Sunday, March 26, 2017, Fourth Sunday of Lent
1 Samuel 16:1, 6-7, 10-13, Ephesians 5:8-14, Psalm 23:1-6, John 9:1-41
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SIGHT FOR SORE EYES
"Not as man sees does God see, because man sees the appearance but the Lord looks into the heart." -1 Samuel 16:7
There is a human way of seeing and a divine way of seeing. Because we have been baptized into Christ Who is God, we can share in God's divine way of seeing (see 2 Pt 1:4). However, we will have "the eyes of our hearts" (Eph 1:18, our transl) enlightened by God only if we live our Baptisms. This means:
* loving God, our brothers and sisters in Christ, our neighbors, and even our enemies, for "the man who hates his brother is in darkness. He walks in shadows, not knowing where he is going, since the dark has blinded his eyes" (1 Jn 2:11),
* rejecting worldly ways to avoid being blinded by the god of the present age (2 Cor 4:4), that is, secular humanism,
* going to Confession regularly so as not to be blinded by sin,
* being rejected by those blind to their blindness (see Jn 9:22; 9:39-41),
* finally seeing Jesus as He is (1 Jn 3:2), and
* finally seeing God "face to face" (1 Cor 13:12).
"Jesus said: 'I came into this world to divide it, to make the sightless see and the seeing blind' " (Jn 9:39). "But blest are your eyes because they see" (Mt 13:16).
Prayer: Father, when I renew my baptismal promises in three weeks, may I see in the fullness of my baptismal graces.
Promise: "Awake, O sleeper, arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light." -Eph 5:14
Praise: "We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You because by Your holy cross You have redeemed the world."
(For a related teaching on Spiritual Blindness", order, listen to or download our CD 65-1 or DVD 65 on our website or order our tape on audio AV 65-1 or video V 65.)
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THE PEOPLE OF THE INCARNATION - One Bread, One Body, 3/25/2017
Saturday, March 25, 2017, Annunciation
Isaiah 7:10-14; 8:10, Hebrews 10:4-10, Psalm 40:7-11, Luke 1:26-38
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THE PEOPLE OF THE INCARNATION
"The angel answered her: 'The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; hence, the holy Offspring to be born will be called Son of God.' " -Luke 1:35
Nearly two thousand years ago, God became man. This made it possible for God to die. Dying made it possible for Him to rise from the dead. In this way, God saved us from sin, slavery, self-deception, self-hatred, alienation, death, Satan, and hell. The incarnate Jesus saved us for love, freedom, peace, communion, and eternal life. Consequently, God's Incarnation is the beginning of the greatest events in the history of the human race. This is why we count the years based on their distance from the Incarnation.
In the Catholic Church, we have the custom of recalling the Incarnation each day at 6 AM, 12 noon, and 6 PM by praying "The Angelus." When we pray the "Hail Mary" and the first mystery of the joyful mysteries of the rosary, we remember the Annunciation of Jesus' Incarnation. In addition to celebrating today's feast, we celebrate the Incarnation especially during the Christmas season. In fact, every time we receive Holy Communion we receive the incarnate God, for we receive His body and blood, soul and divinity. We are the people of the Incarnation. With Mary, may each of us say with our whole lives each day: "I am the handmaid of the Lord. Let it be done to me according to your word" (Lk 1:38, our transl). Praise Jesus, God incarnate!
Prayer: Father, in thanksgiving, I offer You my body as a living sacrifice (Rm 12:1).
Promise: "By this 'will,' we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all." -Heb 10:10
Praise: Praise You, Jesus, the incarnate Word. Praise You, Jesus, incarnate love in mysterious humility!
