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Saturday, May 10, 2008, Pentecost Novena - Day 9, Bl. Damien of Molokai
Acts 28:16-20, 30-31, Psalm 11, John 21:20-25
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ACTS OF APOSTLES
"Your business is to follow Me." —John 21:22
Today, on the last day of our novena to the Holy Spirit and the next to
last day of the Easter season, we read the last words of the Acts of the
Apostles and the Gospel of John. May today be the beginning of never again
refusing to act on God's commandments.
When the Lord commands us to follow Him to Calvary, He doesn't want us to
turn and ask: "But, Lord, what about him?" (Jn 21:21) The Lord doesn't
want us to hinder the spread of His word by comparing ourselves with
others. Furthermore, the Lord doesn't want us to delay in acting on His
commands because we have too many problems. For example, "with full
assurance, and without any hindrance whatever, [Paul] preached the reign
of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ" (Acts 28:31). Paul acted on
the Lord's command even though he was in an unfamiliar city, under house
arrest, awaiting trial before the Roman emperor, and rejected by many
Roman Jews (see Acts 28:16, 19, 24). Paul had plenty of problems and
excuses for not acting, but he obeyed the Lord.
When we receive the Holy Spirit, we too perform the "acts of the
apostles." We don't question God, compare ourselves with others, or get
bogged down in our problems. We act (Jas 1:22). Let today be the last time
we fail to act on God's commandments. May today be the beginning of the
uninterrupted acts of us, the apostles.
Prayer: Father, on this last day of the novena to the Holy Spirit, may I
fix my eyes on Jesus and obey His every command.
Promise: "There are still many other things that Jesus did, yet if they
were written about in detail, I doubt there would be room enough in the
entire world to hold the books to record them." —Jn 21:25
Praise: Bl. Damien gave his life for the terminally ill, the
disenfranchised, just like the apostles, just like Jesus.
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