Fwd: The Daily Gospel

Wednesday, 19 August 2009

Wednesday of the Twentieth week in Ordinary Time

St. John Eudes, Priest (1601-1680)



Commentary of the day
Saint John Chrysostom : The man at the eleventh hour: «The last shall be first»

Reading

Judges 9:6-15.
Then all the citizens of Shechem and all Beth-millo came together and
proceeded to make Abimelech king by the terebinth at the memorial pillar in
Shechem.
When this was reported to him, Jotham went to the top of Mount Gerizim, and
standing there, cried out to them in a loud voice: "Hear me, citizens of
Shechem, that God may then hear you!
Once the trees went to anoint a king over themselves. So they said to the
olive tree, 'Reign over us.'
But the olive tree answered them, 'Must I give up my rich oil, whereby men
and gods are honored, and go to wave over the trees?'
Then the trees said to the fig tree, 'Come; you reign over us!'
But the fig tree answered them, 'Must I give up my sweetness and my good
fruit, and go to wave over the trees?'
Then the trees said to the vine, 'Come you, and reign over us.'
But the vine answered them, 'Must I give up my wine that cheers gods and
men, and go to wave over the trees?'
Then all the trees said to the buckthorn, 'Come; you reign over us!'
But the buckthorn replied to the trees, 'If you wish to anoint me king over
you in good faith, come and take refuge in my shadow. Otherwise, let fire
come from the buckthorn and devour the cedars of Lebanon.'


Mt 20:1-16.
The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out at dawn to hire
laborers for his vineyard.
After agreeing with them for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his
vineyard.
Going out about nine o'clock, he saw others standing idle in the
marketplace,
and he said to them, 'You too go into my vineyard, and I will give you what
is just.'
So they went off. (And) he went out again around noon, and around three
o'clock, and did likewise.
Going out about five o'clock, he found others standing around, and said to
them, 'Why do you stand here idle all day?'
They answered, 'Because no one has hired us.' He said to them, 'You too go
into my vineyard.'
When it was evening the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Summon
the laborers and give them their pay, beginning with the last and ending
with the first.'
When those who had started about five o'clock came, each received the usual
daily wage.
So when the first came, they thought that they would receive more, but each
of them also got the usual wage.
And on receiving it they grumbled against the landowner,
saying, 'These last ones worked only one hour, and you have made them equal
to us, who bore the day's burden and the heat.'
He said to one of them in reply, 'My friend, I am not cheating you. Did
you not agree with me for the usual daily wage?
Take what is yours and go. What if I wish to give this last one the same as
you?
(Or) am I not free to do as I wish with my own money? Are you envious
because I am generous?'
Thus, the last will be first, and the first will be last."


Copyright © Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, USCCB



Commentary of the day

Saint John Chrysostom (c.345-407), priest at Antioch the Bishop of Constantinople, Doctor of the Church
Homily for Good Friday «The Cross and the criminal» (Migne 2000, p. 277)

The man at the eleventh hour: «The last shall be first»

What did that criminal do that he received a share in the paradise
following the cross?... While Peter denied Christ, this criminal, high on
the cross, bore witness to him. I'm not saying this to denigrate Peter but
to draw attention to the criminal's greatness of soul... While a whole
rabble were standing around him, murmuring, yelling and heaping oaths and
abuse on them both, this criminal paid no attention. He didn't even
consider the wretched condition of the crucifixion right before his eyes.
All this he passed over with a glance full of faith... He turned towards
our heavenly Lord and entrusted himself to him and said: «Lord, remember me
when you come into your kingdom» (Lk 23,42). Let us not casually avoid this
criminal's example or be ashamed of taking as teacher the man whom our Lord
was not ashamed to lead first into paradise...

      He didn't say to him, as he said to Peter: «Come after me, and I will
make you a fisher of men» (Mt 4,19). Nor did he say to him as to the
Twelve: «You will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of
Israel» (Mt 19,28). He favored him with no title, showed him no miracle.
This criminal did not see him raise a dead man nor cast out demons; he did
not see the sea obeying him. Christ said nothing to him about the Kingdom
nor yet about hell. And yet he bore witness to him before all and inherited
the Kingdom.