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Isaiah 7:10-14; 8:10, Hebrews 10:4-10, Psalm 40:7-11, Luke 1:26-38
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THE PEOPLE OF THE INCARNATION
"The angel answered her: 'The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; hence, the holy Offspring to be born will be called Son of God.' " -Luke 1:35
Nearly two thousand years ago, God became man. This made it possible for God to die. Dying made it possible for Him to rise from the dead. In this way, God saved us from sin, slavery, self-deception, self-hatred, alienation, death, Satan, and hell. The incarnate Jesus saved us for love, freedom, peace, communion, and eternal life. Consequently, God's Incarnation is the beginning of the greatest events in the history of the human race. This is why we count the years based on their distance from the Incarnation.
In the Catholic Church, we have the custom of recalling the Incarnation each day at 6 AM, 12 noon, and 6 PM by praying "The Angelus." When we pray the "Hail Mary" and the first mystery of the joyful mysteries of the rosary, we remember the Annunciation of Jesus' Incarnation. In addition to celebrating today's feast, we celebrate the Incarnation especially during the Christmas season. In fact, every time we receive Holy Communion we receive the incarnate God, for we receive His body and blood, soul and divinity. We are the people of the Incarnation. With Mary, may each of us say with our whole lives each day: "I am the handmaid of the Lord. Let it be done to me according to your word" (Lk 1:38, our transl). Praise Jesus, God incarnate!
Prayer: Father, in thanksgiving, I offer You my body as a living sacrifice (Rm 12:1).
Promise: "By this 'will,' we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all." -Heb 10:10
Praise: Praise You, Jesus, the incarnate Word. Praise You, Jesus, incarnate love in mysterious humility!
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Thursday, March 23, 2017
UNINHIBITED LOVE - One Bread, One Body, 3/24/2017
Friday, March 24, 2017
Hosea 14:2-10, Psalm 81:6-11, 14, 17, Mark 12:28-34
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UNINHIBITED LOVE
"I will love them freely." -Hosea 14:5
The Lord wants to love us freely. However, many of us are not open to the overflowing intimacy of God's love. Our sins have made us afraid of love. We are afraid to be encompassed in the consuming fire of God's love (Heb 12:29). Consequently, the Lord must heal our sinful defection (Hos 14:5) in order to freely communicate His love to us.
God, Who is Love (1 Jn 4:16), clears away our sins, the obstacles we place in the way of His love, by:
* convicting us of our sins (Jn 16:8),
* activating our guilt as a warning sign of our need to repent,
* assuring us Jesus is "an Offering for our sins, and not for our sins only, but for those of the whole world" (1 Jn 2:2),
* commanding us through His Church and her Bible (see Hos 14:2) to repent,
* commanding us to confess our sins to Him and to others (Jas 5:16), and
* delegating the apostles' successors, the bishops, to forgive our sins in His name (Jn 20:23) through the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
Be baptized and immersed in repentance (Mk 1:4) this Lent so you will plunge into the depths of God's love this Easter. Don't be afraid to let the crucified and risen Christ live and love in you.
Prayer: Father, love me any way You wish.
Promise: "Therefore you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength." -Mk 12:30
Praise: Even though severely rebuked in front of others by another Christian, Anna accepted the grace of total forgiveness and treated that person with even greater kindness.
(The community at Our Lady of Guadalupe Discipleship Center welcomes you to visit and join with them in worshiping the Lord. Experience the Christian life in a radical new way. Call 513-373-2397 with questions.)
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Hosea 14:2-10, Psalm 81:6-11, 14, 17, Mark 12:28-34
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UNINHIBITED LOVE
"I will love them freely." -Hosea 14:5
The Lord wants to love us freely. However, many of us are not open to the overflowing intimacy of God's love. Our sins have made us afraid of love. We are afraid to be encompassed in the consuming fire of God's love (Heb 12:29). Consequently, the Lord must heal our sinful defection (Hos 14:5) in order to freely communicate His love to us.
