*Sacred Scripture* Story of Job
July 28
This fifteenth-century artwork from the School of Florence depicts Job of the Old Testament sitting with his three friends: Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, who have come to mourn with him for the loss of his health, livestock, servants, and ten children.
Jb 1:1-5
Job’s Piety.
1In the land of Uz* there was a blameless and upright man named Job,a who feared God and avoided evil.
2Seven sons and three daughters were born to him;
3and he had seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred she-donkeys, and a very large household, so that he was greater than anyone in the East.*
4His sons used to take turns giving feasts, sending invitations to their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
5And when each feast had run its course, Job would send for them and sanctify them, rising early and offering sacrifices for every one of them. For Job said, “It may be that my children have sinned and cursed* God in their hearts.” Job did this habitually.
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/job/1
Saying the holy name of Jesus is the simplest way of praying always.
1-A prayer from Raphael the Archangel:
*While you are on this earth, you must praise the Lord God and give him thanks.
2-A prayer from Tobit and Tobias:
*They began to sing hymns of praise, giving thanks for all the mighty deeds God had done while his angel Raphael had been with them.
3-A simple Jesus prayer:
*Lord, Lord, Jesus Christ…Son of God…have mercy on me…Be kind to others…Work Hard…Be joyful.
4-Another prayer:
*When all that God asks of us is to be quiet and keep ourselves at peace-attentive to the secret work He is beginning in our souls-Be Empty and See That I Am God.
The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Rom 5:20–21