Feb. 28: a Future and a Hope

Ok, so heres the deal for the morning:

1. You pray the Sign of the Cross
2. You offer God your day
This just means that you tell Him everything thats coming up that you know
of, then you say "take all that I think, do, and say and I unite it all with
the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass" So this way your small sacrifices are being
united to His all-powerful and saving sacrifice on Calvary.
3. You read the Bible Passage. Then pause for like a minute or two.
4. Ask yourself 2 Questions:
a. What is the keyword or theme of this passage?
b. What does this have to do with me?

Jeremiah 29: 11-15

'For I know the plans that I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.

  'Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.'You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.

  'I will be found by you,' declares the LORD, 'and I will (I)restore your fortunes and will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you,' declares the LORD, 'and I will bring you back to the place from where I sent you into exile.'

At the end of the day, before you go to bed,
Ask yourself 2 Questions:
1. How did God love me today?
2. How did I love God today?

Feb. 27: Burning Fire

Ok, so heres the deal for the morning:

1. You pray the Sign of the Cross
2. You offer God your day
This just means that you tell Him everything thats coming up that you know
of, then you say "take all that I think, do, and say and I unite it all with
the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass" So this way your small sacrifices are being
united to His all-powerful and saving sacrifice on Calvary.
3. You read the Bible Passage. Then pause for like a minute or two.
4. Ask yourself 2 Questions:
a. What is the keyword or theme of this passage?
b. What does this have to do with me?

Jeremiah 20: 7-11

      O LORD, You have deceived me and I was deceived;

         You have overcome me and prevailed

         I have become a laughingstock all day long;

         Everyone mocks me.

      For each time I speak, I cry aloud;

         I proclaim violence and destruction,

         Because for me the word of the LORD has resulted

         In reproach and derision all day long.

      But if I say, "I will not remember Him

         Or speak anymore in His name,"

         Then in my heart it becomes like a burning fire

         Shut up in my bones;

         And I am weary of holding it in,

         And I cannot endure it.

At the end of the day, before you go to bed,
Ask yourself 2 Questions:
1. How did God love me today?
2. How did I love God today?

Feb. 26: Come to the Water

Ok, so heres the deal for the morning:

1. You pray the Sign of the Cross
2. You offer God your day
This just means that you tell Him everything thats coming up that you know
of, then you say "take all that I think, do, and say and I unite it all with
the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass" So this way your small sacrifices are being
united to His all-powerful and saving sacrifice on Calvary.
3. You read the Bible Passage. Then pause for like a minute or two.
4. Ask yourself 2 Questions:
a. What is the keyword or theme of this passage?
b. What does this have to do with me?

Isaiah 55:1-3

         "Every one who thirsts, come to the waters;

         And you who have no money come, buy and eat

         Come, buy wine and milk

         Without money and without cost.

      "Why do you spend money for what is not bread,

         And your wages for what does not satisfy?

         Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,

         And delight yourself in abundance.

      "Incline your ear and come to Me

         Listen, that you may live;

         And I will make an everlasting covenant with you,

         According to the faithful mercies shown to David."

At the end of the day, before you go to bed,
Ask yourself 2 Questions:
1. How did God love me today?
2. How did I love God today?

Feb 23: Redeemed

Ok, so heres the deal for the morning
1. You pray the Sign of the Cross
2. You offer God your day
This just means that you tell Him everything thats coming up that you know
of, then you say "take all that I think, do, and say and I unite it all with
the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass" So this way your small sacrifices are being
united to His all-powerful and saving sacrifice on Calvary.
3. You read the Bible Passage. Then pause for like a minute or two.
4. Ask yourself 2 Questions:
a. What is the keyword or theme of this passage?
b. What does this have to do with me?

Isaiah 43:1-4

      But now, thus says the LORD, your Creator, O Jacob,

         And He who formed you, O Israel,

         "Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;

         I have called you by name; you are Mine!

      "When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;

         And through the rivers, they will not overflow you

         When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched,

         Nor will the flame burn you.

      "For I am the LORD your God,

         The Holy One of Israel, your Savior;

         I have given Egypt as your ransom,

         Cush and Seba in your place.

      "Since you are precious in My sight,

         Since you are honored and I love you,

         I will give other men in your place and other peoples in exchange for your life.

At the end of the day, before you go to bed,
Ask yourself 2 Questions:
1. How did God love me today?
2. How did I love God today?