God, Who is Love (1 Jn 4:16), clears away our sins, the obstacles we place in the way of His love, by:
* convicting us of our sins (Jn 16:8),
* activating our guilt as a warning sign of our need to repent,
* assuring us Jesus is "an Offering for our sins, and not for our sins only, but for those of the whole world" (1 Jn 2:2),
* commanding us through His Church and her Bible (see Hos 14:2) to repent,
* commanding us to confess our sins to Him and to others (Jas 5:16), and
* delegating the apostles' successors, the bishops, to forgive our sins in His name (Jn 20:23) through the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
Be baptized and immersed in repentance (Mk 1:4) this Lent so you will plunge into the depths of God's love this Easter. Don't be afraid to let the crucified and risen Christ live and love in you.
Prayer: Father, love me any way You wish.
Promise: "Therefore you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength." -Mk 12:30
Praise: Even though severely rebuked in front of others by another Christian, Anna accepted the grace of total forgiveness and treated that person with even greater kindness.
(The community at Our Lady of Guadalupe Discipleship Center welcomes you to visit and join with them in worshiping the Lord. Experience the Christian life in a radical new way. Call 513-373-2397 with questions.)
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Wednesday, March 22, 2017
BODY LANGUAGE - One Bread, One Body, 3/23/2017
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Thursday, March 23, 2017, St. Toribio de Mogrovejo
Jeremiah 7:23-28, Psalm 95:1-2, 6-9, Luke 11:14-23
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BODY LANGUAGE
"They walked in the hardness of their evil hearts and turned their backs, not their faces, to Me." -Jeremiah 7:24
The prophet Jeremiah has described for us the physiology of sinners. In our sinful rebellion against the Lord, we harden our hearts, turn our backs to God, turn away our faces from God, and stiffen our necks (Jer 7:26). If we don't repent, the parts of our bodies become even more distorted and perverted. For example, the sinners who martyred Stephen were "stung to the heart," grinding their teeth, "shouting aloud," and "holding their hands over their ears" (Acts 7:54, 57).
This Lent and this Easter, look into the mirror of God's Word (see Jas 1:23). Look at your spiritual appearance. Is your face radiant? Are your feet beautiful? (Is 52:7) Is your forehead imprinted with the seal of the Lamb of God? (Rv 7:3) Do you have praying hands, lips without deceit (see Is 33:15), and a clean heart? (Ps 51:12) Is each part of your body a weapon for justice or for evil? (Rm 6:13) Repent. Be beautiful.
Prayer: Father, may my body always look like a temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Cor 6:19).
Promise: "If it is by the finger of God that I cast out devils, then the reign of God is upon you." -Lk 11:20
Praise: St. Toribio, a law professor, became a bishop in Spain and a missionary to Native Americans.
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Thursday, March 23, 2017, St. Toribio de Mogrovejo
Jeremiah 7:23-28, Psalm 95:1-2, 6-9, Luke 11:14-23
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BODY LANGUAGE
"They walked in the hardness of their evil hearts and turned their backs, not their faces, to Me." -Jeremiah 7:24
The prophet Jeremiah has described for us the physiology of sinners. In our sinful rebellion against the Lord, we harden our hearts, turn our backs to God, turn away our faces from God, and stiffen our necks (Jer 7:26). If we don't repent, the parts of our bodies become even more distorted and perverted. For example, the sinners who martyred Stephen were "stung to the heart," grinding their teeth, "shouting aloud," and "holding their hands over their ears" (Acts 7:54, 57).
This Lent and this Easter, look into the mirror of God's Word (see Jas 1:23). Look at your spiritual appearance. Is your face radiant? Are your feet beautiful? (Is 52:7) Is your forehead imprinted with the seal of the Lamb of God? (Rv 7:3) Do you have praying hands, lips without deceit (see Is 33:15), and a clean heart? (Ps 51:12) Is each part of your body a weapon for justice or for evil? (Rm 6:13) Repent. Be beautiful.
Prayer: Father, may my body always look like a temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Cor 6:19).
Promise: "If it is by the finger of God that I cast out devils, then the reign of God is upon you." -Lk 11:20
Praise: St. Toribio, a law professor, became a bishop in Spain and a missionary to Native Americans.
(For a related teaching, order our leaflet, "Seek First the Kingdom".)
