WEEK TWENTY ONE: THE ASCENSION AND PENTECOST - DAY 6
MORNING FACE TO FACE WITH GOD:
Begin with Prayer to the Holy Spirit
REPETITION OF DAYS FOUR AND FIVE:
Ask for the grace to be glad and rejoice intensely because of the great joy and the glory of Christ our Lord (#221)
Today, you are doing a repetition of Days Four and Five of this week. In a repetition St. Ignatius says that "we should pay attention to and dwell upon those points in which we have experienced greater consolation or desolation or greater spiritual appreciation." (# 62) If you wish, you can do a triple colloquy: refer to #63 of the Third Exercise of the First Week.
Day 4 - Prayer on Acts 2: 1-4: The Descent of the Holy Spirit: "When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together. And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were. Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which parted and came to rest on each one of them. And they were all filled with the holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim." [Please read Acts 2: 1-13 for a better appreciation of the passage].
Day 5 - 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."
The authority of God, in His infinite wisdom God gives us His Holy Church so we may follow Him on earth throughout the ages. The teachings of the Church span centuries, for as we know God is a mystery even in the little that we know there is so much more that we have yet to learn. "If we live in the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit", as humans we seek knowledge but in doing so we can get influenced by our own will and desire. This is the flaw of our own nature, in following Christ we are following the teachings of the Church. In following our own wills we are following a blind man. Listen to your heart and be healed with the love of Christ.
What is God saying to you? It will be ok, we know how the end is written, have faith and march on, more are in the way.
Dear Father, I am at a loss of words this morning, I can not express what the mind and heart feel and know. You see the battlefield Lord, you see the wounded and hurting and most don't even know it. I pray for the warriors, the ones willing to stand and fight, the ones willing to listen and follow. Prayers for a friend in the hospital with Covid, prayers for his family, I ask for his healing both body, mind and soul. Watch over us Lord and send help, may we not be lulled to sleep in this valley of tears. In Jesus name, Amen.
Mart, Our Lady of Victory, Pray for us.
St Joesph, Pillar of Families, Pray for us.
Viva Cristo Rey
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
REPETITION OF DAYS FOUR AND FIVE:
Ask for the grace to be glad and rejoice intensely because of the great joy and the glory of Christ our Lord (#221)
Today, you are doing a repetition of Days Four and Five of this week. In a repetition St. Ignatius says that "we should pay attention to and dwell upon those points in which we have experienced greater consolation or desolation or greater spiritual appreciation." (# 62) If you wish, you can do a triple colloquy: refer to #63 of the Third Exercise of the First Week.
Day 4 - Prayer on Acts 2: 1-4: The Descent of the Holy Spirit: "When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together. And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were. Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which parted and came to rest on each one of them. And they were all filled with the holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim." [Please read Acts 2: 1-13 for a better appreciation of the passage].
Day 5 - 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."
The authority of God, in His infinite wisdom God gives us His Holy Church so we may follow Him on earth throughout the ages. The teachings of the Church span centuries, for as we know God is a mystery even in the little that we know there is so much more that we have yet to learn. "If we live in the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit", as humans we seek knowledge but in doing so we can get influenced by our own will and desire. This is the flaw of our own nature, in following Christ we are following the teachings of the Church. In following our own wills we are following a blind man. Listen to your heart and be healed with the love of Christ.
What is God saying to you? It will be ok, we know how the end is written, have faith and march on, more are in the way.
Dear Father, I am at a loss of words this morning, I can not express what the mind and heart feel and know. You see the battlefield Lord, you see the wounded and hurting and most don't even know it. I pray for the warriors, the ones willing to stand and fight, the ones willing to listen and follow. Prayers for a friend in the hospital with Covid, prayers for his family, I ask for his healing both body, mind and soul. Watch over us Lord and send help, may we not be lulled to sleep in this valley of tears. In Jesus name, Amen.
Mart, Our Lady of Victory, Pray for us.
St Joesph, Pillar of Families, 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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