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April 29, 2011
My Daily Prayers and Readings for 4/29/2011
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To walk in uncertainty, except for the certainty of Your presence in Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit, is one of unlearning through death to what the world under the sun teaches. To be graciously uncertain in all things except Christ Jesus is a faithful walk believing more in the unseen than the seen through conscious awareness of feeling rather than seeing, prayer rather than thought.
Abba Father in the name of Christ Jesus who lives within me through the Holy Spirit I pray that You create in me a clean heart, and renew a right spirit within me, for my one walk in and with Jesus today. Asking that You bless me and mine in fulfillment of Your will and keep us from evil and pain; and if we get nothing else done this day, let us spend it loving You and others as You love us. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.
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THE GRACIOUSNESS OF UNCERTAINTY
“It doth not yet appear what we shall be.” 1 John 3:2
Naturally, we are inclined to be so mathematical and calculating that we look upon uncertainty as a bad thing. We imagine that we have to reach some end, but that is not the nature of spiritual life. The nature of spiritual life is that we are certain in our uncertainty, consequently we do not make our nests anywhere. Common sense says – “Well, supposing I were in that condition . . .” We cannot suppose ourselves in any condition we have never been in. Certainty is the mark of the common-sense life: gracious uncertainty is the mark of the spiritual life. To be certain of God means that we are uncertain in all our ways, we do not know what a day may bring forth. This is generally said with a sigh of sadness, it should be rather an expression of breathless expectation. We are uncertain of the next step, but we are certain of God. Immediately we abandon to God, and do the duty that lies nearest, He packs our life with surprises all the time. When we become advocates of a creed, something dies; we do not believe God, we only believe our belief about Him. Jesus said, “Except ye become as little children.” Spiritual life is the life of a child. We are not uncertain of God, but uncertain of what He is going to do next. If we are only certain in our beliefs, we get dignified and severe and have the ban of finality about our views; but when we are rightly related to God, life is full of spontaneous, joyful uncertainty and expectancy.
“Believe also in Me,” said Jesus, not – “Believe certain things about Me.” Leave the whole thing to Him, it is gloriously uncertain how He will come in, but He will come. Remain loyal to Him.
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Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory? Luke 24:26
The good news of the kingdom is that Jesus died and rose again. This good news mean that if we call on His name and repent of our sins, we have eternal life and become children of God (John 1:12-13). Have you taken this step of faith? Just tell God you trust in His Son for salvation and accept His sacrifice for sin. “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved” (Acts 2:21). It will be the first step on an unforgettable journey!
< >< Today’s Mass Readings >< >
Acts 4:1-12
Psalm 118:1-2, 4, 22-27
John 21:1-14
< >< Today’s Video Reflection >< >
The Most Blessed Sacrament is Christ made visible. The poor sick person is Christ again made visible. — St. Gerard Majella
< >< Today in the Word >< >
At the Cross: The Gospel of Jesus Christ – Part 2 – Listen now
Pastor Briscoe focuses on God’s divine action and the eternal consequences it has for us all – Program Notes & Quotes
< >< Online Sources for Devotion Scripture References & Daily Mass Readings >< >
Link to Devotion Scriptures unless noted from New International Version BibleGateway.com
Links for today’s readings from USCCB using the New American Bible or
Links for today’s readings from EWTN using the Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
For audio link to today’s readings from USCCB using the New American Bible click:
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/11_04_29.mp3
For link to today’s video Reflection http://www.usccb.org/video/reflections.shtml
< >< Bible Online >< >
BibleGateway.com
just1word.com
YouVersion.com
< >< Other sources of inspiration on God’s Word >< >
Christianity – Faith in God and Jesus Christ
EWTN
Light Source – Christian Video Broadcasts and Ministry Television Online
Moody Ministries – From the Word to Life
Moody Radio Online
Sermon Index
Today in the Word Radio Online
Today in the Word
Today in the Word Devotional
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April 28, 2011
My Daily Prayers and Readings for 4/28/2011
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Well humbly I walk, fight selfishness and pride each step of the way; dying to myself to be closer to You. Hoping You will help keep my eyes on my feet as You guide my steps, and not where I my think I want to go. Trusting in You knowledge and wisdom, and finding the energy to always be ready and to act; abandoned to Christ Jesus!
Abba Father in the name of Christ Jesus who lives within me through the Holy Spirit I pray that You create in me a clean heart, and renew a right spirit within me, for my one walk in and with Jesus today. Asking that You bless me and mine in fulfillment of Your will and keep us from evil and pain; and if we get nothing else done this day, let us spend it loving You and others as You love us. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.
