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Friday, May 8, 2015
Acts 15:22-31, Psalm 57:8-10, 12, John 15:12-17
Link to Readings --> http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/050815.cfm
COME, SPIRIT OF CRUCIFIED LOVE!
"This is My commandment: love one another as I have loved you." -John 15:12
Jesus commands us not only to love one another but to love as He has loved us! That means that we are to lay down our lives for our friends (Jn 15:13) and even for our enemies (Rm 5:8, 10). In this way, we will be recognizable as Jesus' disciples, because no one except Jesus loves his enemies by dying for them (Lk 5:27ff).
How are we, with all our selfishness, to love so divinely? The Holy Spirit will purify us by obedience to the truth (1 Pt 1:22) so as to produce the fruit of love in our lives (Gal 5:22). The Holy Spirit will cry out in our hearts, "Abba" (Gal 4:6; Rm 8:15). We will know that we are loved perfectly by our Father. Then we will be able to love in an amazing way, for we "love because He first loved us" (1 Jn 4:19).
One week from today, we begin the annual Pentecost novena. As the Christian community throughout the world prays during these nine days, the Holy Spirit changes our "culture of death" into a "civilization of love."
Come, Holy Spirit of love!
Prayer: Father, You are Love. I will live in You and in Love (1 Jn 4:16).
Promise: "When it was read there was great delight at the encouragement it gave." -Acts 15:31
Praise: While praying, Regina was prompted to publish a book on the rosary for children.
(Our Forty Hours Devotion and Family Campout" will be held at our Paul Jansen Discipleship Center in Peebles, OH on June 19-21, 2015. Visit www.presentationministries.com or call 937-587-5464 or 513-373-2397 for information or to register.)
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Rescript: In accord with the "Code of Canon Law", I hereby grant my permission to publish "One Bread, One Body" covering the period from April 1, 2015 through May 31, 2015
?Most Reverend Joseph R. Binzer, Auxiliary Bishop, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, October 21, 2014
The rescript is a declaration that a book or pamphlet is considered to be free of doctrinal or moral error. It is not implied that those who have granted ecclesial permission agree with the contents, opinions, or statements expressed.
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