The Mass and The Real Presence

The Mass and The Real Presence

Victory doesn't come from getting rid of troublemakers and the problems they cause; it comes from embracing them the way Jesus did. He knew the hidden victory that comes from the cross.

Loving our enemies gives us a hidden power that crushes the devil. Forgiving those who hurt us -- including those who show no remorse -- sets us free from the nails that bind us to the crosses they gave us. If our happiness depends on waiting for troublemakers to change, we are permanently nailed to the cross of their unrepentance. If our willingness to love them depends on their willingness to love us, we are permanently nailed to the cross of their sins.

People sin against us because of the wounds in their hearts and the darkness in their souls. The forgiveness that frees us is also the forgiveness that can heal them if we find ways to serve them with the love of Jesus, persistently imitating him in his mercy. He has sent us into their lives to reveal his love to them.

Choosing to forgive and to do good to our enemies is a huge blow to the devil, but there is more victory hidden in the cross than this. By imitating Jesus, we are healed by our union with him. We are resurrected to a higher level of spiritual perfection. Often this process must include help from a good therapist or spiritual director, and this too is a blessing straight from God.

Discover the hidden victory in the crosses you're facing today. Rather than being controlled by the hurt that's been inflicted upon you, and instead of being held on the cross by your anger, worry, fear, frustration, cynicism, or any other bad mood instigated by others, conquer that evil master by choosing to make Jesus your true Master. Follow him: Imitate him. And enjoy your resurrection!

Victory doesn't come from getting rid of troublemakers and the problems they cause; it comes from embracing them the way Jesus did. He knew the hidden victory that comes from the cross.

Loving our enemies gives us a hidden power that crushes the devil. Forgiving those who hurt us -- including those who show no remorse -- sets us free from the nails that bind us to the crosses they gave us. If our happiness depends on waiting for troublemakers to change, we are permanently nailed to the cross of their unrepentance. If our willingness to love them depends on their willingness to love us, we are permanently nailed to the cross of their sins.

People sin against us because of the wounds in their hearts and the darkness in their souls. The forgiveness that frees us is also the forgiveness that can heal them if we find ways to serve them with the love of Jesus, persistently imitating him in his mercy. He has sent us into their lives to reveal his love to them.

Choosing to forgive and to do good to our enemies is a huge blow to the devil, but there is more victory hidden in the cross than this. By imitating Jesus, we are healed by our union with him. We are resurrected to a higher level of spiritual perfection. Often this process must include help from a good therapist or spiritual director, and this too is a blessing straight from God.

Discover the hidden victory in the crosses you're facing today. Rather than being controlled by the hurt that's been inflicted upon you, and instead of being held on the cross by your anger, worry, fear, frustration, cynicism, or any other bad mood instigated by others, conquer that evil master by choosing to make Jesus your true Master. Follow him: Imitate him. And enjoy your resurrection!

From a sermon by Saint Peter Chrysologus, bishop
Each of us is called to be both a sacrifice to God and his priest

I appeal to you by the mercy of God. This appeal is made by Paul, or rather, it is made by God through Paul, because of God’s desire to be loved rather than feared, to be a father rather than a Lord. God appeals to us in his mercy to avoid having to punish us in his severity.

Listen to the Lord’s appeal: In me, I want you to see your own body, your members, your heart, your bones, your blood. You may fear what is divine, but why not love what is human? You may run away from me as the Lord, but why not run to me as your father? Perhaps you are filled with shame for causing my bitter passion. Do not be afraid. This cross inflicts a mortal injury, not on me, but on death. These nails no longer pain me, but only deepen your love for me. I do not cry out because of these wounds, but through them I draw you into my heart. My body was stretched on the cross as a symbol, not of how much I suffered, but of my all-embracing love. I count it no loss to shed my blood: it is the price I have paid for your ransom. Come, then, return to me and learn to know me as your father, who repays good for evil, love for injury, and boundless charity for piercing wounds.

