Saturday, September 21, 2024

The PSALMS: CCC

PSALM 128  The Happy Home of the Faithful.
PSALM 123  Supplication for Mercy.
PSALM 138  Thanksgiving and Praise.
PSALM 139  The Inescapable God. 
=[123+138+139=400] Genesis 15:13
(PSALM 138 + PSALM 139= PSALM 277)
PSALM 27.7 Triumphant Song of Confidence.
PSALM 18.4 Royal Thanksgiving for Victory.


PSALM 123 - Supplication for Mercy.
123ccc Christians venerate the Old Testament as true Word of God. The Church has always vigorously opposed the idea of rejecting the Old Testament under the pretext that the New has rendered it void.
PSALM 123
1 To thee I lift up my eyes,
  O thou who art enthroned in the heavens!
2 Behold, as the eyes of servants
  look to the hand of their master,
  as the eyes of a maid
  to the hand of her mistress,
  so our eyes look to the Lord our God,
  till he have mercy upon us.
3 Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us,
  for we have had more than enough of contempt.
4 Too long our soul has been sated
  with the scorn of those who are at ease,
  the contempt of the proud.
Fr. Daniel Fernandes.           46+77   =123   &   86+28+9=123
Fr. Reuben Tellis.              67+56   =123
Fr. Christopher Goveas.         37+69+17=123
Fr. John Pereira.               47+72+4 =123
[86+37 =]   123 PSALM      (Combination of the 4 Priests)
[46+77 =]   123 PSALM       
[48+38+37=] 123 PSALM       “

 

PSALM 128 - The Happy Home of the Faithful.
128ccc The Church, as early as apostolic times, and then constantly in her Tradition, has illuminated the unity of the divine plan in the two Testaments through typology, which discerns in God's works of the Old Covenant prefigurations of what he accomplished in the fullness of time in the person of his incarnate Son.
O  H    T   O    B E    I  N    B A  N  D R  A
15 8    20 15    2 5    9 14    2 1 14  4 18 1
23       35       7      23        40
Fr. Reuben Tellis sings “Oh to be in Bandra” =23+35+7+23+40=128
PSALM 128
Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways!
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands;
  you shall be happy, and it shall be well with you.
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your        children will be like olive shoots around your table.
Lo, thus shall the man be blessed who fears the Lord.
5 The Lord bless you from Zion!
  May you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life!
May you see your children’s children!
  Peace be upon Israel!
Fr. Reuben Tellis.            67+48+13   =128
Fr. Christopher Goveas.       37+37+37+17=128
Fr. Daniel Fernandes.         46+45+28+9 =128
Fr. John Pereira.             47+72+9    =128 (of119)
[37+46+45=] 128 PSALM (Fr. C. G. & Fr. D. F.)


PSALM 138 - Thanksgiving and Praise.
138ccc The Church accepts and venerates as inspired the 46 books of the Old Testament and the 27 books of the New.
Fr. Reuben Tellis.           77+48+13 =138
Fr. Christopher Goveas.      69+69    =138
Fr. Daniel Fernandes.        46+46+46 =138 & (46+86+6=138)
Fr. John Pereira.            47+72+19 =138   (of119)
[33+38+67=] 138 PSALM      (Combination of the Priests)
[45+45+48=] 138 PSALM       “
[46+46+46=] 138 PSALM       “
[47+46+45=] 138 PSALM       
[77+37+69=] 183rev 138PSALM “
[66+72   =] 138 PSALM       “
[69+69   =] 138 PSALM       “

PSALM 139 - The Inescapable God

139ccc The four Gospels occupy a central place because Christ Jesus is their center.
Eucharistic Adoration-Reflection-Psalm 139 Link: Psalm 139 
Fr. Christopher Goveas.            … =139
Fr. Reuben Tellis.           66+67+6 =139
Fr. Daniel Fernandes.        45+86+8 =139
Fr. John Pereira.            47+72+20=139
[47+46+46=] 139 PSALM     (Combination of the Priests)
[48+46+45=] 139 PSALM     
[45+46+48=] 139 PSALM     
[67+72   =] 139 PSALM     
[123+16  =] 139 PSALM     

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -     
133+133  =266      138+139  =277      144 +144 =288
PSALM 26.6 – Plea for Justice and Declaration of Righteousness.
266ccc "Now this is the Catholic faith: We worship one God in the Trinity and the Trinity in unity, without either confusing the persons or dividing the substance; for the person of the Father is one, the Son's is another, the Holy Spirit's another; but the Godhead of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit is one, their glory equal, their majesty coeternal".
PSALM 27.7 – Triumphant Song of Confidence.
(Psalm 138 + Psalm139 = Psalm 277)
277ccc God shows forth his almighty power by converting us from our sins and restoring us to his friendship by grace. "God, you show your almighty power above all in your mercy and forgiveness. . ."
[134+143 =] 277 PSALM (Combination of the Priests)
[133+144 =] 277 PSALM “
PSALM 28.8 – Prayer for Help and Thanksgiving for it.
288ccc Thus the revelation of creation is inseparable from the revelation and forging of the covenant of the one God with his People. Creation is revealed as the first step towards this covenant, the first and universal witness to God's all-powerful love. And so, the truth of creation is also expressed with growing vigor in the message of the prophets, the prayer of the psalms and the liturgy, and in the wisdom sayings of the Chosen People.
(266+277+288=831)

