Dearest Goddaughter (LTR-35) - God Looks Into Our Hearts

Dearest Goddaughter,

The Lord said to the prophet Samuel: "“How long will you grieve. . .?" [and then] ". . .be on your way. I am sending you" The Lord does not want us to dwell on the past or get hung up on on whatever it is that holds us back from truly living our lives as disciples of Jesus Christ. This can come across as God being too harsh but that is far from the case.

God looks into our hearts. He loves us and desires only the best for us and He offers that to us at all times, even in the midst of our own uncertainty, doubts, and loss. Our Lord is always present in our lives and ready to help us get back on our feet and lead on on the right path. In those moments, we have a choice to make - listen to God and follow Him or continue to wallow in our own self-pity and be down on ourselves. We only need to ask the Holy Spirit to help us move forward - one foot in front of the other and keep moving on in life.

We must trust in God, just as Samuel did. When we do, we realize that God has something wonderful waiting for us, just as Samuel found David with the help of God. This trust comes from being in a relationship with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, whose love and mercy we experience in the Eucharist at every Mass. Therefore, let us keep holy the sabbath because it was made for us to honor, worship, and give God praise and glory for His many blessings in our lives.

Love,

Bỏ Phúc

P.S. These are the readings for the day: 1 Sm 16:1-13 and Mk 2:23-28 (below).

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As Jesus was passing through a field of grain on the sabbath,

his disciples began to make a path while picking the heads of grain.

At this the Pharisees said to him,

“Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the sabbath?”

He said to them,

“Have you never read what David did

when he was in need and he and his companions were hungry?

How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest

and ate the bread of offering that only the priests could lawfully eat,

and shared it with his companions?”

Then he said to them,

“The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath.

That is why the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath.”