Listen now to what the Apostle urges us to do. I appeal to you, he says, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice. By this exhortation of his, Paul has raised all men to priestly status.

How marvellous is the priesthood of the Christian, for he is both the victim that is offered on his own behalf, and the priest who makes the offering. He does not need to go beyond himself to seek what he is to immolate to God: with himself and in himself he brings the sacrifice he is to offer God for himself. The victim remains and the priest remains, always one and the same. Immolated, the victim still lives: the priest who immolates cannot kill. Truly it is an amazing sacrifice in which a body is offered without being slain and blood is offered without being shed.

The Apostle says: I appeal to you by the mercy of God to present your bodies as a living sacrifice. Brethren, this sacrifice follows the pattern of Christ’s sacrifice by which he gave his body as a living immolation for the life of the world. He really made his body a living sacrifice, because, though slain, he continues to live. In such a victim death receives its ransom, but the victim remains alive. Death itself suffers the punishment. This is why death for the martyrs is actually a birth, and their end a beginning. Their execution is the door to life, and those who were thought to have been blotted out from the earth shine brilliantly in heaven.

Paul says: I appeal to you by the mercy of God to present your bodies as a sacrifice, living and holy. The prophet said the same thing: Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but you have prepared a body for me. Each of us is called to be both a sacrifice to God and his priest. Do not forfeit what divine authority confers on you. Put on the garment of holiness, gird yourself with the belt of chastity. Let Christ be your helmet, let the cross on your forehead be your unfailing protection. Your breastplate should be the knowledge of God that he himself has given you. Keep burning continually the sweet smelling incense of prayer. Take up the sword of the Spirit. Let your heart be an altar. Then, with full confidence in God, present your body for sacrifice. God desires not death, but faith; God thirsts not for blood, but for self-surrender; God is appeased not by slaughter, but by the offering of your free will.

From a sermon by Saint Peter Chrysologus, bishop
Each of us is called to be both a sacrifice to God and his priest

I appeal to you by the mercy of God. This appeal is made by Paul, or rather, it is made by God through Paul, because of God’s desire to be loved rather than feared, to be a father rather than a Lord. God appeals to us in his mercy to avoid having to punish us in his severity.

Listen to the Lord’s appeal: In me, I want you to see your own body, your members, your heart, your bones, your blood. You may fear what is divine, but why not love what is human? You may run away from me as the Lord, but why not run to me as your father? Perhaps you are filled with shame for causing my bitter passion. Do not be afraid. This cross inflicts a mortal injury, not on me, but on death. These nails no longer pain me, but only deepen your love for me. I do not cry out because of these wounds, but through them I draw you into my heart. My body was stretched on the cross as a symbol, not of how much I suffered, but of my all-embracing love. I count it no loss to shed my blood: it is the price I have paid for your ransom. Come, then, return to me and learn to know me as your father, who repays good for evil, love for injury, and boundless charity for piercing wounds.

Listen now to what the Apostle urges us to do. I appeal to you, he says, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice. By this exhortation of his, Paul has raised all men to priestly status.

How marvellous is the priesthood of the Christian, for he is both the victim that is offered on his own behalf, and the priest who makes the offering. He does not need to go beyond himself to seek what he is to immolate to God: with himself and in himself he brings the sacrifice he is to offer God for himself. The victim remains and the priest remains, always one and the same. Immolated, the victim still lives: the priest who immolates cannot kill. Truly it is an amazing sacrifice in which a body is offered without being slain and blood is offered without being shed.

The Apostle says: I appeal to you by the mercy of God to present your bodies as a living sacrifice. Brethren, this sacrifice follows the pattern of Christ’s sacrifice by which he gave his body as a living immolation for the life of the world. He really made his body a living sacrifice, because, though slain, he continues to live. In such a victim death receives its ransom, but the victim remains alive. Death itself suffers the punishment. This is why death for the martyrs is actually a birth, and their end a beginning. Their execution is the door to life, and those who were thought to have been blotted out from the earth shine brilliantly in heaven.

