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< December 28, 2024 >

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.7

Daily Devotional:
The Blessed Virgin Mary
Gift of the Holy Spirit:
Wisdom—the gift of contemplative reflection on, and love for, divine things. It enables one to assess the world by revealed truths and instills peace in the soul.
Proclamation of Faith:
“I believe in the resurrection of the body and life everlasting.”
The Blessed Mother:
May we experience God’s protection as Mary did, by imitating her obedience to God’s Will. Protection Through Obedience.
Jesus:
The life of Christ exemplified prudence, always seeking to do God’s Will alone. May we do the same.
Glorious Characteristic:
Impassability—we will be immune from death and pain. (Rev 21:4, I Cor 15:50-57)
Spiritual Work of Mercy:
Forgive offenses.
Corporal Work of Mercy:
Give drink to the thirsty.
Sacrament:
Anointing of the Sick
Commandments:
  1. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife.
  2. You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods.
Thought for the Day:
Blessed Virgin Mary: “Do whatever He tells you.”

Today’s Reading

Feast Day of The Holy Innocents

Martyrs

Matthew 2: 16-18
"When Herod realized that he had been deceived by the magi, he became furious. He ordered the massacre of all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had ascertained from the magi. Then was fulfilled what had been said through Jeremiah the prophet:
'A voice was heard in Ramah,/ sobbing and loud lamentation;/ Rachel weeping for her children,/ and she would not be consoled,/ since they were no more.'"

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mt%202%3A13-18&version=NABRE

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We could find no better way to describe the purpose of Daily Beatitude than the Prologue of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Paragraph 1:

God, infinitely perfect and blessed in himself, in a plan of sheer goodness freely created man to make him share in his own blessed life. For this reason, at every time and in every place, God draws close to man. He calls man to seek him, to know him, to love him with all his strength. He calls together all men, scattered and divided by sin, into the unity of his family, the Church. To accomplish this, when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son as Redeemer and Savior. In his Son and through him, he invites men to become, in the Holy Spirit, his adopted children and thus heirs of his blessed life.

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We are called to live in beatitude. This contemplation is one designed to help us incorporate the beatitudes into our day. This work is not one of absolutes. It is just one way to incorporate the countenance of Jesus into each day. It is not the only way. View our rationale.

Each day a different beatitude is presented with several points of focus that provide meditation. An additional reading is included daily related to the beatitude or one of the points of focus. All readings are archived for your convenience.

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