Manage your subscription directly at this address : www.dailygospel.org


----------------------------------------
The DGO is sent every day to more than 420.000 subscribers !
Do you want to help us maintain this free service? The Daily Gospel is free
of charge, but it is not free of cost. Make a tax-deductible donation
directly at "The Daily Gospel", 6375 New Hope RD, New Hope, KY 40052. USA.
Thank you and God bless you.

--
Nam-Phong Le

" NAKED I CAME FROM MY MOTHER'S WOMB,
NAKED I SHALL RETURN.  
THE LORD GAVE, THE LORD HAS TAKEN BACK,
BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD."
                                                JOB. 1: 21

PUMP UP the SPRITE

HEY, HI TO ALL OF MY DMTT LOVERS... JUST WANT TO LET YOU GUY KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE 5 MORE WEEKS UNTIL OUR BEAUTIFUL BON MANG. SO I HOPE U GUY ARE READY, WE CAME IN ALONG WAY. ITS ALMOST 6 YEARS WOW.. CANT BELIEVE IT BUT IT HAPPENING HOW EXCITING, THANKS TO GOD FOR OUT PASS YEARS AND LET KEEP UP WITH OUR PRAYERS AND HARD WORK YOU GUY,

The Daily Gospel

Tuesday, 18 August 2009

Tuesday of the Twentieth week in Ordinary Time

St. Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga, Priest (1901-1952)



Commentary of the day
Saint Peter Damian : « Receive a hundred times more now in this present age » (Mc 10,30)

Reading

Judges 6:11-24.
Then the angel of the LORD came and sat under the terebinth in Ophrah that
belonged to Joash the Abiezrite. While his son Gideon was beating out wheat
in the wine press to save it from the Midianites,
the angel of the LORD appeared to him and said, "The LORD is with you, O
champion!"
"My Lord," Gideon said to him, "if the LORD is with us, why has all this
happened to us? Where are his wondrous deeds of which our fathers told us
when they said, 'Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt?' For now the LORD
has abandoned us and has delivered us into the power of Midian."
The LORD turned to him and said, "Go with the strength you have and save
Israel from the power of Midian. It is I who send you."
But he answered him, "Please, my lord, how can I save Israel? My family is
the meanest in Manasseh, and I am the most insignificant in my father's
house."
"I shall be with you," the LORD said to him, "and you will cut down Midian
to the last man."
He answered him, "If I find favor with you, give me a sign that you are
speaking with me.
Do not depart from here, I pray you, until I come back to you and bring out
my offering and set it before you." He answered, "I will await your
return."
So Gideon went off and prepared a kid and an ephah of flour in the form of
unleavened cakes. Putting the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot, he
brought them out to him under the terebinth and presented them.
The angel of God said to him, "Take the meat and unleavened cakes and lay
them on this rock; then pour out the broth." When he had done so,
the angel of the LORD stretched out the tip of the staff he held, and
touched the meat and unleavened cakes. Thereupon a fire came up from the
rock which consumed the meat and unleavened cakes, and the angel of the
LORD disappeared from sight.
Gideon, now aware that it had been the angel of the LORD, said, "Alas, Lord
GOD, that I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face!"
The LORD answered him, "Be calm, do not fear. You shall not die."
So Gideon built there an altar to the LORD and called it Yahweh-shalom. To
this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.


Mt 19:23-30.
Then Jesus said to his disciples, "Amen, I say to you, it will be hard for
one who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven.
Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a
needle than for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of God."
When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and said, "Who
then can be saved?"
Jesus looked at them and said, "For human beings this is impossible, but
for God all things are possible."
Then Peter said to him in reply, "We have given up everything and followed
you. What will there be for us?"
Jesus said to them, "Amen, I say to you that you who have followed me, in
the new age, when the Son of Man is seated on his throne of glory, will
yourselves sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or
mother or children or lands for the sake of my name will receive a hundred
times more, and will inherit eternal life.
But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.