Paul says: I appeal to you by the mercy of God to present your bodies as a sacrifice, living and holy. The prophet said the same thing: Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but you have prepared a body for me. Each of us is called to be both a sacrifice to God and his priest. Do not forfeit what divine authority confers on you. Put on the garment of holiness, gird yourself with the belt of chastity. Let Christ be your helmet, let the cross on your forehead be your unfailing protection. Your breastplate should be the knowledge of God that he himself has given you. Keep burning continually the sweet smelling incense of prayer. Take up the sword of the Spirit. Let your heart be an altar. Then, with full confidence in God, present your body for sacrifice. God desires not death, but faith; God thirsts not for blood, but for self-surrender; God is appeased not by slaughter, but by the offering of your free will.

I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my Flesh for the life of the world.” John 6:51

Believing in the Eucharist, in the fact that these tangible and visible gifts of the Sacred Host and the Precious Blood are, in fact, the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of the Eternal Son of God, can only happen through the interior and transforming gift of faith. How else can you believe such a teaching? How else could you believe that these words in today’s Gospel have come true? And that the reception of the Most Holy Eucharist is the pathway to eternal life? The gift of faith in the Most Holy Eucharist is the one and only way to understand, accept and deeply believe what our Lord has spoken in this Holy Gospel.

Reflect, today, upon Jesus speaking these most holy words for the first time: “...the bread that I will give is my Flesh for the life of the world.” As you prayerfully reflect upon these words, ponder how deeply you believe them. How deep is your faith in the Most Holy Eucharist? The Eucharist is the fulfillment of this passage, and our divine Lord invites you to not only believe in His holy words but to allow this truth to transform you in ways beyond what you could ever imagine.

My Eucharistic Lord, You are truly the Bread of Life, and all those who eat Your Flesh and drink Your Blood will inherit eternal life. I do believe this, dear Lord. I believe that the Most Holy Eucharist is You, Your Soul and Divinity, given to me so that I can share in Your holy life. Give me the grace I need to deepen my faith in the Most Holy Eucharist so that I will be drawn more fully into the joys of Your Eternal Kingdom. Jesus, I trust in You.

I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my Flesh for the life of the world.” John 6:51

Believing in the Eucharist, in the fact that these tangible and visible gifts of the Sacred Host and the Precious Blood are, in fact, the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of the Eternal Son of God, can only happen through the interior and transforming gift of faith. How else can you believe such a teaching? How else could you believe that these words in today’s Gospel have come true? And that the reception of the Most Holy Eucharist is the pathway to eternal life? The gift of faith in the Most Holy Eucharist is the one and only way to understand, accept and deeply believe what our Lord has spoken in this Holy Gospel.

Reflect, today, upon Jesus speaking these most holy words for the first time: “...the bread that I will give is my Flesh for the life of the world.” As you prayerfully reflect upon these words, ponder how deeply you believe them. How deep is your faith in the Most Holy Eucharist? The Eucharist is the fulfillment of this passage, and our divine Lord invites you to not only believe in His holy words but to allow this truth to transform you in ways beyond what you could ever imagine.

My Eucharistic Lord, You are truly the Bread of Life, and all those who eat Your Flesh and drink Your Blood will inherit eternal life. I do believe this, dear Lord. I believe that the Most Holy Eucharist is You, Your Soul and Divinity, given to me so that I can share in Your holy life. Give me the grace I need to deepen my faith in the Most Holy Eucharist so that I will be drawn more fully into the joys of Your Eternal Kingdom. Jesus, I trust in You.

From the treatise Against Heresies by Saint Irenaeus, bishop
The eucharist, pledge of our resurrection

If our flesh is not saved, then the Lord has not redeemed us with his blood, the eucharistic chalice does not make us sharers in his blood, and the bread we break does not make us sharers in his body. There can be no blood without veins, flesh and the rest of the human substance, and this the Word of God actually became: it was with his own blood that he redeemed us. As the Apostle says: In him, through his blood, we have been redeemed, our sins have been forgiven.