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Tuesday, March 21, 2017
CAREFUL OBEDIENCE - One Bread, One Body, 3/22/2017
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Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Deuteronomy 4:1, 5-9, Psalm 147:12-13, 15-16, 19-20, Matthew 5:17-19
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CAREFUL OBEDIENCE
"Observe them carefully, for thus will you give evidence of your wisdom and intelligence to the nations." -Deuteronomy 4:6
Because of their disobedience, the Israelites wandered in the desert for forty years. They may have assumed they were obeying God, but Moses warned them that they were not obeying carefully enough (Dt 4:6). Jesus' disciples probably thought they were obeying Him. However, Jesus proclaimed that He expected them to obey even the smallest part of a letter of the law (Mt 5:18; see also Ps 119:112). Then they were to obey the spirit of the law (2 Cor 3:6) and thereby usher in Christ's kingdom.
The Lord promised us total victory in which we bring down the strongholds, sophistries, and proud pretensions which raise themselves against the knowledge of God (2 Cor 10:4-5). We will be able to claim this victory when our obedience is perfect, that is, complete (2 Cor 10:6). When we are committed to obey the Lord in every area of life, we will quickly crush Satan under our feet (Rm 16:19-20).
What we call now "obedience" may be more disobedience than obedience. To enter the "promised land," live in God's kingdom, and claim total victory, we need an obedience in the Holy Spirit that is careful, strict, and complete. Then we will be great (Dt 4:6-7; Mt 5:19) and have a deep, intimate love for the Lord (see Dt 4:7). When we obey on a new, deeper level, we will live a new life.
Prayer: Father, through my obedience, raise me beyond my human limitations and weaknesses to the greatness to which You have called me.
Promise: "He sends forth His command to the earth; swiftly runs His word! He spreads snow like wool; frost He strews like ashes." -Ps 147:15-16
Praise: Patricia once prayed only on Sundays, but now prays several times a day, entrusting her life to Jesus.
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Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Deuteronomy 4:1, 5-9, Psalm 147:12-13, 15-16, 19-20, Matthew 5:17-19
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CAREFUL OBEDIENCE
"Observe them carefully, for thus will you give evidence of your wisdom and intelligence to the nations." -Deuteronomy 4:6
Because of their disobedience, the Israelites wandered in the desert for forty years. They may have assumed they were obeying God, but Moses warned them that they were not obeying carefully enough (Dt 4:6). Jesus' disciples probably thought they were obeying Him. However, Jesus proclaimed that He expected them to obey even the smallest part of a letter of the law (Mt 5:18; see also Ps 119:112). Then they were to obey the spirit of the law (2 Cor 3:6) and thereby usher in Christ's kingdom.
The Lord promised us total victory in which we bring down the strongholds, sophistries, and proud pretensions which raise themselves against the knowledge of God (2 Cor 10:4-5). We will be able to claim this victory when our obedience is perfect, that is, complete (2 Cor 10:6). When we are committed to obey the Lord in every area of life, we will quickly crush Satan under our feet (Rm 16:19-20).
What we call now "obedience" may be more disobedience than obedience. To enter the "promised land," live in God's kingdom, and claim total victory, we need an obedience in the Holy Spirit that is careful, strict, and complete. Then we will be great (Dt 4:6-7; Mt 5:19) and have a deep, intimate love for the Lord (see Dt 4:7). When we obey on a new, deeper level, we will live a new life.
Prayer: Father, through my obedience, raise me beyond my human limitations and weaknesses to the greatness to which You have called me.
Promise: "He sends forth His command to the earth; swiftly runs His word! He spreads snow like wool; frost He strews like ashes." -Ps 147:15-16
Praise: Patricia once prayed only on Sundays, but now prays several times a day, entrusting her life to Jesus.
