Daily Thoughts - Make God Known
The final hour prayer of a dying man, John 17. The One sent to offer Himself up in our place, His sacrificial offering. And we get to read His prayer, the prayer of the Son of Man, the one who walked in our shoes, who faced the world filled with sin and accepted our sin so we could be united with our Triune God. The catechism of the Catholic Church sums it up very well in 2748. It is a prayer of unity, to bring all things together that freely chooses to follow. That is the prayer of a man who is the way. Do we listen to His heart within the Church, the one He founded?
2748 In this Paschal and sacrificial prayer, everything is recapitulated in Christ:45God and the world; the Word and the flesh; eternal life and time; the love that hands itself over and the sin that betrays it; the disciples present and those who will believe in him by their word; humiliation and glory. It is the prayer of unity.
45 Eph 1:10"as a plan for the fullness of times, to sum up all things in Christ, in heaven and on earth." Ephesians 1:10
Moses in todays first reading is a man after God's own heart, he knows the way for he listens to God and responds. Even though he is surrounded by the trickery of the world and the deception of sin. Satisfaction isn't found in the world, it is found by following God, by receiving what God gives. Sometimes the medicine doesn't taste good but it is there for our benefit. Prayer is the answer to our salvation, our love language with God. Without prayer, we are throwing caution to the wind, then the mishaps of the day interfere with God's plan and that's when division sets in which isn't of God.
Dear Father, I thank You for what You give each day in an active prayer life. It doesn't end with the sign of the cross each morning, it truly only begins for in this moment we are together. A respite before the day becomes one where we are called to go into prepared. Thank you for the gift of rain, the kind that drives roots deep within fertile soil. Bless this day, may we accomplish what is intended for today. Love Your son.
Mary, Mother of Love, Pray for us.
St Joesph, Pillar of Family Life, Pray for us.
St Patrick, Pray for us.
Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. 1 John 4:4b
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