Saint Vincent Archabbey

2Thes1:1-5,11,12; Ps 96:1-5; Mt 23:13-22 “Awesome is The LORD, beyond all gods!” “Actions speak louder than words”; this is the conventional wisdom. In our day,

Ez 43:1-7; Ps 85:9-14; Mt 23:1-12 “Near indeed is his salvation to those who fear him.” He is near. His salvation is near. The LORD

Rv 21:9-14; Ps 145:10-18; Jn 1:45-51 “Let your faithful ones discourse of the glory.” Jesus is the friend of sinners. Jesus is our friend, and

Jer 7:1-11; Ps 84:3-6a,8a,11; Mt13:24-30 His dwelling place The dwelling place of the LORD, the Almighty, is lovely. It attracts us to the very One

Jer 3:14-17; Jeremiah 31:10,11,12,13; Mt 13:18-23 I will turn their mourning into joy! Jeremiah wanted to turn their mourning into joy. The prophet had the

Jer 2:1-3,7,8,12,13; Ps 36:6-11; Mt 13:10-17 “In your light we see light.” Without the Light of Christ we are in the darkness still. We cannot

2Cor 4:7-15; Ps 126:1-6; Mt 20:20-28 “We were like men dreaming.” The best advertising is word of mouth. When people we trust tell us about

Mi 7:14-15,18-20; Ps 85:2-8; Mt 12:46-50 “You have brought back the captives.” Indeed, like any honest saint and even like ourselves, we are all sinners

Mi 6:1-4,6-8; Ps 50:5-6,8-9,16-17,21,23; Mt 12:38-42 “God himself is the judge.” Only God can be the judge. Only God can see through all our deception.

Mi 2:1-5

; Ps 10:1-8,14

; Mt 12:14-21 “Of the fatherless you are the helper.” Not only do the wicked not believe in God, they believe that

Lam 2:2,10-14,18,19; Ps 74:1-7,20-21; Mt 8:5-17 “May the afflicted and the poor praise your name.” Only the poor in spirit can pray. Only those who

Acts12:1-11; Ps 34:2-9; 2Tm 4:6-8;17-18; Mt 16:13-19 “The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.” Our celebration of Saints

2Kgs 24:8-17; Ps 79:1-5,8,9; Mt 7:21-29 “For your name’s sake” Did King David know that his prayer in distress would be so vital to one

2Kgs 22:8-13;23:1-3; Ps119:33-37,40; Mt 7:15-20 “I long for your precepts.” By our very nature we long for the word of the LORD. From our conception

2Kgs 19:9b-11,14-21,31-35a,36; Ps 48:2,3ab,3cd,4,10,11; Mt 7:6,12-14 “O God, your praise reaches to the ends of the earth.” Even the mountain where the LORD dwells is

2Kgs 17:5-8,13-15a,18; Ps 60:3,4,5,12,13; Mt 7:1-5 “You have rejected us and broken our defenses!” Our responsorial psalm for this Mass is painful to pray. It

2Chr 24:17-25; Ps 89:4,5,29-34; Mt 6:24-34 “Yet, my mercy I will not take from him” Just as the Psalmist sings of the LORD and his

2 Kgs 11:1-4,9-18,20; Ps 132:11-18; Mt 6:19-23?? “In her will I dwell, for I prefer her.” The LORD has chosen, and his choice last forever.

Sir 48:1-14; Ps 97:1-7; Mt 6:7-15 “All gods are prostrate before him.” ?? The LORD is king. There is no other universal and sovereign LORD.

2 Kgs 2:1,6-14; Ps 31:20,21,24; Mt 6:1-6,16-18 “You hide them in the shelter of your presence” The LORD hides us in the shelter of his