A READING FROM

THE BOOK OF REVELATION

“You have made us for Yourself O Lord and our heart is restless until it finds its

 rest in You.-St. Augustine

And I saw another angel coming up from the east with the seal of the Living God.  He called out in a loud voice to the four angels to whom God had given the power to damage the earth and the sea.  The angel said, “Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees, until we mark the servants of our God with a seal on their foreheads.”  And I was told that the number of those who were marked with God’s seal on their foreheads was 144,000. (Chapter 7:2-4)

After this I looked, and there was an enormous crowd – no one could count all the people!  They were from every race, tribe, nation, and language, and they stood in front of the throne and of the Lamb, dressed in white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.  They called out in a loud voice: “Salvation comes from our God, who sits on the throne, and from the Lamb!”  All the angels stood round the throne, the elders, and the four living creatures.  Then they threw themselves face downwards in front of the throne and worshipped God, saying, “Amen! Praise, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power, and might belong to our God forever and ever! Amen!”

One of the elders asked me, “Who are these people dressed in white robes, and where do they come from?”

“I don’t know, sir.  You do,” I answered.

He said to me, “These are the people who have come safely through the terrible persecution.  They have washed their robes and made them white with the blood of the Lamb….” (Chapter 7:9-14)

A prayer

Gracious Father in Heaven, we stretch our hands to You one minded and thank You so much for giving us various methods and helps to overcome the lust of our eyes, body and world.  With the communion of all saints today we plead to protect your children through the merits of your Son and our Redeemer Jesus Christ and make us worthy to meet you face to face.  

Give us the grace to imbibe the beatitudes of Jesus Christ to obtain You to reign in our hearts.  Grant us we pray Your gift of forgiveness and grace of acceptance as how we are in our present state to receive Your Kingdom here and above.  

Holy Trinity and Holy Family be our assistance forever.  Amen. 

Kindly Note:

As per the message from God of KLWC, our team will be conducting an in-house Night Vigil service from 11 pm (1/11/2015) to 6 am (2/11/2015)   Your Thanksgivings and Prayer Requests are welcome.

A READING FROM THE BOOK OF REVELATION TO JOHN

THE WOMAN AND THE DRAGON

Then a great and mysterious sight appeared in the sky. There was a woman, whose dress was the sun and who had the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.  She was soon to give birth, and the pains and sufferings of childbirth made her cry out. 

Another mysterious sight appeared in the sky. There was a huge red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and a crown on each of his heads.  With his tail he dragged a third of the stars out of the sky and threw them down to the earth.  He stood in front of the woman, in order to eat her child as soon as it was born.  Then she gave birth to a son, who will rule over all nations with an iron rod.   But the child was snatched away and taken to God and his throne.  The woman fled to the desert, to a place God had prepared for her, where she will be taken care of for 1,260 days.

Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and the angles fought against the dragon, who fought back with his angels; but the dragon was defeated, and he and his angels were not allowed to stay in heaven any longer. The huge dragon was thrown out – that ancient serpent called the Devil, or Satan, that deceived the whole world.  He was thrown down to earth, and all his angels with him.

Then I heard a loud voice in heaven saying, “Now God’s salvation has come! Now God has shown His power as King!  Now His Messiah has shown His authority!  For the one who stood before our God and accused our brothers day and night has been thrown out of heaven.  Our brothers won the victory over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the truth which they proclaimed; and they were willing to give up their lives and die.  And so be glad, you heavens, and all you that live there!  But how terrible for the earth and the sea!  For the Devil has come down to you, and he is filled with rage, because he knows that he has only a little time left.”

When the dragon realized that he had been thrown down to the earth, he began to pursue the woman who had given birth to the boy.  She was given the two wings of a large eagle in order to fly to her place in the desert, where she will be taken care of for three and a half years, safe from the dragon’s attack.  And then from his mouth the dragon poured out a flood of water after the woman, so that it would carry her away.  

But the earth helped the woman; it opened its mouth and swallowed the water that had come from the dragon’s mouth. The dragon was furious with the woman and went off to fight against the rest of her descendants, all those who obey God’s commandments and are faithful to the truth revealed by Jesus.  And the dragon stood on the sea-shore. (Rev 12:1-18)

This is the Word of the Lord

Thanks be to God