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you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world,

May 16, 2009

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Lord God, Abba Father, are the reactions we have that much a reflection of what is in our heart, mind, or what our subconscious has become formed by the ways under the sun. If of heart then why when one is conscious does one regret so much, if of mind then why when one is conscious does one seek to change so much, but if of sub consciousness fed by selfishness and pride and all that is wrong and bad under the sun, then why is one so helpless? Why can’t one react consciously as one is rather than sub consciously as one was? If one cannot react consciously as one is in You then why can’t one grasp into consciousness only if serves to cause one to flee into You through and in Jesus. For if one cannot react as Jesus would, then one ought not to react at all. It is these times that I feel depth of Your truths are hidden within us, for that which the world is, is a reflection of what we have made it. Our eyes are a reflection of our reactions in sub conscious life; we must walk slowly in each moment to be conscious to not fall victim to ourselves. And only when we have mastered ourselves in Jesus can we look outside ourselves. Help me to finish the work You have begun in me through Jesus in the Holy Spirit. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.

God is always almighty; He can at all times work miracles, and He would work them now as in the days of old were it not that faith is lacking!

— St John Vianney

Reading 1
Acts 16:1-10
Paul reached also Derbe and Lystra
where there was a disciple named Timothy,
the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer,
but his father was a Greek.
The brothers in Lystra and Iconium spoke highly of him,
and Paul wanted him to come along with him.
On account of the Jews of that region, Paul had him circumcised,
for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
As they traveled from city to city,
they handed on to the people for observance the decisions
reached by the Apostles and presbyters in Jerusalem.
Day after day the churches grew stronger in faith
and increased in number.

They traveled through the Phrygian and Galatian territory
because they had been prevented by the Holy Spirit
from preaching the message in the province of Asia.
When they came to Mysia, they tried to go on into Bithynia,
but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them,
so they crossed through Mysia and came down to Troas.
During the night Paul had a vision.
A Macedonian stood before him and implored him with these words,
"Come over to Macedonia and help us."
When he had seen the vision,
we sought passage to Macedonia at once,
concluding that God had called us to proclaim the Good News to them.

Responsorial Psalm
Ps 100:1b-2, 3, 5
R. (2a) Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.
Sing joyfully to the LORD, all you lands;
serve the LORD with gladness;
come before him with joyful song.
R. Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.
Know that the LORD is God;
he made us, his we are;
his people, the flock he tends.
R. Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.
The LORD is good:
his kindness endures forever,
and his faithfulness, to all generations.
R. Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.

Gospel
Jn 15:18-21
Jesus said to his disciples:
"If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first.
If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own;
but because you do not belong to the world,
and I have chosen you out of the world,
the world hates you.
Remember the word I spoke to you,
‘No slave is greater than his master.’
If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you.
If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
And they will do all these things to you on account of my name,
because they do not know the one who sent me."