DAILY THOUGHTS: Daily Thoughts 02/02/2015

Exodus 24:7-8 CPDV

And taking up the book of the covenant, he read it in the hearing of the people, who said: "All that the Lord has spoken, we will do, and we will be obedient." In truth, taking up the blood, he sprinkled it on the people, and he said, "This is the blood of the covenant, which the Lord has formed with you concerning all these words."

I am sharing the Bible verses from God's embrace this morning. I have been Catholic all my life and never fully realized how the Old and the New Testament ties us together. Moses lead the Israelites out of Egypt and did all The Lord had asked of him. In the Old Testament it was sacrificial animals, today it is the body and the blood of Jesus that saves us. We have the opportunity each day to receive God's grace at mass.

Realize what you have your hands on, and be like Moses and say "All that The Lord has spoken, we will do, and we will be obedient"

I am also going to share something a Friend passed along and that is WWW.E5MEN.ORG It is a group of men that fast and pray once a month usually on the first Wednesday of the month.

Have a Blessed Day Brothers

This Wednesday is the 1st Wednesday of the Month

www.e5men.org

e5 MEN

Thousands of Men in Over 80 Countries

PROTESTANTS, ORTHODOX,

& CATHOLICS TO FAST TOGETHER

HUSBANDS FASTING FOR THEIR WIVES

The e5 Man fasts for his bride as a way to imitate Jesus as described by Saint Paul in his letter to the Ephesians, chapter 5 (for which the e5 is named). e5 Men fast in unison on bread and water for at least one 24 hour day per month - preferably the 1st Wednesday of the month.

EPHESIANS 5:25 "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her."

EPHESIANS 5:28-29 "So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself; for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church."

Jesus made a bodily sacrifice on the cross for his bride the church to present her to God the Father "without spot or wrinkle." (Eph 5:27) By fasting for our earthly bride and joining our sufferings to Christ's we intercede for grace for our brides. At the same time our act of bodily love in union with Christ accelerates our own conversion.

By making this sacrifice for the women in our lives we live out the essence of the gospel through a very particular act of self denial. To lay down one's body out of love for another is the central message of the gospel.

E5 MEN REQUIREMENTS

Except for medical reasons, the minimum requirements to be an e5 Man are that you:

Be a baptized Christian man.
Register with e5 Men
Fast on plain bread and water at least one 24 hour period a month for your bride for her needs of spiritual growth and/or healing; preferably on the 1st Wednesday of the month.

ADDITIONAL INTENTIONS OF THE E5 MAN

The intentions of the e5 also include:

All the other e5 Men's brides or primary intention.
For all the e5 Women registered with us.
For all women sinned against by men.
For the petitions sent to us by women.
And in general for all women.

NOT ONLY FOR MARRIED MEN

Membership is not limited to married men. For single men, their fast may be dedicated to their future bride. For widowers or those unlikely to get married,the beneficiary of their fasts may be for a daughter, a sister, or a granddaughter, and for those whos faith believes in the need - their deceased wife, or any other women in great need. For the consecrated celibate man the benefit of their fast can be for the benefit of the community they serve or for consecrated celibate women.