Hello everyone! Heyo! Welcome back to Scattering Flowers with Elise and Miles, a podcast where we read the daily gospels and the saint of the day.
Let’s get started! Today is Tuesday, July 21st, and for the summer weeks we have been doing the ABCs of our Catholic faith and saints.
But since we finished that up, now we’re doing the Catholic 1-2-3s.
And today is the number 6, 4 Days of Creation.
And the scripture to reflect on is Genesis 1-1.
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
On the first day, God created the light and separated it from darkness, forming day and night.
The second day, God separated the waters, creating the sky.
The third day, God created the land and the sea and created plant life.
The fourth day, God created the sun, moon, and stars to rule the day and night.
The fifth day, God filled the waters with sea creatures and the sky with birds.
And the sixth day, God created land animals and humanity to inhabit the earth.
The six days of creation recorded in Genesis 1 represents one of the most coolest scripture readings.
It’s one of the first ones I remember learning about.
I pretty much have it memorized.
How would you go about making something out of Play-Doh?
You probably can’t just say, let there be a person, and the Play-Doh man suddenly appears.
You have to think of your person, then start working with the Play-Doh to shape it and reshape it.
God did the same thing when he created the world.
He had an idea that he wanted to make, and he kept adding to it until it was just right.
God did the same thing when he made you.
He had an idea in the mind of who you would be and what you would be there for, and then he just set out to make you just the way he wanted.
The secret to being happy is to live the way God made you to live.
We are covering the apostles called by Jesus.
Today’s saint of the day is Saint Bartholomew.
He is the patron saint of plasters.
Bartholomew lived near Bethsaida and was also known as Nathaniel.
Philip, his friend, was a disciple of John the Baptist.
One evening, Philip told Nathaniel that John the Baptist had pointed out the messiahs as the Redeemer and the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.
When Jesus saw the two friends coming, he spoke to Nathaniel, Behold, an Israelite indeed in whom there is no evil.
Nathaniel then made this act of faith.
Master, you are the Son of God.
You are the King of Israel.
To be so pure and noble that even the Lord considered him without evil is the great honor of Nathaniel.
He was honest and simple and strong in his faith.
Nathaniel was on a lake shore with Jesus, showed himself after his resurrection.
He and some other apostles all night and caught nothing.
Jesus told them to cast the net once more, and they caught many fish.
After the ascension, Nathaniel preached in Arabia and India.
He suffered murderism in America.
His skin was cut from his living body.
Let’s pray.
In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Dear God, thank you for creating the world, and thank you for creating us.
And help me to continue to serve you no matter what the cost.
St.
Bartholomew, pray for us.
Amen.
In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Thank you so much for listening.
We’ll be back tomorrow scattering more flowers.
See ya!