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  34th    week Friday in Ordinary Time Year One Meditation We Long for Good Time! At the end of the vision the beasts are subjugated and they are allowed to live for season and time. The good and God will triumph over the bad and evil. The arrogant are allowed to live without dominion. The one who comes in the form of human person is Jesus himself. He will have complete dominion and power over the world and on the universe. He is the saviour and redeemer of the humanity and the universe. Human being has always thought about the end of the world, no one conclusively able to say what would happen to the world and how the world would be at the final times. We do have some information in the form of visions in the apocryphal writings. They do give some idea of the end of the world and second coming of the Lord. Human mind hopes for good in spite of the negativity of the mind, time will come in which the good will win over the evil and all will be happy at peaceful in the ...

  34th week Thursday in Ordinary Time Year One Dan 6:12-28 True Integrity! True integrity isn’t situational; it remains steady even when loyalty to God conflicts with cultural expectations or personal risk. We often rely on human solutions, but this passage reminds us that God is able to act beyond any limitation we face. Deliverance may not mean avoidance of hardship; it may mean protection and transformation through hardship. God sees injustice. Though His timing may differ from ours, God ultimately brings truth to light and rights what is wrong. One person’s faithfulness can influence an entire culture. Daniel’s steadfast trust leads a pagan king to proclaim God’s greatness to the whole empire. God honours long, term faithfulness. Obedience may cost us in the moment, but it positions us for God’s favour and lasting impact. Do we Obey? Year Two Rev 18:1-2, 21-23; 19:1-3,9 Corruption and Sin Leads to Fall! The scripture speaks about the fall of Babylon. Babylon...

  34th week Wednesday in Ordinary Time Year One Dan 5:1-6, 13-14, 16-17 Meditation Do Good within Your Reach Out! The treasury and the temple vessels are looted. The tax which paid by the people and the vessels are used for drinking wine. The abuse of power and the use of over drinking at expense of the cost of poor is a ruin of the nation and people. God does not like such things to happen. The power that God gives is for service. Those who do not use power for service but for self-service enter into trouble with God and people. It is reminder to the heads of families and all those who exercise power one way or the other. Anyone misuses of the power one, he/she has to pay for it. Let us learn to use whatever power and authority we have for the well-being of others and for the glory of God. How do we make use of power and authority within our limits? Year Two Rev 15:1-4 There will be Plagues and Sickness! As we know the end experiences sickness and destruction. So i...

  34th    week Tuesday in Ordinary Time Year one Dan 2:31-45 Meditation Thank God for Dreams! People sleep in the temple to dream and thus to know the wishes of God. In dreams one’s wishful thinking is revealed as dream. Dreams have a say in one’s life but it is good not break head to seek meaning and purpose of it. Take dreams at their face values. The dream of the king in the word of God today tells that the king can have authority over the people. It also tells the king through Daniel that the ultimate power and authority is of God. Authority in the world is much sort after and desired but the authority is granted by God to those whom he wishes. To those whom God gives authority should use well for the people of God. Everyone should submit to God’s power who is the ultimate end of power and authority. Do we give too much importance to dreams? Year Two Rev 14:14-19 The Son of Man Will Come Sitting on the Cloud! These are harvest days in our country. Th...

  34th week Monday in Ordinary Time Year One Dan 1:1-6, 8-20 Meditation God has Power Over Us! Nebuchadnezzar conquered Jerusalem and captured king Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim, who died because of the siege of Jerusalem. They captured people and valuables from the temple and treasury. Taking men from royal families and temple vessels is a sign of capturing the people and their gods to keep them under control. The king employed the best of men of Israel to serve at table and in his rule of the nation. The king wanted to show his power over the people of Israel. At this capture of Jerusalem the people of Israel have gone for seventy years of exile. The way to have dictatorial power is to have a say in one’s religious beliefs and to make one to be at the beck and call of the rulers. This sort of power over religious matters and power over the people of Israel is painful to them for they believe in   God Yahweh and serve him alone. At times we are   not aware we sel...

  33rd week Saturday in Ordinary Time Year One 1 Macc 6:1-13 Mediation Surrender to God! King Antiochus wanted to do much for God and for the people of Israel, in the way of uniting them and bringing people together but he was not able to actualize it. He dies in foreign land. At his death bed he regrets for what he has done in using force at times in his rule. Intention could be good but sometimes one tries to achieve the good end with bad policy; unity is needed but not at the expense of destroying the beautiful diversity that exists. One needs wisdom and God's lead to do what God wants not what one wishes. It happens in the lives of people at the death bed one may regret what has happened or lack of failure. Whatever may be the result and situation of life, it is better to offer oneself entirely with faith, hope and love. What do we do at the regrets of life and at the close of the day or life? Year Two Rev 11:4-12 The Victory Belongs to the Lord...