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WHAT YOU WILL GET
“Thy life will I give thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.” Jeremiah 45:5
This is the unshakable secret of the Lord to those who trust Him – “I will give thee thy life.” What more does a man want than his life? It is the essential thing. “Thy life for a prey” means that wherever you may go, even if it is into hell, you will come out with your life, nothing can harm it. So many of us are caught up in the shows of things, not in the way of property and possessions, but of blessings. All these have to go; but there is something grander that never can go – the life that is “hid with Christ in God.”
Are you prepared to let God take you into union with Himself, and pay no more attention to what you call the great things? Are you prepared to abandon entirely and let go? The test of abandonment is in refusing to say – “Well, what about this?” Beware of suppositions. Immediately you allow – What about this? – it means you have not abandoned, you do not really trust God. Immediately you do abandon, you think no more about what God is going to do. Abandon means to refuse yourself the luxury of asking any questions. If you abandon entirely to God, He says at once, “Thy life will I give thee for a prey.” The reason people are tired of life is because God has not given them anything, they have not got their life as a prey. The way to get out of that state is to abandon to God. When you do get through to abandonment to God, you will be the most surprised and delighted creature on earth; God has got you absolutely and has given you your life. If you are not there, it is either because of disobedience or a refusal to be simple enough.
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Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing. Luke 23:34
Scripture commands: “Walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God” (Eph. 5:2). How can we imitate the incredible love of Christ? By loving one another. Jesus said: “By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another” (John 13:35). Later the apostle John reflected: “If we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us” (1 John 4:12).
< >< Today’s Mass Readings >< >
Acts 3:11-26
Psalm 8:2, 5-9
Luke 24:35-48
< >< Today’s Video Reflection >< >
I see in my neighbor the Person of Jesus Christ. — St. Gerard Majella
< >< Today in the Word >< >
At the Cross: The Gospel of Jesus Christ – Listen now
Stuart Briscoe talks to us about the human condition and how that relates to the Gospel – Program Notes & Quotes
< >< Online Sources for Devotion Scripture References & Daily Mass Readings >< >
Link to Devotion Scriptures unless noted from New International Version BibleGateway.com
Links for today’s readings from USCCB using the New American Bible or
Links for today’s readings from EWTN using the Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
For audio link to today’s readings from USCCB using the New American Bible click:
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/11_04_28.mp3
For link to today’s video Reflection http://www.usccb.org/video/reflections.shtml
< >< Bible Online >< >
BibleGateway.com
just1word.com
YouVersion.com
< >< Other sources of inspiration on God’s Word >< >
Christianity – Faith in God and Jesus Christ
EWTN
Light Source – Christian Video Broadcasts and Ministry Television Online
Moody Ministries – From the Word to Life
Moody Radio Online
Sermon Index
Today in the Word Radio Online
Today in the Word
Today in the Word Devotional
< >< One Walk – Continuity in Change >< >
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April 27, 2011
My Daily Prayers and Readings for 4/27/2011
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I seek to find the degree of abandonment You ask of me; and while I am fearful of what that means I ask and pray for courage, and when courage fails me I look to Your forgiveness, mercy and grace to help me get back at it with and for You until I am one with You.
Abba Father in the name of Christ Jesus who lives within me through the Holy Spirit I pray that You create in me a clean heart, and renew a right spirit within me, for my one walk in and with Jesus today. Asking that You bless me and mine in fulfillment of Your will and keep us from evil and pain; and if we get nothing else done this day, let us spend it loving You and others as You love us. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.
< >< My Utmost for His Highest >< >
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
“Seekest thou great things for thyself?” Jeremiah 45:5
Are you seeking great things for yourself? Not seeking to be a great one, but seeking great things from God for yourself. God wants you in a closer relationship to Himself than receiving His gifts, He wants you to get to know Him. A great thing is accidental, it comes and goes. God never gives us anything accidental. There is nothing easier than getting into a right relationship with God except when it is not God Whom you want but only what He gives.
If you have only come the length of asking God for things, you have never come to the first strand of abandonment, you have become a Christian from a standpoint of your own. “I did ask God for the Holy Spirit, but He did not give me the rest and the peace I expected.” Instantly God puts His finger on the reason – you are not seeking the Lord at all, you are seeking something for yourself. Jesus says – “Ask, and it shall be given you.” Ask God for what you want, and you cannot ask if you are not asking for a right thing. When you draw near to God, you cease from asking for things. “Your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask Him.” Then why ask? That you may get to know Him.
