These are great resources for your Bible Study and for the Year of St.
Paul. Listen online, download as an MP3 or order the tapes from our
ministry center.
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Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Hebrews 12:4-7, 11-15, Psalm 103, Mark 6:1-6
Link to Readings --> http://www.usccb.org/nab/020409.shtml
INTENSE?
"They found Him too much for them." —Mark 6:3
Christ is much more intense than most Christians. Therefore, if we are to
follow Christ, we must grow in intensity and change from lukewarm to hot
(Rv 3:16). If we, like His hometown folk, find Jesus "too much" for us (Mk
6:3), we must repent of being "too little" for Him. Zeal for God's house
consumed Jesus (Jn 2:17), so we should let it consume us (see Heb 12:29).
Jesus came to light a fire on the earth (Lk 12:49). We likewise must
desire this fire to burn. When Jesus had the Last Supper, the first Mass,
"He desired with great desire" (Lk 22:15, our transl.) to share this meal
with the apostles. He wants us to also "desire with great desire" to
receive Communion with Him and each other at Mass.
Instead of taking a minimalistic attitude toward the Christian life, we
should abandon ourselves "into the hands of the living God" (Heb 10:31).
Instead of not getting too concerned about sin, we must fight against it
"to the point of shedding [our own] blood" (Heb 12:4). The Christian life
is not a spectator sport but a race and a fight (see 2 Tm 4:7).
The world is full of intense athletes, CEOs, politicians, and
pleasure-seekers. We should be intense like Jesus and for Jesus.
Prayer: Lord, increase the intensity of both my love for You and Your love
in me.
Promise: "Do not disdain the discipline of the Lord." —Heb 12:5
Praise: Geoff sold his business and changed jobs specifically because he
wanted to fulfill his desire to go to daily Mass.
(To become intense like Jesus, read the Bible daily. For encouragement,
order any or all of these audio or video tapes: "Ignorance of Scriptures
is Ignorance of Christ", AV 82-1, V-82, "How to Pray the Bible "on audio
AV 82-3 or on video V-82, "How to Read the Bible "on audio AV 46-3 or on
video V-46, "Principles of Bible Interpretation", audio AV 79-1, video
V-79.)
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