Saint Dominic
contemplating the Scriptures
Revelation 7:9-17
This reading tells what will happen to the “saints”, to those who are faithful at the End of Time or the Last Judgement. John’s vision involves throne and courts: symbols that were part of his culture, but which are hard for us to understand; however, the message today is the same as it was then.
1 John 3:1-3
The author has contrasted the children of God with the children of Satan. We are in the final era before the End of Time. There are those who are faithful to God’s will and those who oppose it. Now he focuses on the children of God.
Matthew 5:1-12
Jesus has travelled through Galilee teaching, proclaiming the good news, and curing people of physical and spiritual illnesses. Great crowds from Israel and beyond have flocked to him.
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