Are you seeking great things for yourself? “O Lord, baptize me with the Holy Ghost.” If God does not, it is because you are not abandoned enough to Him, there is something you will not do. Are you prepared to ask yourself what it is you want from God and why you want it? God always ignores the present perfection for the ultimate perfection. He is not concerned about making you blessed and happy just now; He is working out His ultimate perfection all the time – “that they may be one even as We are.”
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They kept shouting, “Crucify him! Crucify him!” Luke 23:21
Why did Peter deny Christ three times? He was afraid. If he was identified as a friend of Jesus, perhaps they would arrest him as well. Would he then be imprisoned or executed? Peter didn’t know, and he acted on base instincts of self-preservation rather than taking a stand for what he believed. Fear is always the enemy of faith. Thankfully, when our courage fails, as it did Peter that night, there is “forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace”(Eph. 1:7).
< >< Today’s Mass Readings >< >
Acts 3:1-10
Psalm 105:1-4, 6-9
Luke 24:13-35
< >< Today’s Video Reflection >< >
Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind that sets bounds to the passions. — St. Thomas Aquinas
< >< Today in the Word >< >
At the Cross: When God Was at His Best – Part 2 – Listen now
Pastor Hill concludes his thoughts on when God was at His very best – Program Notes & Quotes
< >< Online Sources for Devotion Scripture References & Daily Mass Readings >< >
Link to Devotion Scriptures unless noted from New International Version BibleGateway.com
Links for today’s readings from USCCB using the New American Bible or
Links for today’s readings from EWTN using the Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
For audio link to today’s readings from USCCB using the New American Bible click:
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/11_04_27.mp3
For link to today’s video Reflection http://www.usccb.org/video/reflections.shtml
< >< Bible Online >< >
BibleGateway.com
just1word.com
YouVersion.com
< >< Other sources of inspiration on God’s Word >< >
Christianity – Faith in God and Jesus Christ
EWTN
Light Source – Christian Video Broadcasts and Ministry Television Online
Moody Ministries – From the Word to Life
Moody Radio Online
Sermon Index
Today in the Word Radio Online
Today in the Word
Today in the Word Devotional
< >< One Walk – Continuity in Change >< >
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April 26, 2011
My Daily Prayers and Readings for 4/26/2011
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Jesus taught about servant leadership: ’Those who view power and authority in worldly ways use it to seek their own advantage, to command respect, and to make themselves look good. But with God, power and authority are for different purposes, namely, to serve others.’
Abba Father in the name of Christ Jesus who lives within me through the Holy Spirit I pray that You create in me a clean heart, and renew a right spirit within me, for my one walk in and with Jesus today. Asking that You bless me and mine in fulfillment of Your will and keep us from evil and pain; and if we get nothing else done this day, let us spend it loving You and others as You love us. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.
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THE SUPREME CLIMB
“Take now thy son . . and offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.” Genesis 22:2
Character determines how a man interprets God’s will (cf. Psalm 18:25-26). Abraham interpreted God’s command to mean that he had to kill his son, and he could only leave this tradition behind by the pain of a tremendous ordeal. God could purify his faith in no other way. If we obey what God says according to our sincere belief, God will break us from those traditions that misrepresent Him. There are many such beliefs to be got rid of, e.g., that God removes a child because the mother loves him too much – a devil’s lie! and a travesty of the true nature of God. If the devil can hinder us from taking the supreme climb and getting rid of wrong traditions about God, he will do so; but if we keep true to God, God will take us through an ordeal which will bring us out into a better knowledge of Himself.
The great point of Abraham’s faith in God was that he was prepared to do anything for God. He was there to obey God, no matter to what belief he went contrary. Abraham was not a devotee of his convictions, or he would have slain Isaac and said that the voice of the angel was the voice of the devil. That is the attitude of a fanatic. If you will remain true to God, God will lead you straight through every barrier into the inner chamber of the knowledge of Himself; but there is always this point of giving up convictions and traditional beliefs. Don’t ask God to test you. Never declare as Peter did – “I will do anything, I will go to death with Thee.” Abraham did not make any such declaration, he remained true to God, and God purified his faith.
