When: Sunday, May 04, 2008 12:00 AM to Monday, May 05, 2008 12:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada).
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Words of Jesus
Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw him they worshiped him; but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age."
Matthew 28:16-20
I will go up to the foot of the Cross; I will press my arms tightly around the cold body, the corpse of Christ, with the fire of my love…..I will unail it, with my reparation and mortifications….I will wrap it in the new winding-sheet of my clean life, and I will bury it in the clean rock of my breast, where no one can tear it away from me, and there, Lord, take your rest! Were the whole world to abandon you…serviam! I will serve you Lord.
— St. Josemaria Escriva
Abba, Father, Lord God, I wake with a hunger for Your Word, I come to You like a child wondering what treasure will You reveal to me today? For at during this season of Pentecost each year I look forward with the same wonder and excitement to what You will teach and show me through the truth, power and wonder of Your plan in the Trinity. So it is at Pentecost that my mind is anxious for more evidence, knowledge and teachings on the Holy Spirit. For as I have stated many times I believe Your seed is planted in the hearts of all men; and the heart is where the soul lives, evolves and rest. This seed that always seeks its source, this seed that is a need to know and be in Your presence, connected to its source in all things, in all ways, at all times. This seed which lays dormant until the heart is opened to Jesus and suddenly becomes rooted in and through is passion and begins to grow. Yet I feel while Jesus is my Sheppard, the Holy Spirit is the gardener of my heart. It is the Spirit that in the body and blood of Jesus opened my heart. So when I read the Gospels of Jesus and Acts of the Apostles I connect to His words about the Spirit as He tells His disciples 'for John baptized with water, but before many days you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit'; yet despite that they lived, walked and saw Him as the risen Christ, they doubted. It is at this moment each year that I feel Your mercy and grace, and feel so blessed recalling Jesus' words to Thomas "Is it because you have seen me that you believe?", "Happy are those who have never seen me and yet have believed!" So I give thanks to the Spirit that lives in me, through which Jesus may do His work in me, and in Jesus Your seed awakened by His passion, nourished by His love and sacred heart molds me into the all that You planned and intended me to be. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.
Acts 1:1-11<http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=Acts&ch=1&bv1=1&ev1=11>
Psalm 47:2-3, 6-9<http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=Ps&ch=47&bv1=2&ev1=3&bv2=6&ev2=9>
Ephesians 1:17-23<http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=Eph&ch=1&bv1=17&ev1=23>
Matthew 28:16-20<http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=Matt&ch=28&bv1=16&ev1=20>
Audio books I am listening to and other books or readings I am reading:
NKJV: The Word of Promise – multi-voiced, faithful rendering of the New King James Version (NKJV) New Testament is presented by a diverse, star-studded cast includes Jim Caviezel from movie The Passion of Jesus Christ.
A New Earth (Unabridged), by Eckhart Tolle
Pope Benedict XVI Apostolic Journey to USA<http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/travels/2008/index_stati-uniti_en.htm>
Pope Benedict XVI Encyclical Letter<http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20071130_spe-salvi_en.html>
One Walk 