Holy and Prone to Sin

"Father, may we receive your forgiveness and mercy as we celebrate the passion and death of the Lord…." (Prayer at Mass)

The life of the individual Christian is a microcosm of the life of the Body of Christ, of which the individual is a small stone in the building. The Church again and again asks for forgiveness and mercy from God because she needs it. The Church is holy and at the same time prone to sin, just like the individual Christian is holy because of the indwelling Spirit and at the same time prone to sin.

False Witnesses

"False witnesses have stood up against me, and my enemies threaten violence; Lord, do not surrender me into their power!" (Psalm 26: 12)

If you want to be my disciple, take up your cross everyday and follow me. Prepare yourself for the action of false witnesses and evil men who will threaten violence.

Lord, grant me deep faith; grant me courage, especially at the moment of crisis.

Offering up everything

"Lord, look with mercy on our offerings. May the sacrifice of Christ, your Son, bring us to eternal life …" (Prayer at Mass)

"Many brought a pound of costly perfume made from genuine aromatic nard, with which she anointed Jesus' feet." (John 12: 3)

Mary gave her first fruits to Jesus. She gave Him the very best.

Do I give my very best to Jesus?

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Lord Jesus, I offer you through the Immaculate Heart of Mary all my prayers, desires, hopes, sufferings, temptations, delays, obstacles and disappointments.

Lord Jesus, help me to give you always my very best. I want to give you not Magis but Maximus.

 

First Fruits

"Many brought a pound of costly perfume made from genuine aromatic nard, with which she anointed Jesus' feet." (John 12: 3)

Mary gave her first fruits to Jesus. She gave Him the very best.

Do I give my very best to Jesus?

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Lord Jesus, help me to give you always my very best. I want to give you not Magis but Maximus.

Wait for the Lord

"The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom should I fear? / The Lord is my life's refuge; of whom should I be afraid? ………./I believe that I shall see the bounty of the Lord in the land of the living. / Wait for the Lord with courage; be stout-hearted and wait for the Lord." (Psalm 27 ..)

If God is with me, who can be against me? If God is with me, I shall triumph over my foes. If God is with me, it is accomplished.

Yes, I shall see the bounty of the Lord in this land. I wait for the Lord with courage. I wait for the Lord until He answers me.

Call, Chosen and Anointed

"I, the Lord, has called you for the victory of justice, I have grasped you by the hand; I formed you and set you as a covenant of the people, a light for the nations, to open the eyes of the blind, to bring out prisoners from confinement, and from the dungeon, those who live in darkness." (Isaiah 42: 6-7)

The Lord has called me for the victory of justice. God grasped me by the hand as I grasped JR the day he was lost. God is forming me; He is training me. He will set me as a covenant of the people, a light for the nations. God is calling me to open the eyes of the blind; to bring out prisoners from confinement and from the dungeon, those who live in darkness.

I can do all these things because I am His servant whom He upholds, His chosen one with whom He is pleased. He has put His Spirit in me. If God is with me, then it is accomplished.