A Bible verse to begin or end the day with. Guided by the Holy Spirit, I publish a daily thought to help keep The Triune God in the center of my life and through out the day. I am not a biblical scholar just a normal guy that tries to live a Christ centered life. He will return, we are called to be His eyes, His hands, His feet, His Ears, His Voice and His Body. Jesus, I trust in You! "Greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world." 1 John 4:4b
Saturday, September 30, 2023
Daily Thoughts - Make God Known.
Friday, September 29, 2023
Daily Thoughts - Make God Known.
The Baptism of infants
1250 Born with a fallen human nature and tainted by original sin, children also have need of the new birth in Baptism to be freed from the power of darkness and brought into the realm of the freedom of the children of God, to which all men are called.50 The sheer gratuitousness of the grace of salvation is particularly manifest in infant Baptism. The Church and the parents would deny a child the priceless grace of becoming a child of God were they not to confer Baptism shortly after birth.51
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Sacrifice. I stand with Nathaniel under the fig tree this morning and look with eyes of faith. What did he see when he stood there with eyes closed. I imagined what were in his thoughts as he prayed to God the Father. He was faithful to his faith, his life in God and his prayer life. He had learned the power of prayer and the faithfulness it produced is its fruit.
He encounters Jesus in the flesh and he is reliving his prayer in the flesh. The Son of God was not someone he did not know but the One he encountered in his prayer under the fig tree. It was only natural to call him the Son of God, God was his teacher.
The fruit of prayer is faithfulness, it must be experienced if we are to taste its fruit. Nathaniel experienced God in prayer king before he encountered him. You as well are given the same opportunity to experience God in prayer. Give of your precious time a sacrifice to God and experience His love.
Dear Father, the fruit of its mystery is love, standing there with Nathaniel opened up scripture and the joy of knowing You. We encounter You in prayer and I am thankful for the fruits it produces in my life. Father I see You at work as others learn to give of themselves in prayer, we are all Your children. Watch over us this day and may we recognize Your watchful eye in our lives. Love Your son.
Mary, Mother of the Child Jesus, Pray for us.
St Joesph, Pray for us.
St Patrick, Pray for us.
Thursday, September 28, 2023
Daily Thoughts - Make God Known.
Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Daily Thoughts - Make God Known.
Delivered. At what part of our adult formation do we recognize we are joined with Christ our Teacher. We can go through life living in ways that are not of God, when we recognize Him as Teacher we are joined with Him. Will we lift ourselves up from the pit of darkness and seek Christ. Will we spend time in prayer with an open heart and listen for the will of God.
Tuesday, September 26, 2023
Daily Thoughts - Make God Known.
The Baptism of adults
1247 Since the beginning of the Church, adult Baptism is the common practice where the proclamation of the Gospel is still new. The catechumenate (preparation for Baptism) therefore occupies an important place. This initiation into Christian faith and life should dispose the catechumen to receive the gift of God in Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eucharist.
Sunday, September 24, 2023
Daily Thoughts - Make God Known.
Thursday, September 21, 2023
Daily Thoughts - Make God Known
Equipped. You have been equipped within Baptism with the Body of Christ, it is the first holy communion that you have or will receive. The blessing is the sending forth of putting God's grace into action. As a child we don't understand that but that does not change its effectiveness. You are equipped by GOD, get out of the way.
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Daily Thoughts - Make God Known
At the heart of it. The heart of God, that is what is at the heart of it. His mission and His purpose and our purpose is to be reunited with Him forever. I have my opinions but it is Jesus, son of man that I seek to emulate. Baptism as a child, as an adult, does it really matter. Depends who you ask but I know if the heart is right it will be right no matter when or how.
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Daily Thoughts - Make God Known
1243 The white garment symbolizes that the person baptized has "put on Christ,"42 has risen with Christ. The candle, lit from the Easter candle, signifies that Christ has enlightened the neophyte. In him the baptized are "the light of the world."43
The newly baptized is now, in the only Son, a child of God entitled to say the prayer of the children of God: "Our Father."
Monday, September 18, 2023
Daily Thoughts - Make God Known.
Sacred space. Do we activate the gifts of Baptism by taken time out of our lives and enter into time with God. This is sacred space for it is you, God and the gifts that He gives. Our baptism is to be activated in our lives, we have free will to act, it is not forced upon us. But conditions are created for us to ponder the gifts of God.
Sunday, September 17, 2023
Daily Thoughts - Make God Known.
Anointed. Arron was anointed with holy oil and so was David, they were set apart by God for His purpose. In the rite of baptism, we as well are set apart with holy oil to bring about the fullness of God's kingdom. David didn't recognize his calling until he accepted the gift of his anointing as not his own. It wasn't his power that he was operating under but the power of God that brought about being fully alive.
Saturday, September 16, 2023
Daily Thoughts - Make God Known.
Thursday, September 14, 2023
Daily Thoughts - Make God Known.
We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you,
because by your Cross you have redeemed the world.
Alleluia, alleluia.
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Daily Thoughts - Make God Known.
Set apart. The rite of Baptism is a sacred event that is given to us by God through the Church. The water is blessed and God is invoked to bring down the Holy Spirit upon the water that we would receive the fullness of Jesus. The holy water becomes a part of the sacrament, washing away our sins and giving us the gifts of the Sacraments through His Holy Spirit.