830ccc The word "catholic" means "universal," in the sense of "according to the totality" or "in keeping with the whole." The Church is catholic in a double sense:
First, the Church is catholic because Christ is present in her. "Where there is Christ Jesus, there is the Catholic Church." In her subsists the fullness of Christ's body united with its head; this implies that she receives from him "the fullness of the means of salvation" which he has willed: correct and complete confession of faith, full sacramental life, and ordained ministry in apostolic succession. The Church was, in this fundamental sense, catholic on the day of Pentecost and will always be so until the day of the Parousia.
831ccc Secondly, the Church is catholic because she has been sent out by Christ on a mission to the whole of the human race:
All men are called to belong to the new People of God. This People, therefore, while remaining one and only one, is to be spread throughout the whole world and to all ages in order that the design of God's will may be fulfilled: he made human nature one in the beginning and has decreed that all his children who were scattered should be finally gathered together as one. . . . The character of universality which adorns the People of God is a gift from the Lord himself whereby the Catholic Church ceaselessly and efficaciously seeks for the return of all humanity and all its goods, under Christ the Head in the unity of his Spirit.

277    266    288   
288    277    266  
266    28   277  
786ccc Finally, the People of God shares in the royal office of Christ. He exercises his kingship by drawing all men to himself through his death and Resurrection. Christ, King and Lord of the universe, made himself the servant of all, for he came "not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." For the Christian, "to reign is to serve him," particularly when serving "the poor and the suffering, in whom the Church recognizes the image of her poor and suffering founder." The People of God fulfills its royal dignity by a life in keeping with its vocation to serve with Christ.
The sign of the cross makes kings of all those reborn in Christ and the anointing of the Holy Spirit consecrates them as priests, so that, apart from the particular service of our ministry, all spiritual and rational Christians are recognized as members of this royal race and sharers in Christ's priestly office. What, indeed, is as royal for a soul as to govern the body in obedience to God? And what is as priestly as to dedicate a pure conscience to the Lord and to offer the spotless offerings of devotion on the altar of the heart?
678ccc Following in the steps of the prophets and John the Baptist, Jesus announced the judgment of the Last Day in his preaching. Then will the conduct of each one and the secrets of hearts be brought to light. Then will the culpable unbelief that counted the offer of God's grace as nothing be condemned. Our attitude to our neighbor will disclose acceptance or refusal of grace and divine love. On the Last Day Jesus will say: "Truly I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me."
867ccc The Church is holy: the Most Holy God is her author; Christ, her bridegroom, gave himself up to make her holy; the Spirit of holiness gives her life. Since she still includes sinners, she is "the sinless one made up of sinners." Her holiness shines in the saints; in Mary she is already all-holy.
222ccc Believing in God, the only One, and loving him with all our being has enormous consequences for our whole life.



The 4 Priests - The CCC's.
Fr. Reuben Tellis.          65  + 77 =142 (Fname & Lname)
Fr. Christopher Goveas.     139 + 69 =208
Fr. Daniel Fernandes.       45  + 86 =131
Fr. John Pereira.           47  + 72 =119
                                     =600
65+139+45+47 = 296  (The First Name of The 4 Priests. Total.)
296ccc We believe that God needs no pre-existent thing or any help in order to create, nor is creation any sort of necessary emanation from the divine substance. God creates freely "out of nothing":
If God had drawn the world from pre-existent matter, what would be so extraordinary in that? A human artisan makes from a given material whatever he wants, while God shows his power by starting from nothing to make all he wants.

77+69+86+72 = 304   (The Last Names of The 4 Priests. Total.)
304ccc And so we see the Holy Spirit, the principal author of Sacred Scripture, often attributing actions to God without mentioning any secondary causes. This is not a "primitive mode of speech", but a profound way of recalling God's primacy and absolute Lordship over history and the world, and so of educating his people to trust in him. The prayer of the Psalms is the great school of this trust.

142+208+131+119=600 (The First & The Last Names of The 4 Priests. Total.)
600ccc To God, all moments of time are present in their immediacy. When therefore he establishes his eternal plan of "predestination", he includes in it each person's free response to his grace: "In this city, in fact, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place." For the sake of accomplishing his plan of salvation, God permitted the acts that flowed from their blindness.



PSALM 18:4 Royal Thanksgiving for Victory
184ccc "Faith is a foretaste of the knowledge that will make us blessed in the life to come." (St. Thomas Aquinas.)

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