where his duty lies,
24 to take pity on him and to say, ‘Spare him from going down to the abyss: I have found the ransom for his life,’
25 his flesh will recover its childhood freshness, he will return to the days of his youth.
26 He will pray to God who has restored him to favour, and will come into his presence with joy. He will tell others how he has received saving justice
27 and sing this hymn before his companions, ‘I sinned and left the path of right, but God has not punished me as my sin deserved.
28 He has spared my soul from going down to the abyss and is making my life see the light.’
29 All this is what God keeps doing again and yet again for human beings,
30 to snatch souls back from the abyss and to make the light of the living still shine.
31 Pay attention, Job, listen to me: keep quiet, I have more to say.
32 If you have anything to say, refute me, speak out, for I would gladly accept that you are upright.
33 If not, then listen to me: keep quiet, and I will teach you wisdom.
Job 34
1 Elihu continued his speech. He said:
2 And now, you sages, listen to what I say, lend me your ears, you learned men.
3 The ear distinguishes the value of what is said, just as the palate can tell one food from another.
4 Let us consider together God’s ruling and decide what we all mean by good.
5 Job has been saying, ‘I am upright and God denies me fair judgement.
6 My judge is treating me cruelly, my wound is incurable, for no fault of mine.’
7 Can anyone else exist like Job, who laps up mockery like water,
8 who consorts with evil-doers and marches in step with the wicked?
9 Did he not say, ‘No one derives any benefit from enjoying the society of God’?
10 Listen to me then, like intelligent people. Far be evil from God or injustice from Shaddai!
11 For he pays people back for what they do, treating each as his own conduct deserves.
12 Be sure of it: God never does wrong, Shaddai does not pervert what is just.
13 Did someone else entrust the world to his care was he given charge of the universe by someone else?
14 If he were to recall his spirit, to concentrate his breath back in himself,
15 all flesh would instantly perish and all people would return to dust.
16 If you have any intelligence, listen to this, lend your ear to the sound of my words.
17 Could an enemy of fair judgement ever govern? Would you dare condemn the Upright One, the Almighty,
18 who says to a king, ‘You are a scoundrel!’ and to nobles, ‘You are wicked!’,
19 who is unimpressed by princes and makes no distinction between rich and poor, since all alike have been made by him?
20 They die suddenly, at dead of night, they perish — these great ones — and disappear: it costs him no effort to remove a tyrant.
21 For his eyes keep watch on human ways, and he observes every step.
22 No darkness, no shadow dark as death where wrong-doers can hide!
23 He serves no writ on anyone, no summons to appear before God’s court:
24 he breaks the powerful without enquiry and sets up others in their places.
25 He knows the sort of things they do! He overthrows them at night, to be trampled on.
26 He beats them like criminals chained up for all to see,
27 since they have turned their backs on him, having understood so little of his ways
28 as to make the cries of the weak rise to him and let him hear the appeal of the afflicted.
29 But if he is still silent and no one can move him, if he veils his face, so that no one can see him, he is taking pity on nations and individuals,
30 is setting some wrong-doer free from the meshes of affliction.
31 When such a one says to God, ‘I was misled, I shall not do wrong any more;
32 although I have sinned, instruct me; although I did wrong, I will not do it again,’
33 in your opinion, should he punish such a one — you who have rejected his decisions? This is for you to decide — not for me!- so kindly enlighten us!
34 Ordinary sensible people, however, will say to me, and so will any sage who has been listening to me,
35 ‘Job’s words are spoken without any knowledge, what he says shows no intelligence.
36 Kindly examine him thoroughly, since his answers imply that he is a criminal.
37 For to his sin he now adds rebellion, bringing law to an end among us and heaping abuse on God.’
Titus 1
1 From Paul, servant of God, an apostle of Jesus Christ to bring those whom God has chosen to faith and to the knowledge of the truth that leads to true religion,
2 and to give them the hope of the eternal life that was promised so long ago by God. He does not lie
3 and so, in due time, he made known his message by a proclamation which was entrusted to me by the command of God our Saviour.
