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Pope Benedict XVI, Shepherd of Truth is designed as a bulletin insert
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Father is saying. You are free to reproduce it for this purpose.
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008
1 Peter 1:18-25, Psalm 147, Mark 10:32-45
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THANK YOU, JESUS
"Realize that you were delivered from the futile way of life your fathers
handed on to you, not by any diminishable sum of silver or gold, but by
Christ's blood beyond all price." —1 Peter 1:18-19
When we give our lives to Jesus and accept Him as our Savior, Lord, and
God, we change from darkness to light, futility to fulfillment, and death
to life. We think we'll never forget what a difference it is to be a
Christian. Yet after a while the devil tries to take the edge off of our
Christian joy. He tries to diminish the life-changing significance of
belonging to Jesus. However, the Lord reminds us that we have been
delivered from the futile way of life "by Christ's blood beyond all price"
(1 Pt 1:18-19).
Sometimes the devil tries us to make us think that, although we are
Christians, we aren't centered on God. However, God's word says: "It is
through [Jesus] that you are believers in God, the God Who raised Him from
the dead and gave Him glory. Your faith and hope, then, are centered in
God" (1 Pt 1:21).
Another lie of the evil one is to make us doubt the permanence of our life
in Christ. God's word again counters with the truth: "Your rebirth has
come, not from a destructible but from an indestructible seed, through the
living and enduring Word of God...the grass withers, the flower wilts, but
the Word of the Lord endures forever" (1 Pt 1:23, 24).
Our life in Christ is not diminishable, not insufficient, and not
destructible. Our life in Christ is full, perfect, and eternal. We must
not let the devil rob us of our joy in Christ. We must resist his
temptations and live by faith our glorious life in Christ.
Prayer: Father, may I "rejoice with inexpressible joy" (1 Pt 1:8) because
I am a Christian.
Promise: "The Son of Man has not come to be served but to serve — to give
His life in ransom for the many." —Mk 10:45
Praise: Bill and Sarah allowed God to work through their marriage by
teaching new Catholics in the RCIA program for eighteen years.
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