FATHER, CONSECRATE US TO THE TRUTH.
CONSECRATE US IN THE TRUTH.
"Consecrate them in the truth. Your word is truth." (John 17: 17).
THE GOODNEWS:
"Lifting up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed, saying:
“Holy Father, keep them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are one.
When I was with them I protected them in your name that you gave me, and I guarded them, and none of them was lost except the son of destruction, in order that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
But now I am coming to you. I speak this in the world so that they may share my joy completely. I gave them your word, and the world hated them, because they do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world. I do not ask that you take them out of the world but that you keep them from the Evil One. They do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world.
Consecrate them in the truth. Your word is truth.
As you sent me into the world, so I sent them into the world. And I consecrate myself for them, so that they also may be consecrated in truth.” (John 17: 11 - 19).
Wednesday 4th June 2025, in the 7th Week in the Season of Easter.
In the high priestly prayer on the night before His Passion, Jesus prayed to His Father that His disciples should be consecrated in the truth. God's word is truth. Jesus, the Word of God is truth.
To consecrate means to set apart, to sanctify, to purify for holy purposes.
Have you ever seen a new Altar or Chalice consecrated by the Bishop?
It is a worthwhile experience. It will help you appreciate the prayer of Jesus in our key Scripture.
What will you do if you walk into your church and find gansters partying around the Altar and drinking beer with the Chalice?
Calling the police will not make the Altar and Chalice pure, holy and consecrated again. The sacred objects have been desecrated. They have been made unholy through sacrilegious action.
The Bishop may order both objects to be destroyed or he may decide to reconsecrate the expensive Altar and have the Chalice destroyed and buried.
We are consecrated by our Baptism for Mission and Witness. When one fails through a serious sin, the person has become desecrated. Our Supreme High Priest, Jesus the Christ who delights in mercy has made provision for our re-consecration through the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
When you live as one consecrated to the truth, you will avoid conforming yourself to the ways and habits of this world. Rather, through daily renewal of your mind by the word of God the Holy Spirit will transform your mind. When being fed by the Scriptures becomes your habitual manner of living, discerning what is the will of God for you becomes a habit. The will of God is our peace and prosperity.
The Holy Catholic Church honors the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus every June.
St Aloysius Gonzaga, SJ learned the truth about the Sacred Heart of Jesus at the age of 12! He loved, adored and was intimate with the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The Sacred Heart of Jesus returned Aloysius' affection as only a God can do.
St Aloysius Gonzaga pray for.
Read of the abundant promises made to people who honor the Sacred Heart of Jesus especially in June.
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