We are his members and we are nourished by creation, which is his gift to us, for it is he who causes the sun to rise and the rain to fall. He declared that the chalice, which comes from his creation, was his blood, and he makes it the nourishment of our blood. He affirmed that the bread, which comes from his creation, was his body, and he makes it the nourishment of our body. When the chalice we mix and the bread we bake receive the word of God, the eucharistic elements become the body and blood of Christ, by which our bodies live and grow. How then can it be said that flesh belonging to the Lord’s own body and nourished by his body and blood is incapable of receiving God’s gift of eternal life? Saint Paul says in his letter to the Ephesians that we are members of his body, of his flesh and bones. He is not speaking of some spiritual and incorporeal kind of man, for spirits do not have flesh and bones. He is speaking of a real human body composed of flesh, sinews and bones, nourished by the chalice of Christ’s blood and receiving growth from the bread which is his body.

The slip of a vine planted in the ground bears fruit at the proper time. The grain of wheat falls into the ground and decays only to be raised up again and multiplied by the Spirit of God who sustains all things. The Wisdom of God places these things at the service of man and when they receive God’s word they become the eucharist, which is the body and blood of Christ. In the same way our bodies, which have been nourished by the eucharist, will be buried in the earth and will decay, but they will rise again at the appointed time, for the Word of God will raise them up to the glory of God the Father. Then the Father will clothe our mortal nature in immortality and freely endow our corruptible nature with incorruptibility, for God’s power is shown most perfectly in weakness.

From the treatise Against Heresies by Saint Irenaeus, bishop
The eucharist, pledge of our resurrection

If our flesh is not saved, then the Lord has not redeemed us with his blood, the eucharistic chalice does not make us sharers in his blood, and the bread we break does not make us sharers in his body. There can be no blood without veins, flesh and the rest of the human substance, and this the Word of God actually became: it was with his own blood that he redeemed us. As the Apostle says: In him, through his blood, we have been redeemed, our sins have been forgiven.

We are his members and we are nourished by creation, which is his gift to us, for it is he who causes the sun to rise and the rain to fall. He declared that the chalice, which comes from his creation, was his blood, and he makes it the nourishment of our blood. He affirmed that the bread, which comes from his creation, was his body, and he makes it the nourishment of our body. When the chalice we mix and the bread we bake receive the word of God, the eucharistic elements become the body and blood of Christ, by which our bodies live and grow. How then can it be said that flesh belonging to the Lord’s own body and nourished by his body and blood is incapable of receiving God’s gift of eternal life? Saint Paul says in his letter to the Ephesians that we are members of his body, of his flesh and bones. He is not speaking of some spiritual and incorporeal kind of man, for spirits do not have flesh and bones. He is speaking of a real human body composed of flesh, sinews and bones, nourished by the chalice of Christ’s blood and receiving growth from the bread which is his body.

The slip of a vine planted in the ground bears fruit at the proper time. The grain of wheat falls into the ground and decays only to be raised up again and multiplied by the Spirit of God who sustains all things. The Wisdom of God places these things at the service of man and when they receive God’s word they become the eucharist, which is the body and blood of Christ. In the same way our bodies, which have been nourished by the eucharist, will be buried in the earth and will decay, but they will rise again at the appointed time, for the Word of God will raise them up to the glory of God the Father. Then the Father will clothe our mortal nature in immortality and freely endow our corruptible nature with incorruptibility, for God’s power is shown most perfectly in weakness.

Could anyone have dreamt that God would descend among us as a man? Could anyone have imagined that he would descend further still to be our bread? 

The true bread from heaven that the Father gives us—Christ in the Eucharist—It nourishes our souls so that we might not starve here, where spiritual food is scarce.

Is there anything left that he would not do for us? To receive this unimaginable gift of his bread requires two things: “Whoever comes to me…” and “Whoever believes in me….” 

