The Beatitudes: The Peacemakers

by Fr. Dmitri, New Zealand

Saturday 17 July 2010 (10 Epip; 10 Abib)
Holy Royal Martyrs Czar Nicholas II and Family (O.S.)

O Lord, you have probed me and you know me.
(Psa. 139:1)

Be established in your understanding and let your
word be consistent.
(Sirach 5:10)

This is a great work of a man: always to take the blame
for his own sins before God and to expect temptation
to his last breath.
(St. Anthony)

I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God:
incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
(Psa. 17:6)

Above anything, welcome silence for it brings you fruits
no tongue can speak of, neither can it be explained.
(Isaac the Syrian)

St. Athanasius about St. Antony:
"He is the physician that God gave to Egypt as a gift."
(Athanasius)

Restore us, O God of hosts; Cause Your face to shine,
and we shall be saved!
(Psa. 80:7)

All men shall fear, And shall declare the work of God.
(Psa. 64:9)

As the Priest passes with the incense, every member of
the congregation must say this small prayer, 'I beseech
you, my Lord Jesus Christ to forgive me my sins, those
I know and those I do not know.'
(Divine Liturgy)

God, the judge, is not a human but the Trinity. He is the
God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, but He is also your God.
You ask Him for a reward and He gives you Himself as
a gift. What else can you ask for?
(St. Augustine)

REFLECTION:

Our true worth does not consist in what human beings think
of us. What we really are consists in what God knows us to be.

All-knowing God, let us strive always to see ourselves, as
You see us rather than as others do. Grant that, with Your help,
we may grow into the persons that You want us to be for eternity.
(John Berchmans)

HOMILY:

The Beatitudes: The Reasonable

AMEN!

Today's Readings:

Evening: Psalm 89:19-21; Matt.10:34-42.
Morning: Psalm 132:9-10, 17-18; Luke 6:17-23.
Liturgy: Heb.7:18-8:13; 3 John 1:1-14; Acts 15:36-16:5;
Psalm 99:6-7; Gospel John 16:20-33.