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Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done. Luke 22:42
Jesus taught about servant leadership (vv. 25-27). Those who view power and authority in worldly ways use it to seek their own advantage, to command respect, and to make themselves look good. But with God, power and authority are for different purposes, namely, to serve others. Jesus Himself showed the way—His divine power and authority culminated in Him presenting His life as the once-for-all sacrifice for sin (Heb. 9:26).
< >< Today’s Mass Readings >< >
Acts 2:36-41
Psalm 33:4-5, 18-20, 22
John 20:11-18
< >< Today’s Video Reflection >< >
Finally the Immaculate Virgin, preserved free from all stain of original sin, when the course of her earthly life was finished, was taken up body and soul into heavenly glory, and exalted by the Lord as Queen over all things, so that she might be the more fully conformed to her Son, the Lord of lords and conqueror of sin and death. — Lumen gentium 59
< >< Today in the Word >< >
At the Cross: When God Was at His Best – Listen now
Pastor E.V. Hill begins a wonderful journey with us as he helps us think through when God was at His best – Program Notes & Quotes
< >< Online Sources for Devotion Scripture References & Daily Mass Readings >< >
Link to Devotion Scriptures unless noted from New International Version BibleGateway.com
Links for today’s readings from USCCB using the New American Bible or
Links for today’s readings from EWTN using the Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
For audio link to today’s readings from USCCB using the New American Bible click:
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/11_04_01.mp3
For link to today’s video Reflection http://www.usccb.org/video/reflections.shtml
< >< Bible Online >< >
BibleGateway.com
just1word.com
YouVersion.com
< >< Other sources of inspiration on God’s Word >< >
Christianity – Faith in God and Jesus Christ
EWTN
Light Source – Christian Video Broadcasts and Ministry Television Online
Moody Ministries – From the Word to Life
Moody Radio Online
Sermon Index
Today in the Word Radio Online
Today in the Word
Today in the Word Devotional
< >< One Walk – Continuity in Change >< >
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April 26, 2011
My Daily Prayers and Readings for 4/25/2011
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I do fight to ‘be instant in season, out of season’, to overcome myself through death of self and do that thing that is Your will, whether inspired or not, whether for friend or foe, whether I know how to or not; by trusting in You, and that You will give me what I need to do that thing. Tune my ear to Your will and liken my heart to Jesus’, keeping me READY.
Abba Father in the name of Christ Jesus who lives within me through the Holy Spirit I pray that You create in me a clean heart, and renew a right spirit within me, for my one walk in and with Jesus today. Asking that You bless me and mine in fulfillment of Your will and keep us from evil and pain; and if we get nothing else done this day, let us spend it loving You and others as You love us. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.
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INSTANT IN SEASON
Be instant in season, out of season.” 2 Timothy 4:2
Many of us suffer from the morbid tendency to be instant “out of season.” The season does not refer to time, but to us – ‘Be instant in season, out of season,” whether we feel like it or not. If we do only what we feel inclined to do, some of us would do nothing for ever and ever. There are unemployables in the spiritual domain, spiritually decrepit people, who refuse to do anything unless they are supernaturally inspired. The proof that we are rightly related to God is that we do our best whether we feel inspired or not.
One of the great snares of the Christian worker is to make a fetish of his rare moments. When the Spirit of God gives you a time of inspiration and insight, you say – “Now I will always be like this for God.” No, you will not, God will take care you are not. Those times are the gift of God entirely. You cannot give them to yourself when you choose. If you say you will only be at your best, you become an intolerable drag on God; you will never do anything unless God keeps you consciously inspired. If you make a god of your best moments, you will find that God will fade out of your life and never come back until you do the duty that lies nearest, and have learned not to make a fetish of your rare moments.
< >< Today in the Word Devotion >< >
Be always on the watch, and pray. Luke 21:36
What is the key to the end times? At a practical, everyday level, the answer can be found in the story that opens this chapter (vv. 1-4). The widow who put all her money into the temple offering trusted the Lord with all she had, without reservation. This is the sign of a heart that is not weighed down with the cares of this world (v. 34). We, too, will be ready for Christ’s return and found faithful if we trust Him with all we have, all we are, and all we do.
