Week 39 - The Journey
"You who are Israelites, hear these words. Jesus the Nazorean was a man commended to you by God with mighty deeds, wonders, and signs, which God worked through him in your midst, as you yourselves know. This man, delivered up by the set plan and foreknowledge of God, you killed, using lawless men to crucify him. God raised this Jesus; of this we are all witnesses. Exalted at the right hand of God, he received the promise of the holy Spirit from the Father and poured it forth, as you [both] see and hear. Therefore let the whole house of Israel know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Messiah, this Jesus whom you crucified." Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and they asked Peter and the other apostles, "What are we to do, my brothers?" Peter [said] to them, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the holy Spirit. For the promise is made to you and to your children and to all those far off, whomever the Lord our God will call." Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand persons were added that day. Communal Life." Acts 2:22-23, 32-33, 36-39, 41
Pentecost Power. Who is this man? Peter has entered the fullness of truth. Listening to the conviction in his voice and the passion in his words, he is no longer Simon. He is living the Gospel with God, no longer a spectator but a committed, full-hearted follower of Jesus.
This was the epicenter of the universe for God's final redemption to spread through out the world. One man at a time, that inner voice who is God, asking Simon to be transformed. That inner voice asks one question, " try me". The witness now has a choice to make either to be Simon, his old self or Peter, the resurrected body of Jesus.
There is a stark contrast between Peter in the boat from yesterday to Peter living out his faith in today's Gospel. The power of God operating within a willing soul moves mountains. "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the holy Spirit."
"You who are Israelites, hear these words. Jesus the Nazorean was a man commended to you by God with mighty deeds, wonders, and signs, which God worked through him in your midst, as you yourselves know. This man, delivered up by the set plan and foreknowledge of God, you killed, using lawless men to crucify him. God raised this Jesus; of this we are all witnesses. Exalted at the right hand of God, he received the promise of the holy Spirit from the Father and poured it forth, as you [both] see and hear. Therefore let the whole house of Israel know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Messiah, this Jesus whom you crucified." Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and they asked Peter and the other apostles, "What are we to do, my brothers?" Peter [said] to them, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the holy Spirit. For the promise is made to you and to your children and to all those far off, whomever the Lord our God will call." Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand persons were added that day. Communal Life." Acts 2:22-23, 32-33, 36-39, 41
Pentecost Power. Who is this man? Peter has entered the fullness of truth. Listening to the conviction in his voice and the passion in his words, he is no longer Simon. He is living the Gospel with God, no longer a spectator but a committed, full-hearted follower of Jesus.
This was the epicenter of the universe for God's final redemption to spread through out the world. One man at a time, that inner voice who is God, asking Simon to be transformed. That inner voice asks one question, " try me". The witness now has a choice to make either to be Simon, his old self or Peter, the resurrected body of Jesus.
There is a stark contrast between Peter in the boat from yesterday to Peter living out his faith in today's Gospel. The power of God operating within a willing soul moves mountains. "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the holy Spirit."
What is God saying to me?
Dear Lord God, I sit in awe of Your transforming power, the witness that is produced from a bag of bones going nowhere but down is evidence of Your divine plan. Bless this day Father, prayers for the challenges that this day will bring, You direct Your pupil and all will be well. I ask this in Jesus name, Amen.
Mary, Spouse of the Holy Spirit, Pray for us.
St Joesph, Patriarch of the Holy Family, Pray for us.
Viva Cristo Rey
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