"Listen to this, you who trample on the needy
and ruin those who are oppressed in the world. You say to yourselves,
'When will the New Moon Festival be over
so that we can sell more grain? When will the day of rest—a holy day, be over
so that we can sell more wheat? We can shrink the size of the bushel baskets,
increase the cost,
and cheat with dishonest scales.
We can buy the poor with money
and the needy for a pair of sandals. We can sell the husks mixed in with the wheat.'
The Lord has sworn an oath by Jacob’s pride: 'I will never forget anything that they have done.'”
Amos 8:4-7
"You lifted Your eyes from this offense which had to be, and You fixed it solely on the
beauty of Your creature, for if You had set Your primary focus on that offense You
would have forgotten the love which You had in creating humanity. This sin was nothing hidden from You, but You fixed Your love on us, because You are nothing other than
a fire of love, madly loving what You have made.
"If I consider Your great council, eternal Trinity, I see that in Your light You saw the
dignity and nobility of the human race. Just as love constrained You to draw us out
from You, so that same love constrained You to buy us back, seeing we were lost.
You united Yourself with us, descending from the great height of Your Godhead even to the lowliness of the mud of our humanity, because the lowliness of my understanding was not able to comprehend nor to consider Your grandeur. In order that with my littleness, I might be able to see Your greatness, You made Yourself a little one, enclosing
the greatness of Your Godhead in the I littleness of our humanity. And so You have manifested Yourself to us in the Word, Your only begotten Son. So I have
known You, abyss of charity, in myself in this Word God's love is a radical, extravagant love.
Cahterine of Siena
"Let all mankind recognize My unfathomable mercy. It is a sign for the end times. Bring to me all devout and faithful souls, and immerse them in the ocean of My mercy. He who refuses to pass through the door of My mercy must pass through the door of My justice. "
Maria Faustyna Kowalska
“No one lights a lamp and then covers it with a bowl or hides it under a bed. A lamp is placed on a stand, where its light can be seen by all who enter the house. For all that is secret will eventually be brought into the open, and everything that is concealed will be brought to light and made known. So pay attention to how you hear. To those who listen to my teaching, more understanding will be given. But for those who are not listening, even what they think they understand will be taken away from them.”
Luke 8:16-18
We had some post option expiration shenanigans today, as well as positioning ahead of the FOMC meeting and decision this Wednesday.
There is a precious metals options expiration next week on the 27th.
Stocks slumped and then rallied back to finish in the green.
Pretty much the same deal with gold and silver which finished close ot unchanged.
There was some more pronounced downward pressure then rallying back in the miners.
VIX dropped.
The Dollar declined a bit.
Have a pleasant evening.
