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.
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"He said to them in reply, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and act on it." Luke 8:21
I have often struggled with this verse, why would Jesus say such a thing about His mother. What I have learned is I was showing my ignorance on Mary and His brothers. At the foot of the cross stands Mary and John: "When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved, he said to his mother, "Woman, behold, your son." Then he said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother." And from that hour the disciple took her into his home." John 19:26-27. He was pointing to Mary and His brothers as the ones who were acting upon His word as a teaching lesson for all those listening.
We are each called to build the Church, one stone at a time by following the example Mary and the disciples give us, by the examples given in the Old Testament of building up the Church which had structure to it. The daily readings have purpose and we are to act upon them.
Once one has learned the teachings of the Church, they will naturally bubble out of you as you live the life God gives us. Be a living stone for Christ, one solidified on His foundation, Holy Mother Church.
Dear Father God, I sit in the darkness and ponder life, the life You have given and the one that we live together. Go before us this day and prepare the way so we may do what You ask of us. Fortify these holy walls of Yours and give us the grace to speak only when necessary. Thank You for answered prayers. Prayers for a family deciding on divorce, may You intervene in a special way and awaken them to the reality of a potential poor decision that is not of Your will. For better or worse, help them see worse only lasts but a little bit if You are the one guiding the way. Love Your son.
Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. 1 John 4:4b
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