WEEK TWENTY ONE: THE ASCENSION AND PENTECOST - DAY 5
Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. 1 John 4:4b
MORNING FACE TO FACE WITH GOD:
Begin with Prayer to the Holy Spirit
Prayer on Galatians 5: 22-25: The Fruit of the Spirit: "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. Now those who belong to Christ [Jesus] have crucified their flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also follow the Spirit."
Read the Reflection; ask for the grace to be glad and rejoice intensely because of the great joy and the glory of Christ our Lord (#221)
Through these gifts we receive an appreciation of God's life, of the Trinitarian relationships, and of the meaning of being in a new and everlasting covenant with the Triune God who is Covenant itself. We are heirs with Christ of God's eternal Life because of God's love for us. Joy and Peace are innate to the Risen Lord, and are offered to us as lasting signs of our insertion into God's divine life. Only Jesus can share His Peace and Joy with us because the Trinity is the Source, and Jesus is both the Source and the Way to receive the Trinitarian gifts of peace and joy through the Holy Spirit. As we enter more deeply into Trinitarian Life and put on the mind and heart of Jesus Christ, we learn to become as the Trinity is in relationship to us through the Holy Spirit. We learn to be patient as God, throughout the history of human beings, has been patient in endurance, both in His fidelity to the covenants, and to us in our sin and rebellion! Like God, under the tutelage of the Holy Spirit, we too learn to be kind and generous. Our faithfulness, gentleness, and self- control are a sharing in God's own transparency of spirit.
Love is patient, Love is kind, I sat with God's patience this morning and witness His love and kindness with us. In the events of our lives He watches as we learn to love Him in return as He loves us unconditionally. As a father loves his children, when the children listen and follow, this brings about joy in both Father and child. The fruit of the Spirit are gifts that need nurtured, they need an attentive ear and a willing heart, they need patience for them to blossom. In the quiet moments of your day, you can witness Love moving about being a loving Father. In the silence, they grow ever deeper without the influences of the world penetrating.
What is God saying to you?
Dear Father, Thank You for the witness of Love, the answer to prayers and the peace that it brings about in families and the future of Your people. Thank You Father for being able to sit and watch, to ponder Your movements within and see growth occurring in the vineyard. Thank You Father for Your protection, for Your watchful glances and reminders that keeps us on track, the gentle nudges that brings us back on course. Bless the couples that got married yesterday in the Presence of the Blessed Sacrament, bless them with the knowledge of the depth of You being present physically in the Eucharist. Prayers for young couples to choose to get married in Church and not at the altars of the World. Bless this day Father and all that You are giving, Thank You.
Mary, Mother of Love, Pray for us.
St Joesph, Guardian of Virgins, Pray for us.
Begin with Prayer to the Holy Spirit
Prayer on Galatians 5: 22-25: The Fruit of the Spirit: "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. Now those who belong to Christ [Jesus] have crucified their flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also follow the Spirit."
Read the Reflection; ask for the grace to be glad and rejoice intensely because of the great joy and the glory of Christ our Lord (#221)
Through these gifts we receive an appreciation of God's life, of the Trinitarian relationships, and of the meaning of being in a new and everlasting covenant with the Triune God who is Covenant itself. We are heirs with Christ of God's eternal Life because of God's love for us. Joy and Peace are innate to the Risen Lord, and are offered to us as lasting signs of our insertion into God's divine life. Only Jesus can share His Peace and Joy with us because the Trinity is the Source, and Jesus is both the Source and the Way to receive the Trinitarian gifts of peace and joy through the Holy Spirit. As we enter more deeply into Trinitarian Life and put on the mind and heart of Jesus Christ, we learn to become as the Trinity is in relationship to us through the Holy Spirit. We learn to be patient as God, throughout the history of human beings, has been patient in endurance, both in His fidelity to the covenants, and to us in our sin and rebellion! Like God, under the tutelage of the Holy Spirit, we too learn to be kind and generous. Our faithfulness, gentleness, and self- control are a sharing in God's own transparency of spirit.
Love is patient, Love is kind, I sat with God's patience this morning and witness His love and kindness with us. In the events of our lives He watches as we learn to love Him in return as He loves us unconditionally. As a father loves his children, when the children listen and follow, this brings about joy in both Father and child. The fruit of the Spirit are gifts that need nurtured, they need an attentive ear and a willing heart, they need patience for them to blossom. In the quiet moments of your day, you can witness Love moving about being a loving Father. In the silence, they grow ever deeper without the influences of the world penetrating.
What is God saying to you?
Dear Father, Thank You for the witness of Love, the answer to prayers and the peace that it brings about in families and the future of Your people. Thank You Father for being able to sit and watch, to ponder Your movements within and see growth occurring in the vineyard. Thank You Father for Your protection, for Your watchful glances and reminders that keeps us on track, the gentle nudges that brings us back on course. Bless the couples that got married yesterday in the Presence of the Blessed Sacrament, bless them with the knowledge of the depth of You being present physically in the Eucharist. Prayers for young couples to choose to get married in Church and not at the altars of the World. Bless this day Father and all that You are giving, Thank You.
Mary, Mother of Love, Pray for us.
St Joesph, Guardian of Virgins, Pray for us.
Viva Cristo Rey
Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. 1 John 4:4b
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