AFFIRM
Bless
the LORD, O my soul, And all that is within me, bless His holy
name. Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget none of His
benefits; Who pardons all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases; Who
redeems your life from the pit, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and
compassion; Who satisfies your years with good things, So that your youth is renewed
like the eagle. Psalm 103:1-5
READ + RUMINATE
Mark
14:1-11 (NASB)
Now the Passover and Unleavened Bread were two days away; and the chief priests
and the scribes were seeking how to seize Him by stealth and kill Him;for they
were saying, "Not during the festival, otherwise there might be a riot of
the people."
While He was in Bethany at the home of Simon the leper, and reclining at the table, there came a woman with an alabaster vial of very costly perfume of pure nard; and she broke the vial and poured it over His head.
But some were indignantly remarking to one another, "Why has this perfume been wasted?
"For this perfume might have been sold for over three hundred denarii, and the money given to the poor." And they were scolding her.
But Jesus said, "Let her alone; why do you bother her? She has done a good deed to Me.
"For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you wish you can do good to them; but you do not always have Me.
"She has done what she could; she has anointed My body beforehand for the burial.
"Truly I say to you, wherever the gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of in memory of her."
Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went off to the chief priests in order to betray Him to them.
They were glad when they heard this, and promised to give him money. And he began seeking how to betray Him at an opportune time.
REFLECT
"Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired. . . be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies." Teresa of Calcutta
What we would like to do is change the world--make it a little simpler for people to feed, clothe, and shelter themselves as God intended them to do. And, by fighting for better conditions, by crying out unceasingly for the rights of the workers, the poor, of the destitute--the rights of the worthy and the unworthy poor, in other words--we can, to a certain extent, change the world we can work for the oasis,, the little cell of joy and peace in a harried world. We can throw our pebble in the pond and be confident that its ever widening circle will reach around the world. We repeat, there is nothing we can do but love, and, dear God, please enlarge our hearts to love each other, to love our neighbor, to love our enemy as our friend." --Dorothy Day
DECLARE
Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready. Revelation 19:6-7
60. Pray for the Iraqi/Afghani soldiers, families and terrorists/combatants dying in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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