Coming to Christ requires moving—getting up from where we are, going to where he is, letting go of whatever our hands clench and turning our palms up to be filled with his gifts. 

To believe in Christ is to place our faith and confidence in him. It is to take him at his word and to accept in awe the truth of his real presence in the Eucharist. 

Lord, your real presence in the Eucharist is something I need to believe more with my heart. I do believe that with your bread I will never hunger and that with faith in you I will never thirst. Help me to grow in faith in your Real Presence. I know you will lead me to love you more through this precious gift of yourself.

Could anyone have dreamt that God would descend among us as a man? Could anyone have imagined that he would descend further still to be our bread? 

The true bread from heaven that the Father gives us—Christ in the Eucharist—It nourishes our souls so that we might not starve here, where spiritual food is scarce.

Is there anything left that he would not do for us? To receive this unimaginable gift of his bread requires two things: “Whoever comes to me…” and “Whoever believes in me….” 

Coming to Christ requires moving—getting up from where we are, going to where he is, letting go of whatever our hands clench and turning our palms up to be filled with his gifts. 

To believe in Christ is to place our faith and confidence in him. It is to take him at his word and to accept in awe the truth of his real presence in the Eucharist. 

Lord, your real presence in the Eucharist is something I need to believe more with my heart. I do believe that with your bread I will never hunger and that with faith in you I will never thirst. Help me to grow in faith in your Real Presence. I know you will lead me to love you more through this precious gift of yourself.

JESUS IS THE PRIEST AND SACRIFICE 

PRIEST -offering to God the sacrificed for the people’s atonement. 

SACRIFICE - the offering of his body and blood for the sins of the people. 

Romans 15:16 (NAS): to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, ministering as a priest the gospel of God, so that my offering of the Gentiles may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

WORSHIP IS AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN SACRIFICE 

from Old Testament on....has never stopped.

The Mass is a reenactment of the One time forever sacrifice re presented daily to remind us and do in memory of Him as he told us in the Last Supper. 

Hebrews 10:12 (NAS): but He, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, sat down at the right hand of God. 

SIN NO MORE

Hebrews 10:26–29 (NAS): For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a terrifying expectation of judgment and the fury of a fire which will consume the adversaries. 28 Anyone who has set aside the Law of Moses dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

 

CONSEQUENCES 

29 How much severer punishment do you think he will deserve 

1. who has trampled under foot the Son of God, and 
2. has regarded as unclean the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, 
3. and has insulted the Spirit of grace?

REPENT AND BE MADE NEW

Acts 2:38 (NAS): Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

2 Corinthians 5:17(NAS):  17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.

JESUS IS THE PRIEST AND SACRIFICE 

PRIEST -offering to God the sacrificed for the people’s atonement. 

SACRIFICE - the offering of his body and blood for the sins of the people. 

Romans 15:16 (NAS): to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, ministering as a priest the gospel of God, so that my offering of the Gentiles may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

WORSHIP IS AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN SACRIFICE 

from Old Testament on....has never stopped.

The Mass is a reenactment of the One time forever sacrifice re presented daily to remind us and do in memory of Him as he told us in the Last Supper. 

Hebrews 10:12 (NAS): but He, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, sat down at the right hand of God. 

SIN NO MORE

Hebrews 10:26–29 (NAS): For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a terrifying expectation of judgment and the fury of a fire which will consume the adversaries. 28 Anyone who has set aside the Law of Moses dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

 

CONSEQUENCES 

29 How much severer punishment do you think he will deserve 

1. who has trampled under foot the Son of God, and 
2. has regarded as unclean the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, 
3. and has insulted the Spirit of grace?

REPENT AND BE MADE NEW

Acts 2:38 (NAS): Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

2 Corinthians 5:17(NAS):  17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.

Live by faith - what’s it to u? Follow Me! NASB

God gives faith 

If I live by faith that pleases God

Without faith it is impossible to please God

The Lord is my helper

God will give me what I need to do His Will 

God will enable me to please Him

Don’t worry about anyone else

Follow Him

 

 

Romans 12:3  

For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith.