Feb. 22: Restore Me

Ok, so heres the deal for the morning
1. You pray the Sign of the Cross
2. You offer God your day
This just means that you tell Him everything thats coming up that you know
of, then you say "take all that I think, do, and say and I unite it all with
the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass" So this way your small sacrifices are being
united to His all-powerful and saving sacrifice on Calvary.
3. You read the Bible Passage. Then pause for like a minute or two.
4. Ask yourself 2 Questions:
a. What is the keyword or theme of this passage?
b. What does this have to do with me?

Psalm 51:11-14

Do not cast me away from Your presence

         And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.

      Restore to me the joy of Your salvation

         And sustain me with a willing spirit.

      Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,

         And sinners will be converted to You.

      Deliver me from guilt, O God, the God of my salvation;

         Then my tongue will joyfully sing of Your righteousness.

At the end of the day, before you go to bed,
Ask yourself 2 Questions:
1. How did God love me today?
2. How did I love God today?

Feb. 21: New Song.

Ok, so heres the deal for the morning
1. You pray the Sign of the Cross
2. You offer God your day
This just means that you tell Him everything thats coming up that you know
of, then you say "take all that I think, do, and say and I unite it all with
the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass" So this way your small sacrifices are being
united to His all-powerful and saving sacrifice on Calvary.
3. You read the Bible Passage. Then pause for like a minute or two.
4. Ask yourself 2 Questions:
a. What is the keyword or theme of this passage?
b. What does this have to do with me?

Psalm 40: 2-4

He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, and He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm. He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God; Many will see and fear and will trust in the LORD.    How blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust,

         And has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.

At the end of the day, before you go to bed,
Ask yourself 2 Questions:
1. How did God love me today?
2. How did I love God today?

Feb. 20: Forever

Ok, so heres the deal for the morning
1. You pray the Sign of the Cross
2. You offer God your day
This just means that you tell Him everything thats coming up that you know
of, then you say "take all that I think, do, and say and I unite it all with
the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass" So this way your small sacrifices are being
united to His all-powerful and saving sacrifice on Calvary.
3. You read the Bible Passage. Then pause for like a minute or two.
4. Ask yourself 2 Questions:
a. What is the keyword or theme of this passage?
b. What does this have to do with me?

Psalm 23: 1-6

 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness For His name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You have anointed my head with oil; My cup overflows. Surely goodness and loving kindness will follow me all the days of my life, And I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

At the end of the day, before you go to bed,
Ask yourself 2 Questions:
1. How did God love me today?
2. How did I love God today?

Feb. 19: The Only One

Ok, so heres the deal for the morning
1. You pray the Sign of the Cross
2. You offer God your day
This just means that you tell Him everything thats coming up that you know
of, then you say "take all that I think, do, and say and I unite it all with
the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass" So this way your small sacrifices are being
united to His all-powerful and saving sacrifice on Calvary.
3. You read the Bible Passage. Then pause for like a minute or two.
4. Ask yourself 2 Questions:
a. What is the keyword or theme of this passage?
b. What does this have to do with me?

1 Kings 18: 30-40

Then Elijah said to all the people, "Come near to me." So all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD which had been torn down.Elijah took twelve stones according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come, saying, "Israel shall be your name." So with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD, and he made a trench around the altar, large enough to hold two measures of seed. Then he arranged the wood and cut the ox in pieces and laid it on the wood. And he said, "Fill four pitchers with water and pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood." And he said, "Do it a second time," and they did it a second time. And he said, "Do it a third time," and they did it a third time. The water flowed around the altar and he also filled the trench with water. At the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet came near and said, "O LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, today let it be known that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and I have done all these things at Your word. "Answer me, O LORD, answer me, that this people may know that You, O LORD, are God, and that You have turned their heart back again." Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, "The LORD, He is God; the LORD, He is God." Then Elijah said to them, "Seize the prophets of Baal; do not let one of them escape." So they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

At the end of the day, before you go to bed,
Ask yourself 2 Questions:
1. How did God love me today?
2. How did I love God today?

Feb. 18: Chosen

Ok, so heres the deal for the morning
1. You pray the Sign of the Cross
2. You offer God your day
This just means that you tell Him everything thats coming up that you know
of, then you say "take all that I think, do, and say and I unite it all with
the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass" So this way your small sacrifices are being
united to His all-powerful and saving sacrifice on Calvary.
3. You read the Bible Passage. Then pause for like a minute or two.
4. Ask yourself 2 Questions:
a. What is the keyword or theme of this passage?
b. What does this have to do with me?

