LIVE IT TODAY: Saturday, September 6, 2025
I am your rest and your freedom—come to Me, and I will set you free from every burden.
LIVE IT TODAY: Saturday, September 6, 2025
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GOD'S DECLARATION TO YOU TODAY
I am your rest and your freedom—come to Me, and I will set you free from every burden.
INVOCATION
Come, Holy Spirit! Through the intercession of Our Blessed Mother Mary, open my heart to hear and receive all that You desire for me. Draw me ever more deeply into the Love and Life of the Blessed Trinity!
GOSPEL | Luke 6:1-5
While Jesus was going through a field of grain on a sabbath,
his disciples were picking the heads of grain,
rubbing them in their hands, and eating them.
Some Pharisees said,
“Why are you doing what is unlawful on the sabbath?”
Jesus said to them in reply,
“Have you not read what David did
when he and those who were with him were hungry?
How he went into the house of God, took the bread of offering,
which only the priests could lawfully eat,
ate of it, and shared it with his companions?”
Then he said to them, “The Son of Man is lord of the sabbath.”
EVERY DAY QUESTION
What struck you? Challenged you? Inspired you? What questions did it raise?
GOING DEEPER
The Lord of the Sabbath
The Pharisees had turned Sabbath observance into an endless list of prohibitions. For them, even rubbing grain between your fingers was “work” that violated the law. But Jesus points back to David and his companions, who ate the bread of offering when they were hungry. In doing this, He reminds us that God’s law is not about crushing burdens, but about sustaining life.
The Hebrew word shabbat means “to cease, to rest.” From creation itself, God set apart the seventh day not as a legal trap but as a gift—a rhythm of rest and communion with Him. Over centuries, what was meant as freedom had been twisted into suffocating rules. By declaring Himself “Lord of the Sabbath,” Jesus reveals that true Sabbath is fulfilled in Him. He is our rest.
In the first-century world, the Sabbath was a powerful cultural marker of Jewish identity. To suggest that Someone stood above the Sabbath was staggering. Jesus wasn’t abolishing God’s command—He was reclaiming it, showing that in Him, the deepest meaning of Sabbath is revealed: life, freedom, and communion.
For us today, the danger is different but just as real. Many families have lost the rhythm of Sabbath entirely, treating Sunday like any other day of work, errands, and screens. Or we reduce it to mere obligation—“go to Mass and move on”—without entering its gift of holy rest. Both approaches miss the point.
Parents, our homes need the Sabbath rhythm restored. Our children need to see that rest is not laziness but worship, not idleness but love. Making Sunday different—slower meals, less rushing, intentional conversation, family prayer—creates space for God to reign in our homes.
This takes courage in a culture of constant motion. But remember: the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath. He wants to free our homes from busyness and distraction, to give us rest that restores and joy that strengthens. Begin by praying over your children by name, asking Jesus to establish His peace and presence in your home. Let Him be Lord of your family’s Sabbath.
“Sunday is expressly distinguished from the sabbath which it follows chronologically every week; for Christians its ceremonial observance replaces that of the sabbath. In Christ’s Passover, Sunday fulfills the spiritual truth of the Jewish sabbath and announces man’s eternal rest in God” (CCC 2175).
LIFE APPLICATION QUESTIONS
True Rest: Do I approach Sunday as a burden, an afterthought, or a gift of God’s presence and freedom?
Family Rhythm: What is one concrete way our family can reclaim Sunday as a day of holy rest and joy together?
Lord of the Home: Where am I letting busyness or distraction crowd out Jesus’ lordship over my family’s time?
FAMILY LIVE IT
Make some time today to gather together and, going around, each person name one way they would like Sunday to feel more like a true Sabbath of joy and peace.
Then pray over each person by name:
“Lord Jesus, You are Lord of the Sabbath. Speak peace over [Name]’s heart. Silence every lie of the Enemy that pushes them into busyness or fear. Fill them with Your rest, renew their strength, and help them live joyfully in Your presence. Make our home a place of Sabbath freedom.”
DAILY PARENT & GRANDPARENT BLESSING
LORD JESUS CHRIST, let Your holy anointing be upon each of our children, grandchildren, and godchildren this day and week, including all to whom they are called in vocation, and all future generations! In Your Sacred Name we claim them for You! We renounce all whispers, lies, and influences of the Enemy! We pray right now that each know Your loving Presence, be forged in virtue, and be flooded with an abundance of Your Holy Spirit to live fully their identity and mission in You now and through all eternity, through the intercession of our Blessed Mother! Amen.
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GOING VERTICAL
“Be still and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10
Just as the vertical beam upholds the horizontal beam of the Cross, so too does undistracted, dedicated daily turning to God as our lifeblood uphold and strengthen every part of life. Start with just three minutes. Wait patiently for the breakthrough beyond the noise. Let Him speak.
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