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Pope Benedict XVI, Shepherd of Truth is designed as a bulletin insert
which you can use at your local church to keep up to date on what the Holy
Father is saying. You are free to reproduce it for this purpose.
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Sunday, June 28, 2009, 13th Sunday Ordinary Time
Wisdom 1:13-15; 2:23-24, 2 Corinthians 8:7, 9, 13-15, Psalm 30:2, 4-6,
11-13, Mark 5:21-43
Link to Readings --> http://www.usccb.org/nab/062809.shtml
HOW TO RISE FROM THE DEAD
"God formed man to be imperishable; the image of His own nature He made
him." —Wisdom 2:23
The Lord wants us to rise from the dead. He will do this by His almighty
power, but we must let it be done (see Lk 1:38). We let the Lord raise us
from the dead by believing in Him. Jesus told Jairus at the news of his
daughter's death: "Fear is useless, only believe" (Mk 5:36, our transl.).
At the cemetery following Lazarus' death, Jesus likewise said: "I am the
Resurrection and the Life: whoever believes in Me, though he should die,
will come to life" (Jn 11:25-26).
We believe Jesus not only concerning the resurrection, but in everything.
We believe Jesus' words that if we feed on His flesh and drink His blood,
we have life eternal and will be raised from the dead (Jn 6:54). We
believe that, if we die with Jesus through baptism and daily self-denial,
we will live with Jesus forever (see 2 Tm 2:11). We believe that Jesus
baptizes us in the Holy Spirit (Mk 1:8) and we even believe that the
Spirit dwelling within us will raise us from the dead (Rm 8:11).
Our resurrection from the dead is part of our salvation in Jesus.
Therefore, resurrection is a free gift to be claimed by faith. Let us
believe in Jesus and look forward with joy to our deaths. In Jesus, our
spirits will rise immediately at our death, and our bodies will rise on
the last day when Jesus comes again (Catechism, 997).
Prayer: Father, give me faith to move mountains (Mt 17:20), even the
mountain of death.
Promise: "Just as you are rich in every respect, in faith and discourse,
in knowledge, in total concern, and in the love we bear you, so may you
abound in this charity." —2 Cor 8:7
Praise: Praise the risen Jesus — "the First-Born of the dead" (Col 1:18).
(For a related teaching, order our tape, "Jesus, the Redeemer", on audio
AV 50-3 or video V-50.)
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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 June
1, 2009 through July 31, 2009
†Reverend Joseph R. Binzer, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of
Cincinnati, January 5, 2009
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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