by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“#Peter approached #Jesus and asked him,
‘Lord, if my brother sins against me,
how often must I forgive him?
As many as seven times?’
Jesus answered, ‘I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times.
That is why the Kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king
who decided to settle accounts with his servants. …”
“#Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His Disciples, saying,
‘The scribes and the Pharisees
have taken their seat on the chair of Moses.
Therefore, do and observe all things whatsoever they tell you,
but do not follow their example.
For they preach but they do not practice. …”
“…’Come, you who are Blessed by My Father.
Inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
For I was hungry and you gave Me food,
I was thirsty and you gave Me drink,
a stranger and you welcomed Me,
naked and you clothed Me,
ill and you cared for Me,
in prison and you visited Me.’
Then the righteous will answer Him and say,
‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed You,
or thirsty and give You drink?
When did we see you a stranger and welcome You,
or naked and clothe You?
When did we see You ill or in prison, and visit You?’
And the king will say to them in reply,
‘Amen, I say to you, whatever you did
for one of these least brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’ …”
“#Jesus said to His Disciples:
‘No one can serve two masters.
… You cannot serve #God and mammon.
‘… seek first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness,
and all these things will be given you besides. …'”
… He sat down, called the Twelve, and said to them,
‘If anyone wishes to be first,
he shall be the last of all and the servant of all.’ …”
#Catholic #TV #Mass Readings and Homily for Monday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time, Feb. 20, 2017, from EWTN in Alabama. [Click here for Mass Readings]
… Jesus said to him,
“‘… Everything is possible to one who has faith.”
… Jesus … rebuked the unclean spirit and said to it,
‘Mute and deaf spirit, I command you:
come out of him and never enter him again!’
… He said to them, ‘This kind can only come out through prayer.'”
“When the LORD saw how great was man’s wickedness on earth,
… He regretted that he had made man on the earth,
and His Heart was grieved.
So the LORD said:
‘I will wipe out from the earth the men whom I have created,
and not only the men,
but also the beasts and the creeping things and the birds of the air,
for I am sorry that I made them.”
But #Noah found favor with the LORD.
… the LORD said to Noah:
‘Go into the ark, you and all your household,
for you alone in this age have I found to be truly just. …”
“… ‘You have heard that it was said,
You shall not commit adultery.
But I say to you,
everyone who looks at a woman with lust
has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
If your right eye causes you to sin,
tear it out and throw it away.
It is better for you to lose one of your members
than to have your whole body thrown into Gehenna.
And if your right hand causes you to sin,
cut it off and throw it away.
It is better for you to lose one of your members
than to have your whole body go into Gehenna. …'”
“… As they were leaving the boat, people immediately recognized [Jesus].
… Whatever villages or towns or countryside He entered,
they laid the sick in the marketplaces
and begged Him that they might touch only the tassel on His cloak;
and as many as touched it were healed.”