Copyright © Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, USCCB



Commentary of the day

Saint Peter Damian (1007-1072), hermit then Bishop, Doctor of the Church
Sermon 9 ; PL 144, 549-553

« Receive a hundred times more now in this present age » (Mc 10,30)

       We should live detached from our possessions and our own will if we
would be followers of him who had «nowhere to rest his head» (Lk 9,58) and
who came «not to do his own will but he will of the one who sent him» (Jn
6,38)... We already know by experience what the Truth promised to whoever
forsakes everything and follows him: «he will receive a hundred times more
now... and eternal life in the age to come» (Mk 10,30). Indeed, the gift of
a hundred times more sustains us on the journey and possession of eternal
life will be our joy for ever in our heavenly homeland.

But what does this hundred times more mean? Briefly, the consolations of
the Spirit, sweet as honey, his visits and his firstfruits. It is the
witness of our conscience, the happy and joyful expectation of the
righteous; it is the remembrance of God's overwhelming goodness and, in
truth, the greatness of his sweetness. Those who have had experience of
these gifts have no need for anyone to tell them about them. And as for
those who do not have it, who could describe it in plain words?

Love, And its effects on your life

Kay there are basically two types of effects love has on you: 1) progressive, 2) degenerative. The first one is often the more rare one, to figure out if loving someone is progressive, first you must identify WHO is important to you and does it benefit them. For me, its my family members. So to make a long story short, I can easily identify if a current love is benefiting my family members. The answer to this one is YES! So far so good, my relationship is progressive. My lover helps me by temporarily relieving my stress from my constant efforts to sustain and increase my family's standard of living. Not the BullShit kind of stress, where we pretend to be stressed out so that we feel some sense of self-importance...I'm talking about the "I REALLY can't take anymore of these constant expectations and demands by my family life for me to be their workhorse! why don't the take care of this shit them selves-kinda stress". When you find yourself having this kind of stress due to over-work NOT slacking off, Your lover may have healing powers! If a quick chat or face-to-face does the trick to recharge your batteries, then congrats!--you have a progressive relationship.

However, If your lover is like cocain then you my friend are in a degenerative relationship. Cocain is great in the sense that it gives you the greatest pleasure you can ever know, but it is also DANGEROUS because it is addicting! it leaches all your time, money, and other resources away from your family--thus destroying it--and kills you slowly simutaneously. If your lover is HOT, becareful. IF she likes Vasache, Louis Vuiton, Gucci, etc.... Becareful, If she wears makeup ...becareful...If she likes shopping...becareful!...if she likes 99cents tacos from Jack-in-The Box...Your in luck. A lover that demands attention, or unconciously sucks the energy and effort away from your family life....Needs to be treated with Clorox Bleech, mixed in a blender for 10 minutes, and flush down your toliet!

IF you refuse, congrats! your either a desperate virgin or in lust! not love.

DMTT's Big Event!

If you or your family is interested in sponsoring our Big Show! please contact Hai!

Contact Info:

email: tester017@gmail.com
phone: 619-358-5710

Tự Tin

for more videos, please search on YouTube :D

DMTT's "The Hulk"

Lams....all retarded except Hai.

Romy working on the flag at 3:30 am

Random facts about HT(Red Scarfs) in DMTT

Hi People. It is my vision for this blog to be the place where all can voice their opinions, facts, crap, whatever...without censorship...However, if you posted (even though your identity is conceal) please take extra precautions so that crazy little au kids who read this stuff won't go crying to their moms and we all get in trouble..and what follows after that is this blog shuts down!....So if ur gonna post something that is gonna get me in trouble...please place a disclaimer before your post...like what i'm about to do with the following post!


IF UR A KID! AND CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING I WILL TELL UR MOM WHAT U HAVE BEEN READING ONLINE!
ONLY CLICK TO VIEW THIS BLOG IF YOUR NOT GONNA GET PISS AND CAN TAKE A JOKE! ANY WHINING ABOUT THIS POST SHOULD BE PLACED IN THE COMMENTS SECTION>>>IF ENOUGH PEOPLE THINK THIS POST SUCK THEN I WILL REMOVE IT>>OR JUST BE THE JERK THAT TAKE IT DOWN>>>U ALL HAVE Administrative POWERS! PLEASE DON"t KILL THIS BLOG THOUGH WITH YOUR CENSORSHIP CRAP> =D


I don't know who posted it, but i'm not gonna take it down either.