 

 

Hebrews 10:38 

But My righteous one shall live by faith; And if he shrinks back, My soul has no pleasure in him 

 

 

Hebrews 11:6 

And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.

 

 

Hebrews 13:6 

so that we confidently say, “The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid. What will man do to me?”

 

 

Hebrews 13:21 

equip you in every good thing to do His will, working in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

 

 

John 21:22  

Jesus said to him, “If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow Me!”

Why I know I’m saved NASB

 

 

Romans 5:1–2

 

Therefore, having been justified by faith,

we have peace with God

through our Lord Jesus Christ, 

through whom also we have obtained

our introduction by faith

into this grace in which we stand; 

and we exult in hope of the glory of God

 

 

 

 

Ephesians 2:8–9

 

For by grace you have been saved 

through faith;

and that not of yourselves, 

it is the gift of God; 

not as a result of works, so that no one may boast

 

 

 

 

Romans 3:21-22, 24

 

But now apart from the Law the righteousness of God has been manifested,

being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, 

even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ

for all those who believe;

for there is no distinction; 

being justified as a gift by His grace

through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus.

 

 

Notes:

 

I am righteous not by obedience but by faith.

Faith and Grace is a gift from God. 

God justifies me through Jesus Christ. 

Live by faith - what’s it to u? Follow Me! NASB

God gives faith 

If I live by faith that pleases God

Without faith it is impossible to please God

The Lord is my helper

God will give me what I need to do His Will 

God will enable me to please Him

Don’t worry about anyone else

Follow Him

 

 

Romans 12:3  

For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith.

 

 

Hebrews 10:38 

But My righteous one shall live by faith; And if he shrinks back, My soul has no pleasure in him 

 

 

Hebrews 11:6 

And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.

 

 

Hebrews 13:6 

so that we confidently say, “The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid. What will man do to me?”

 

 

Hebrews 13:21 

equip you in every good thing to do His will, working in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

 

 

John 21:22  

Jesus said to him, “If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow Me!”

Why I know I’m saved NASB

 

 

Romans 5:1–2

 

Therefore, having been justified by faith,

we have peace with God

through our Lord Jesus Christ, 

through whom also we have obtained

our introduction by faith

into this grace in which we stand; 

and we exult in hope of the glory of God

 

 

 

 

Ephesians 2:8–9

 

For by grace you have been saved 

through faith;

and that not of yourselves, 

it is the gift of God; 

not as a result of works, so that no one may boast

 

 

 

 

Romans 3:21-22, 24

 

But now apart from the Law the righteousness of God has been manifested,

being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, 

even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ

for all those who believe;

for there is no distinction; 

being justified as a gift by His grace

through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus.

 

 

Notes:

 

I am righteous not by obedience but by faith.

Faith and Grace is a gift from God. 

God justifies me through Jesus Christ. 

SCRIPTURE TO MEMORIZE NASB

 

Jeremiah 15:16 

Your words were found and I ate them, And Your words became for me a joy and the delight of my heart; For I have been called by Your name, O Lord God of hosts. 

 

Philippians 4:13 

I can do all things [a]through Him who strengthens me.

 

1 John 4:16 

God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

 

Psalm 46:10 

Cease striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the [b]nations, I will be exalted in the earth

 

Psalm 16:1

Preserve me, O God, for I take refuge in You.

 

Psalm 19:14 

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my rock and my Redeemer.

 

Isaiah 30:15 

In repentance and rest you will be saved, In quietness and trust is your strength.

 

Psalm 34:7 

The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him, And rescues them.

 

Luke 12:32 

Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has chosen gladly to give you the kingdom.

 

1 Peter 5:7 

casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.

 

Psalm 91:1 

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High Will abide in the shadow of the Almighty