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Monday, March 20, 2017
"THE PATH TO PEACE" (Lk 19:42) - One Bread, One Body, 3/21/2017
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Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Daniel 3:25, 34-43, Psalm 25:4-9, Matthew 18:21-35
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"THE PATH TO PEACE" (Lk 19:42)
"Your ways, O Lord, make known to me; teach me Your paths." -Psalm 25:4
God first taught His ways to His people by giving them His Ten Commandments (Ex 20:1ff). His people lost their way, so God "tried again" (Jer 18:4). He sent them prophets to teach them His ways, and promised to write His laws and ways upon their hearts (Jer 31:33). God's people struggled to grasp His ways (Is 55:8).
God's next step was to send Jesus as a Teacher to teach us His ways and paths (Jn 3:16). Jesus taught us that God's way is to forgive repeatedly from the heart (Mt 18:35). Next, Jesus personally made known to us God's paths. He shouldered His cross and walked up the path to Calvary. In so doing, Jesus taught us God's path, the path of forgiveness, and God's way, the way of the cross. Like all good teachers, Jesus then summarized His lesson on God's way of forgiveness as He hung from His cross, saying, "Father, forgive them; they do not know what they are doing" (Lk 23:34). Jesus forgave those who were hurting Him far more than seventy times seven times (Mt 18:22). He forgives all sinners for all time.
The lesson "is finished" (Jn 19:30). Now it's time for the final exam. The Lord is testing you in the heat of the Lenten desert to determine if you are sincere about following His ways and His paths (see Dt 8:2; 13:4). As part of the forgiveness test, the Lord sends into your life people close enough to be able to hurt you more than seven times, such as a family member, associate, relative, or boss (Mt 18:21). Will you forgive them repeatedly from your heart? Follow the narrow path and pass the forgiveness test.
Prayer: Father, forgive me my trespasses in the same manner that I forgive those who trespass against me (Mt 6:12).
Promise: "Good and upright is the Lord; thus He shows sinners the way." -Ps 25:8
Praise: Although belittled at work, Edward treated his boss with respect and kindness.
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Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Daniel 3:25, 34-43, Psalm 25:4-9, Matthew 18:21-35
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"THE PATH TO PEACE" (Lk 19:42)
"Your ways, O Lord, make known to me; teach me Your paths." -Psalm 25:4
God first taught His ways to His people by giving them His Ten Commandments (Ex 20:1ff). His people lost their way, so God "tried again" (Jer 18:4). He sent them prophets to teach them His ways, and promised to write His laws and ways upon their hearts (Jer 31:33). God's people struggled to grasp His ways (Is 55:8).
God's next step was to send Jesus as a Teacher to teach us His ways and paths (Jn 3:16). Jesus taught us that God's way is to forgive repeatedly from the heart (Mt 18:35). Next, Jesus personally made known to us God's paths. He shouldered His cross and walked up the path to Calvary. In so doing, Jesus taught us God's path, the path of forgiveness, and God's way, the way of the cross. Like all good teachers, Jesus then summarized His lesson on God's way of forgiveness as He hung from His cross, saying, "Father, forgive them; they do not know what they are doing" (Lk 23:34). Jesus forgave those who were hurting Him far more than seventy times seven times (Mt 18:22). He forgives all sinners for all time.
The lesson "is finished" (Jn 19:30). Now it's time for the final exam. The Lord is testing you in the heat of the Lenten desert to determine if you are sincere about following His ways and His paths (see Dt 8:2; 13:4). As part of the forgiveness test, the Lord sends into your life people close enough to be able to hurt you more than seven times, such as a family member, associate, relative, or boss (Mt 18:21). Will you forgive them repeatedly from your heart? Follow the narrow path and pass the forgiveness test.
Prayer: Father, forgive me my trespasses in the same manner that I forgive those who trespass against me (Mt 6:12).
Promise: "Good and upright is the Lord; thus He shows sinners the way." -Ps 25:8
Praise: Although belittled at work, Edward treated his boss with respect and kindness.