 Samuel 16: 10-13

Thus Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. But Samuel said to Jesse, "The LORD has not chosen these." And Samuel said to Jesse, "Are these all the children?" And he said, "There remains yet the youngest, and behold, he is tending the sheep." Then Samuel said to Jesse, "Send and bring him; for we will not sit down until he comes here." So he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance And the LORD said, "Arise, anoint him; for this is he." Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon David from that day forward. And Samuel arose and went to Ramah.

At the end of the day, before you go to bed,
Ask yourself 2 Questions:
1. How did God love me today?
2. How did I love God today?

Feb. 16: Stronger

Ok, so heres the deal for the morning
1. You pray the Sign of the Cross
2. You offer God your day
This just means that you tell Him everything thats coming up that you know
of, then you say "take all that I think, do, and say and I unite it all with
the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass" So this way your small sacrifices are being
united to His all-powerful and saving sacrifice on Calvary.
3. You read the Bible Passage. Then pause for like a minute or two.
4. Ask yourself 2 Questions:
a. What is the keyword or theme of this passage?
b. What does this have to do with me?

Judges 16:28-30

Then Samson called to the LORD and said, "O Lord GOD, please remember me and please strengthen me just this time, O God, that I may at once be avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes."Samson grasped the two middle pillars on which the house rested, and braced himself against them, the one with his right hand and the other with his left. And Samson said, "Let me die with the Philistines!" And he bent with all his might so that the house fell on the lords and all the people who were in it. So the dead whom he killed at his death were more than those whom he killed in his life.

At the end of the day, before you go to bed,
Ask yourself 2 Questions:
1. How did God love me today?
2. How did I love God today?

Feb. 15: Like a Stone

Ok, so heres the deal for the morning
1. You pray the Sign of the Cross
2. You offer God your day
This just means that you tell Him everything thats coming up that you know
of, then you say "take all that I think, do, and say and I unite it all with
the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass" So this way your small sacrifices are being
united to His all-powerful and saving sacrifice on Calvary.
3. You read the Bible Passage. Then pause for like a minute or two.
4. Ask yourself 2 Questions:
a. What is the keyword or theme of this passage?
b. What does this have to do with me?

Exodus 15: 1-5

Then Moses and the sons of Israel sang this song to the LORD, and said,"I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted;The horse and its rider He has hurled into the sea."The LORD is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation; This is my God, and I will praise Him; My father's God, and I will extol Him.

      "The LORD is a warrior;

         The LORD is His name.

      "Pharaoh's chariots and his army He has cast into the sea; And the choicest of his officers are drowned in the Red Sea."The deeps cover them; They went down into the depths like a stone.

At the end of the day, before you go to bed,
Ask yourself 2 Questions:
1. How did God love me today?
2. How did I love God today?

Feb. 14: The Fighter

Ok, so heres the deal for the morning
1. You pray the Sign of the Cross
2. You offer God your day
This just means that you tell Him everything thats coming up that you know
of, then you say "take all that I think, do, and say and I unite it all with
the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass" So this way your small sacrifices are being
united to His all-powerful and saving sacrifice on Calvary.
3. You read the Bible Passage. Then pause for like a minute or two.
4. Ask yourself 2 Questions:
a. What is the keyword or theme of this passage?
b. What does this have to do with me?

Exodus 14: 21-25

Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD swept the sea back by a strong east wind all night and turned the sea into dry land, so the waters were divided. The sons of Israel went through the midst of the sea on the dry land, and the waters were like a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.  Then the Egyptians took up the pursuit, and all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots and his horsemen went in after them into the midst of the sea. At the morning watch, the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud and brought the army of the Egyptians into confusion.   He caused their chariot wheels to swerve, and He made them drive with difficulty; so the Egyptians said, "Let us flee from Israel, for the LORD is fighting for them against the Egyptians."

At the end of the day, before you go to bed,
Ask yourself 2 Questions:
1. How did God love me today?
2. How did I love God today?

Ash Wednesday: Big Promises

Ok, so heres the deal for the morning
1. You pray the Sign of the Cross
2. You offer God your day
This just means that you tell Him everything thats coming up that you know
of, then you say "take all that I think, do, and say and I unite it all with
the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass" So this way your small sacrifices are being
united to His all-powerful and saving sacrifice on Calvary.
3. You read the Bible Passage. Then pause for like a minute or two.
4. Ask yourself 2 Questions:
a. What is the keyword or theme of this passage?
b. What does this have to do with me?

Gen. 22: 15-18

 The angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time and said, "I swear by myself, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,  I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me."

At the end of the day, before you go to bed,
Ask yourself 2 Questions:
1. What is one moment where I noticed God loving me today?
2. What is one moment where I showed my love for God today?