Week 24 - The Journey Day 6
"But Jesus cried out again in a loud voice, and gave up his spirit." Matthew 27:50
"But Jesus cried out again in a loud voice, and gave up his spirit." Matthew 27:50
Have you contemplated Jesus dying on the cross for you, for your sins? It is easy to look from a distance but what about up close, knowing that the suffering that He bore is mine? "Yet it was our pain that he bore, our sufferings he endured. We thought of him as stricken, struck down by God and afflicted, But he was pierced for our sins, crushed for our iniquity. He bore the punishment that makes us whole, by his wounds we were healed." Isaiah 53:4-5
Knowing how much you are loved by the Father, experiencing His love and His forgiveness, brings about healing and conviction. "he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross. Philippians 2:8. Jesus did not have to die, He did not have to experience death but He chose too. The journey with God leads to obedience, for you come to understand the great sacrifice and the pain that he bore. You come to understand the great love God has for you. We are all given the same choice, life or death.
What is God saying to me? He did not die alone, We were there and so were you.
Dear Father, it is easy to distance ourselves from Your death, to make it impersonal but it was "I" whom You died for. I see the great sacrifice and I see the obedience that the Son of Man has. Give us a heart like Yours, give us a mind like Yours, remove the sin that holds us back so we can fully worship You in the holy sacrifice of the mass. Prayers for a blessed week, thank You for all the faithful that have gone before us, looking down from Heaven cheering us on. Help us be obedient to Your will. In Jesus name, Amen.
Mary, Queen of Saints, Pray for us.
St Joesph, Model of Workmen, 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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