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Sunday, March 19, 2017
JOSEPH, THE "IMPETUS" - One Bread, One Body, 3/20/2017
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Monday, March 20, 2017, St. Joseph
2 Samuel 7:4-5, 12-14, 16, Romans 4:13, 16-18, 22, Psalm 89:2-5, 27, 29, Matthew 1:16, 18-21, 24, or Luke 2:41-51
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JOSEPH, THE "IMPETUS"
"When Joseph awoke he did as the angel of the Lord had directed him and received her into his home as his wife." -Matthew 1:24
In 1870, "a difficult time in the Church's history, Pope Pius IX, wishing to place her under the powerful patronage of the holy patriarch Joseph, declared him 'Patron of the Catholic Church' " (Guardian of the Redeemer, Pope St. John Paul II, 28). In 1889, Pope Leo XIII explained further what the Holy Spirit was doing through Pope Pius IX nineteen years previously: "In the same way that he (Joseph) once kept unceasing holy watch over the family of Nazareth, so now does he protect and defend with his heavenly patronage the Church of Christ" (ibid, 28). Moreover, Pope St. John Paul II, on the hundredth anniversary of Pope Leo's teaching on Joseph, taught: Joseph's "patronage must be invoked as ever necessary for the Church, not only as a defense against all dangers, but also, and indeed primarily, as an impetus for her renewed commitment to evangelization in the world" (Guardian of the Redeemer, 29). Thus, St. Joseph is patron of the Church as her guardian and as "an impetus for her renewed commitment to evangelization."
In his fatherly love for the members of the Church, St. Joseph calls us to complete obedience, particularly to a "renewed commitment to evangelization." If you love Jesus and St. Joseph, foster father of Jesus and patron of the Church, let St. Joseph be an impetus to evangelize zealously.
Prayer: Father, send the Holy Spirit to teach me St. Joseph's part in Your plan of salvation.
Promise: "All depends on faith, everything is grace. Thus the promise holds true for all Abraham's descendants." -Rm 4:16
Praise: Throughout his life, St. Joseph behaved exactly as "the Lord had directed him" (Mt 1:24). Praise You, Lord, for St. Joseph, the man of faith.
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Monday, March 20, 2017, St. Joseph
2 Samuel 7:4-5, 12-14, 16, Romans 4:13, 16-18, 22, Psalm 89:2-5, 27, 29, Matthew 1:16, 18-21, 24, or Luke 2:41-51
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JOSEPH, THE "IMPETUS"
"When Joseph awoke he did as the angel of the Lord had directed him and received her into his home as his wife." -Matthew 1:24
In 1870, "a difficult time in the Church's history, Pope Pius IX, wishing to place her under the powerful patronage of the holy patriarch Joseph, declared him 'Patron of the Catholic Church' " (Guardian of the Redeemer, Pope St. John Paul II, 28). In 1889, Pope Leo XIII explained further what the Holy Spirit was doing through Pope Pius IX nineteen years previously: "In the same way that he (Joseph) once kept unceasing holy watch over the family of Nazareth, so now does he protect and defend with his heavenly patronage the Church of Christ" (ibid, 28). Moreover, Pope St. John Paul II, on the hundredth anniversary of Pope Leo's teaching on Joseph, taught: Joseph's "patronage must be invoked as ever necessary for the Church, not only as a defense against all dangers, but also, and indeed primarily, as an impetus for her renewed commitment to evangelization in the world" (Guardian of the Redeemer, 29). Thus, St. Joseph is patron of the Church as her guardian and as "an impetus for her renewed commitment to evangelization."
In his fatherly love for the members of the Church, St. Joseph calls us to complete obedience, particularly to a "renewed commitment to evangelization." If you love Jesus and St. Joseph, foster father of Jesus and patron of the Church, let St. Joseph be an impetus to evangelize zealously.
Prayer: Father, send the Holy Spirit to teach me St. Joseph's part in Your plan of salvation.
Promise: "All depends on faith, everything is grace. Thus the promise holds true for all Abraham's descendants." -Rm 4:16
Praise: Throughout his life, St. Joseph behaved exactly as "the Lord had directed him" (Mt 1:24). Praise You, Lord, for St. Joseph, the man of faith.
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