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< April 25, 2025 >

Blessed are the pure of heart, for they shall see God.6

Daily Devotional:
The Passion/The Sacred Heart of Jesus
Gift of the Holy Spirit:
Understanding—the gift of insight into the spiritual perceptions of the heart.
Proclamation of Faith:
“I believe in the forgiveness of sins.”
The Blessed Mother:
In imitation of the Blessed Mother, may we live the Truth in word and deed.
Jesus:
May we, like Jesus, live in truthfulness, acknowledging God to others in word and deed.
Glorious Characteristic:
Clarity—the glory of our souls will be visible in our bodies. We will be beautiful and radiant. (Rev 4:3, I Cor 15:40)
Spiritual Work of Mercy:
Instruct the uninformed.
Corporal Work of Mercy:
Clothe the naked.
Sacrament:
Confession
Commandments:
  1. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
Thought for the Day:
Jesus: “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.”

Today’s Reading

Friday within the Octave of Easter

John 21:1-14

Today's gospel from John is the third time the Lord was revealed to the Apostles after the Resurrection. The Apostles were fishing and Jesus speaks to them from the shore. John recognizes Jesus and Peter jumps into the water to get to shore first to see Jesus. At the command of Jesus they cast their net and catch 153 fish.
From biblestudy.org, we learn "153 can ...represent an overflow blessing from God. The Bible states the disciples marveled at the fact that their net held together even though it contained so many large fish (John 21:11)!"
"Additionally, the catching of 153 fish happened only after Christ became involved in the work."
"[T]he 153 fishes is reminiscent of a previously abundant catch Peter, Andrew, James and John experienced when they were first called to follow Christ."
"Jerome, the fourth century A.D. Catholic priest and theologian, theorized that the 153 fishes in the Bible, caught by the disciples, represented all the species of fish. He then stated its meaning is that there was enough room within the church for all the 'races' of man."

An Original Writing https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2021%3A1-14&version=NABRE; https://www.biblestudy.org/bibleref/meaning-of-numbers-in-bible/153.html

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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.

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