April 7th Devine Mercy Sunday
Today, Christ, You show us Your heart with the rays of love flowing from them.
We see Your heart issue the blood and water, that feeds and puifies us all.
Let us all learn how to say Your chaplet of Mercy, and say it every day if possible at
the 3:00 p.m. hour.
Let us come to try to comprehend how great a love You have for us, that Your heart still
sends forth rays of healing love.
Let us all endeavor to set our hearts free of the tangles of life, and set our hearts on
Your heart.
Let us be able to grace and help others through the chaplet of mercy.
Let us again see in the picture of You, the depth of Your love, and the openness of Your
heart.
It burns with the fire of love for each of us, and it never stops calling us to that
union of oneness that You want to share with each of us.
Let us see in Your eyes the forgiving presence, and look of love.
Let us all come and see the love of the Lord that You have for each of us.
Amen and Amen.
Thanks to You, Lord, for loving us totally.
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One Bread, One Body
This weeks readings and reflections
Sunday RISE TO THE OCCASION
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"Thomas said in response, 'My Lord and my God!' " -John 20:28
Because Jesus is God, Jesus is risen (see Rm 1:4). Only God has power over death (Jn 5:21, 26).
Because Jesus is God, Jesus is Lord. Only God has the right to demand the constant worship and
total obedience due to the Lord.
Because Jesus is God and risen Lord, none of us is the lord of our own life. "While we live we
are responsible to the Lord, and when we die we die as His servants. Both in life and in death we
are the Lord's" (Rm 14:8). We "live no longer" for ourselves, "but for Him" (2 Cor 5:15). The life
we now live is not our own, "but it is a life of faith in the Son of God, Who loved [us] and gave
Himself" for us (Gal 2:20).
It is not right to believe in Jesus' resurrection without dethroning ourselves and enthroning Him
as Lord God. It is not right to believe in His resurrection without witnessing for Jesus in word
and in a radically surrendered lifestyle. It is not right to say we believe in His resurrection
and yet be locked up by fear like the apostles or by doubt like Thomas (Jn 20:19ff). It is right
to receive the Holy Spirit (Jn 20:22) and proclaim Jesus as risen Lord and God (1 Cor 12:3).
Prayer: Father, may I confess with my "lips that Jesus is Lord" and believe in my "heart that" You
"raised Him from the dead" (Rm 10:9).
Promise: "Crowds from the towns around Jerusalem would gather, too, bringing their sick and those
who were troubled by unclean spirits, all of whom were cured." -Acts 5:16
Praise: Praise Jesus, "the First and the Last and the One Who lives" (Rv 1:18). Praise Jesus
forever and ever!
Monday SHOCKED BACK TO LIFE
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"The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most High will overshadow you." -Luke 1:35
Tuesday COMMON KNOWLEDGE
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"The community of believers were of one heart and one mind. None of them ever claimed anything
as his own; rather, everything was held in common." -Acts 4:32
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Risen Life
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"Why do you search for the Living One among the dead? He is not here; He has been raised up."
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Alleluia! Jesus is risen! He's alive! "O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your
sting?" (1 Cor 15:55) We as Christians have personally had the most overwhelming experience
imaginable. The One Who loves us so much, Who would do anything for us, was brutally murdered
by crucifixion. To have a loved one die is traumatic enough without it being a violent murder.
Amazingly, this Victim came out of the grave on the third day. We who love Him are
transformed from a shattered life to victory, from weeping to joy, and from mourning to
dancing (Ps 30:6, 12). Imagine a dead parent, spouse, or friend walking in the room right now.
This would be a shadow of what happens when we meet the risen Christ.
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PM Internet Prayer Requests
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Father, please I ask everyone to pray for H. I love this child so much and he has gone through
so much heartache and grief in his young life. I beg You please let this problem that is
tormenting him, go away. There is no way he can ever have peace with this person. He needs You
Father, please guide him to a better path and lead him into happiness. Please allow the other
person involved, to also find happiness and to find a home where she will be happy, loved and
not have to ever deal with alcoholics again. Heal their broken hearts and help them get past
all this. In Jesus name I pray. May H. have a wonderful time tonight, forget about his problems
for awhile and to get home safe and sound.I love You Father.
(Anonymous, 4/6/2013 7:50:09 PM)
Please could you pray that the Lord will heal me in heart, mind and body during tommorrows
Divine Mercy feast day. May I witness to everyone I encounter the completely transformative
power of the Lords mercy and grace and thus draw others into his loving arms. Thank you
(Geraldine, Ireland, Ireland, 4/6/2013 7:23:03 PM)
First Saturday, Oh Dear Blessed Mother Mary crush the evil in the US and around the world.
(Ken, Texas, 4/6/2013 2:50:28 PM)
Dear brothers and sisters in christ, please pray for me for I did not find the culprit who came
to attack me. I'm waiting for my Lords help to investigate.Please pray for me.Thankyou and God
bless you all.Amen.
(c.f, India, 4/6/2013 1:47:56 PM)
OH GOD HAVE MERCY ON US ALL! April 6,2013 Slow Recovery from the Death of Our Only Son & Other
Ongoing Sorrows... Thank you for standing with us in daily(2013)prayer for God's Mercy & Peace!
Broken & Exhausted Hearts continue to Cry out to God Day & Night for His Mercy & Peace Now & in
the Days ahead..April,May..2013.?Please pray(2013)with us daily for recovery!Recovery is very
slow! Recovery for God's Healing,Protecting Peace & Hope in our Broken Hearts,Health Issues,
Financial Misery & Others Sorrows... Feel free to pass Prayer Request:Parishes,Convents,Nuns,
Sisters,Monasteries,Prayer Groups,Prayer Chains,Older Saints & Others? Meanwhile,We continue to
stay at our Post in Hope & Prayer with the help of your Daily Prayers & God's Mercy! Thank you,
Bill & Carol. usa
(Bill and Carol, Broken & Exhausted Hearts..., United States, 4/6/2013 1:22:56 PM)
My mother was just diagnosed with appendicitis and they are doing emergency surgery this
morning. Please pray for her. Her name is Cynthia Goldston. Thank you and God Bless.
(JENNIFER, SACRAMENTO, CA, United States, 4/6/2013 12:48:02 PM)
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Pope Benedict XVI, Shepherd of Truth
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Notable quotations from Pope Benedict XVI and official
teachings of the Roman Catholic Church
BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS
PEACE IS...
Peace concerns the human person as a whole, and it involves complete commitment. It is
peace with God through a life lived according to His will. It is interior peace with
oneself, and external peace with our neighbors and all creation... As Bl. John XXII
wrote..., it entails the building up of a coexistence based on truth,freedom, love and
justice.
"AUTHENTIC PEACEMAKERS"
To become authentic peacemakers, it is fundamental to keep in mind our transcendent
dimension and to enter into constant dialogue with God, ... whereby we implore the
redemption achieved for us by His only-begotten Son.
PEACE IS POSSIBLE
Peace is not a dream or something utopian: it is possible. Our gaze needs to go deeper,
beneath superficial appearances and phenomena, to discern a positive reality which
exists in human hearts, since every man and woman has been created in the image of God
and is called to grow and contribute to the building of a new world.
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