< >< Today’s Mass Readings >< >
Acts 2:14, 22-33
Psalm 16:1-2, 5, 7-11
Matthew 28:8-15
< >< Today’s Video Reflection >< >
He who does not meditate acts as one who never looks into the mirror and so does not bother to put himself in order, since he can be dirty without knowing it. The person who meditates and turns his thoughts to God who is the mirror of the soul, seeks to know his defects and tries to correct them, moderates himself in his impulses and puts his conscience in order. — Saint Pio of Pietrelcina
< >< Today in the Word >< >
At the Cross: Propitiation – Listen now
Dr. Warren Wiersbe comes to us today to help us better understand what is propitiation – Program Notes & Quotes
< >< Online Sources for Devotion Scripture References & Daily Mass Readings >< >
Link to Devotion Scriptures unless noted from New International Version BibleGateway.com
Links for today’s readings from USCCB using the New American Bible or
Links for today’s readings from EWTN using the Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
For audio link to today’s readings from USCCB using the New American Bible click:
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/11_04_01.mp3
For link to today’s video Reflection http://www.usccb.org/video/reflections.shtml
< >< Bible Online >< >
BibleGateway.com
just1word.com
YouVersion.com
< >< Other sources of inspiration on God’s Word >< >
Christianity – Faith in God and Jesus Christ
EWTN
Light Source – Christian Video Broadcasts and Ministry Television Online
Moody Ministries – From the Word to Life
Moody Radio Online
Sermon Index
Today in the Word Radio Online
Today in the Word
Today in the Word Devotional
< >< One Walk – Continuity in Change >< >
See what I’m thinking, listening and reading visit www.RichardAngulo.com follow me on Twitter @richardangulo
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April 26, 2011
My Daily Prayers and Readings for 4/24/2011
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Grant me the spiritual wisdom with ear and heart tuned and likened to Jesus; keep me from spiritual wantoning. Help me to choose wisely. Guide me through the spiritual journey from believer through follower into discipleship.
Abba Father in the name of Christ Jesus who lives within me through the Holy Spirit I pray that You create in me a clean heart, and renew a right spirit within me, for my one walk in and with Jesus today. Asking that You bless me and mine in fulfillment of Your will and keep us from evil and pain; and if we get nothing else done this day, let us spend it loving You and others as You love us. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.
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THE WARNING AGAINST WANTONING
“Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you.” Luke 10:20
As Christian workers, worldliness is not our snare, sin is not our snare, but spiritual wantoning is, viz.: taking the pattern and print of the religious age we live in, making eyes at spiritual success. Never court anything other than the approval of God, go “without the camp, bearing His reproach.“ Jesus told the disciples not to rejoice in successful service, and yet this seems to be the one thing in which most of us do rejoice. We have the commercial view – so many souls saved and sanctified, thank God, now it is all right. Our work begins where God’s grace has laid the foundation; we are not to save souls, but to disciple them. Salvation and sanctification are the work of God’s sovereign grace; our work as His disciples is to disciple lives until they are wholly yielded to God. One life wholly devoted to God is of more value to God than one hundred lives simply awakened by His Spirit. As workers for God we must reproduce our own kind spiritually, and that will be God’s witness to us as workers. God brings us to a standard of life by His grace, and we are responsible for reproducing that standard in others.
Unless the worker lives a life hidden with Christ in God, he is apt to become an irritating dictator instead of an indwelling disciple. Many of us are dictators, we dictate to people and to meetings. Jesus never dictates to us in that way. Whenever Our Lord talked about discipleship, He always prefaced it with an “IF,” never with an emphatic assertion – “You must.” Discipleship carries an option with it.
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Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces. Luke 20:18
Two thousand years after Jesus walked the earth, some things haven’t changed. The Sadducees did not believe in resurrection, and on this Resurrection Sunday the sad fact is that many modern individuals do not believe in it either. They think they know better. The foundations of our faith appear to the world as foolishness, but Christ’s Resurrection and our own future resurrections are at the heart of the Christian faith (1 Corinthians 15).
< >< Today’s Mass Readings >< >
Acts 10:34, 37-43
Psalm 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23
Colossians 3:1-4 or 1 Corinthians 5:6-8
John 20:1-9
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Can the life of a good Christian be anything other than that of a man nailed to the Cross with Jesus Christ? — St. John Vianney
< >< Online Sources for Devotion Scripture References & Daily Mass Readings >< >
Link to Devotion Scriptures unless noted from New International Version BibleGateway.com
Links for today’s readings from USCCB using the New American Bible or
Links for today’s readings from EWTN using the Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
For audio link to today’s readings from USCCB using the New American Bible click:
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April 23, 2011
My Daily Prayers and Readings for 4/23/2011
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“Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.” This becomes such a challenge when placed with those that seek to take advantage of us, yet we must practice Jesus’ teachings by remembering ‘give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back’ and ‘do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. If someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you’, but stay in conscious connection with His presence likening your heart to His, and ‘if any place will not welcome you or listen to you, leave that place and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them’. For it is God and not us who triggers change in people’s hearts, so when the people we’re talking to refuse to accept the Gospel, we aren’t to get upset, but merely to move on to the next opportunity.
