Increase of the Chosen People

"God and Father of all who believe in you, you promised Abraham that he will become the father of all nations, and through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ you fulfill that promise. Everywhere throughout the world you increase your chosen people. May we respond to your call by joyfully accepting your invitation to the new life of grace ….." (Prayer at the Mass of Easter Vigil)

At the Easter Vigil everywhere in the world, new members are added to the Church through the baptism of catechumens and the welcoming of candidates into the Church.

Jesus Christ is the means through which the promise to Abraham is fulfilled.

Obey Christ

"Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered; and when he was made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him." (Hebrew 5: 8-9)

What does it mean to obey Christ?

• Love one another as I love you.
  
• Forgive one another as I forgive you.
  
• I provide all your needs. Do the same for your needy brothers and sisters. Share what you have.
  

Christ becomes the source of eternal salvation for all who obey Him. Salvation here and now means freedom from sin and the consequences of sin.

My Destiny2

"Father, into your hands I commend my spirit ….. But I trust in you, O Lord; I say 'You are my God. In your hands is my destiny; rescue me from the clutches of my enemies and persecutors." (Psalm 31: 6, 15-16)

What would I do if I know for certain that my destiny is in the hands of my Father?

• Deeper trust
  
• Total surrender
  
• Peace and tranquility
  

Psalm 31:15 is an example of healing truth. That is, the type of truth that heals us from worry and fear.

My life is solidly in God's hands! Hurrah!

"Take courage and be stouthearted, all you who hope in the Lord."

Since my destiny is in God's hands, I take courage and I am stouthearted as I entrust every aspect of the Enterprise to God. I trust Him to press all the buttons and open all the doors.

 

 

My Destiny

"Father, into your hands I commend my spirit ….. But I trust in you, O Lord; I say 'You are my God. In your hands is my destiny; rescue me from the clutches of my enemies and persecutors." (Psalm 31: 6, 15-16)

What would I do if I know for certain that my destiny is in the hands of my Father?

• Deeper trust
  
• Total surrender
  
• Peace and tranquility
  

Psalm 31:15 is an example of healing truth. That is, the type of truth that heals us from worry and fear.

My life is solidly in God's hands! Hurrah!

Divine Filiation2

"Yet it was our infirmities that he bore, our sufferings that he endured, while we thought of him as stricken, as one smitten by God and afflicted. But he was pierced for our offenses, crushed for our sins; upon him was the chastisement that makes us whole, by his stripes we are healed." (Isaiah 53: 4-5)

Christ reconciled us to the Father through His passion. We become the adopted children of God. The truth of our new enhanced status should make us free from the tyranny of physical limitations and disabilities. We can and must now triumph over these conditions.

How to do for others

"If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another's feet. I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do." (John 13: 14-15)

As Christ does for me, He wants me to do for others. What does Christ do for me here and now?

• Eucharist
  
• Word of God
  
• Casa
  
• Food
  
• Health
  
• Peace and Security
  
• Faith
  

Jesus wants me to touch the lives of others with these gifts.

Maranatha

"For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes." (1 Corinthians 11: 26)

Proclaim the death of the Lord – "Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again."

Maranatha!