4 To Titus, true child of mine in the faith that we share. Grace and peace from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Saviour.
5 The reason I left you behind in Crete was for you to organise everything that still had to be done and appoint elders in every town, in the way that I told you,
6 that is, each of them must be a man of irreproachable character, husband of one wife, and his children must be believers and not liable to be charged with disorderly conduct or insubordination.
7 The presiding elder has to be irreproachable since he is God’s representative: never arrogant or hot-tempered, nor a heavy drinker or violent, nor avaricious;
8 but hospitable and a lover of goodness; sensible, upright, devout and self-controlled;
9 and he must have a firm grasp of the unchanging message of the tradition, so that he can be counted on both for giving encouragement in sound doctrine and for refuting those who argue against it.
10 And in fact there are many people who are insubordinate, who talk nonsense and try to make others believe it, particularly among those of the circumcision.
11 They must be silenced: people of this kind upset whole families, by teaching things that they ought not to, and doing it for the sake of sordid gain.
12 It was one of themselves, one of their own prophets, who said, ‘Cretans were never anything but liars, dangerous animals, all greed and laziness’;
13 and that is a true statement. So be severe in correcting them, and make them sound in the faith
14 so that they stop taking notice of Jewish myths and the orders of people who turn away from the truth.
15 To those who are pure themselves, everything is pure; but to those who have been corrupted and lack faith, nothing can be pure — the corruption is both in their minds and in their consciences.
16 They claim to know God but by their works they deny him; they are outrageously rebellious and quite untrustworthy for any good work.
Sermons and explanations for the above chapters.
Book of Job commentary click here
Book of Titus Chapter One Sermon click here
Catholic Daily Reflections
Previous Daily Bible Study Blogs
Book of Job , Outline Summary, Outline Book of 1 Timothy (we are studying these books presently)
Audio Drama: Old Testament New Testament Each book is read in its entirety. You can listen to the bible, one book at a time in contemporary English.
Dr. Myles Munroe
I am including a video by Dr. Myles Munroe, I’ve listened to him back in the nineties, and rediscovered him recently. Now his perspective seems to be a good way to also look at scripture. In Pursuit of Purpose – Book Highlights
Sermons Rosary Prayers Catholic Answers
Did Mary have other children? No, Listen here
Called to Communion
Pray the Rosary
Rosary Mysteries
The following 4 videos are the 4 Mysteries that we pray on certain days of the week. I like these videos, because I can pray it alone, with only the images, or go along with the sound. The images help me to focus on the particular mystery that I am contemplating as I say the Hail Mary on each bead.
Joyful Mysteries
Luminous Mysteries
Sorrowful Mysteries
Glorious Mysteries
Prayers of the Rosary
Links to “How to pray the rosary” Popular Catholic Prayers
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord;
Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried,
He descended into hell; the third day He arose again from the dead; He ascended into Heaven, sitteth at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty, from thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.
Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name; Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Glory be to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
(this prayer is optional and may be said after all Glory Be to the Fathers…..)
O my Jesus, forgive us our sins. Save us from the fires of hell.
Lead all souls to heaven, especially those who are in most need of thy mercy.
Console the souls in Purgatory, particularly those most abandoned. Amen
Hail Mary,
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
The Hail, Holy Queen
Hail Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life our sweetness and our hope.
To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve;
To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears.
Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us and after this our exile show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary!
That we maybe made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Closing Prayer
O God, whose only begotten Son, by His life, death, and resurrection, has purchased for us the rewards of eternal salvation.
Grant, we beseech Thee, that while meditating on these mysteries of the most holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
that we may imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise, through Christ our Lord. Amen.
(The Fatima Prayer:)
Most Holy Trinity – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – I adore thee profoundly. I offer Thee the most precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ, present in all the tabernacles of the world, in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges and indifference’s whereby He is offended. And through the infinite merits of His Most Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg of Thee the conversion of poor sinners.
Prayer to St. Michael
Saint Michael, the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray; and do you, O Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who wander through the world seeking the ruin of souls.
Amen.
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