Abba Father in the name of Christ Jesus who lives within me through the Holy Spirit I pray that You create in me a clean heart, and renew a right spirit within me, for my one walk in and with Jesus today. Asking that You bless me and mine in fulfillment of Your will and keep us from evil and pain; and if we get nothing else done this day, let us spend it loving You and others as You love us. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.
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THE WORSHIP OF THE WORK
“Labourers together with God.” 1 Corinthians 3:9
Beware of any work for God which enables you to evade concentration on Him. A great many Christian workers worship their work. The one concern of a worker should be concentration on God, and this will mean that all the other margins of life, mental, moral and spiritual, are free with the freedom of a child, a worshipping child, not a wayward child. A worker without this solemn dominant note of concentration on God is apt to get his work on his neck; there is no margin of body, mind or spirit free, consequently he becomes spent out and crushed. There is no freedom, no delight in life; nerves, mind and heart are so crushingly burdened that God’s blessing cannot rest. But the other side is just as true – when once the concentration is on God, all the margins of life are free and under the dominance of God alone. There is no responsibility on you for the work; the only responsibility you have is to keep in living constant touch with God, and to see that you allow nothing to hinder your co-operation with Him. The freedom after sanctification is the freedom of a child, the things that used to keep the life pinned down are gone. But be careful to remember that you are freed for one thing only – to be absolutely devoted to your co-Worker.
We have no right to judge where we should be put, or to have preconceived notions as to what God is fitting us for. God engineers everything; wherever He puts us our one great aim is to pour out a whole-hearted devotion to Him in that particular work. “Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.”
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Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Luke 19:38
During this earthly life, the Christian experience can often be bittersweet. The bitter includes suffering, rejection by the world, battles with sin and temptation, and the rigors of pilgrimage. The sweet includes the reality of redemption, the love of God, fellowship with His people, and the joys of pilgrimage. As we walk in this way, we follow in the footsteps of our Lord: “Wisdom is like honey for you: If you find it, there is a future hope for you” (Prov. 24:14).
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Holy Saturday Night: The Easter Vigil
1) Genesis 1:1 – 2:2 or Genesis 1:1, 26-31
Psalm 104:1-2, 5-6, 10, 12-14, 24, 35 or Psalm 33:4-7, 12-13, 20-22
2) Genesis 22:1-18 or Genesis 22:1-2, 9-13, 15-18
Psalm 16:5, 8-11
3) Exodus 14:15 —15:1
(Ps) Exodus 15:1-6, 17-18
4) Isaiah 54:5-14
Psalm 30:2, 4-6, 11-13
5) Isaiah 55:1-11
(Ps) Isaiah 12:2-6
6) Baruch 3:9-15, 32 – 4:4
Psalm 19:8-11
7) Ezekiel 36:16-28
Psalm 42:3, 5; Psalm 43:3-4 (Read when baptism is celebrated)
(Ps) Isaiah 12:2-6 or Psalm 51:12-15, 18-19 (Read when baptism is not celebrated)
8) Epistle: Romans 6:3-11
Psalm 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23
9) Gospel: Mark 16:1-7
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We confess that one and the same Christ, Lord, and only-begotten Son, is to be acknowledged in two natures without confusion, change, division or separation. The distinction between the natures was never abolished by their union, but rather the character proper to each of the two natures was preserved as they came together in one person (prosopon) and one hypostasis.
— Council of Chalcedon
< >< Online Sources for Devotion Scripture References & Daily Mass Readings >< >
Link to Devotion Scriptures unless noted from New International Version BibleGateway.com
Links for today’s readings from USCCB using the New American Bible or
Links for today’s readings from EWTN using the Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
For audio link to today’s readings from USCCB using the New American Bible click:
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/11_04_23.mp3
For link to today’s video Reflection http://www.usccb.org/video/reflections.shtml
< >< Bible Online >< >
BibleGateway.com
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YouVersion.com
< >< Other sources of inspiration on God’s Word >< >
Christianity – Faith in God and Jesus Christ
EWTN
Light Source – Christian Video Broadcasts and Ministry Television Online
Moody Ministries – From the Word to Life
Moody Radio Online
Sermon Index
Today in the Word Radio Online
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