Week 39 - The Journey
"As Peter was passing through every region, he went down to the holy ones living in Lydda. There he found a man named Aeneas, who had been confined to bed for eight years, for he was paralyzed. Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and make your bed." He got up at once. And all the inhabitants of Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord. Peter Restores Tabitha to Life. Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to him with the request, "Please come to us without delay." So Peter got up and went with them. When he arrived, they took him to the room upstairs where all the widows came to him weeping and showing him the tunics and cloaks that Dorcas had made while she was with them. Peter sent them all out and knelt down and prayed. Then he turned to her body and said, "Tabitha, rise up." She opened her eyes, saw Peter, and sat up. This became known all over Joppa, and many came to believe in the Lord." Acts 9:32-35, 38-40, 42
Discipleship. What words rang true to Peter when he thought of Jesus. How had everything that he had heard directly from the mouth of God impacted him? I sat this morning and this is where God had my thoughts at.
"As Peter was passing through every region, he went down to the holy ones living in Lydda. There he found a man named Aeneas, who had been confined to bed for eight years, for he was paralyzed. Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and make your bed." He got up at once. And all the inhabitants of Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord. Peter Restores Tabitha to Life. Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to him with the request, "Please come to us without delay." So Peter got up and went with them. When he arrived, they took him to the room upstairs where all the widows came to him weeping and showing him the tunics and cloaks that Dorcas had made while she was with them. Peter sent them all out and knelt down and prayed. Then he turned to her body and said, "Tabitha, rise up." She opened her eyes, saw Peter, and sat up. This became known all over Joppa, and many came to believe in the Lord." Acts 9:32-35, 38-40, 42
Discipleship. What words rang true to Peter when he thought of Jesus. How had everything that he had heard directly from the mouth of God impacted him? I sat this morning and this is where God had my thoughts at.
"Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes in me will do the works that I do, and will do greater ones than these, because I am going to the Father. And whatever you ask in my name, I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son." John 14:12-13. The love Peter has for Jesus transformed him into His disciple. He witnessed Jesus demonstrate this love of Father and the Son, how Jesus glorified God with His life.
Peter in turn followed, (Discipleship), His example and glorifies Jesus by healing the cripple in Jesus's name, by raising the dead in Jesus's name. Peter is living the Divine Mystery and God is transforming the world around him because of his faith. The results are God's, the actions are yours in faith.
What is God saying to me? Walk by faith not by sight, Peter followed My direction. He was My hands, My feet, My voice, My body.
Dear Father, a little bit each day as You bring it all together. Living a life of faith and trusting in You is the perfect life. I may not always get what I want but I always get what You give. Thank You for the blessing of holy words and the opportunity to sit in confessions. Grace upon grace is poured out upon us when we humble ourselves in Your presence. Bless this day and thank You for the life that You have given each of us. I ask this in Jesus name, Amen.
Mary, Queen of Heaven, 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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