“NOW, MASTER, YOU MAY LET YOUR SERVANT GO IN PEACE, ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD, FOR MY EYES HAVE SEEN YOUR SALVATION.” LK 2:22-40
Humbly submit your will to God (thy Will be done) and consecrate yourself to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through Mary and Joseph.
We are filled with the same Holy Spirit as Simeon and Anna to guide us each day. Say, “Come, Holy Spirit” often throughout your day. ”It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Christ of the Lord.” Anna never left the temple, but worshiped night and day with fasting and prayer. In the new year, we have the great opportunity that the Catholic Church has prepared for us to spend more time in the Church, worshiping, fasting, and praying.
Jesus teaches us how to fight the Devil by increasing our faith with the Scriptures, fasting, praying, and replacing our pride with humility. Every part of the Christmas story is filled with humble people. The most humble is God becoming Man for our salvation. Our next greatest model of this is Mary. Strive to devote yourself even greater to Mary. Fr. Mark Mary Ames, Franciscan Friar of the Renewal with Ascension Media started the Rosary in a Year Pod Cast. https://ascensionpress.com/pages/the-rosary-in-a-year-podcast This is a great way to be inspired to make a devotion to Mary and create a daily habit of prayer.
Then, the most overlooked saint, silent yet strong, protector, chaste and humble, St. Joseph. As we we have just finished the year of St. Joseph, find one of the many ways to continue to dedicate yourself to him this year. We look to these great models who were with Jesus during His life to guide us. They have great wisdom to pass onto us.
We too have Jesus with us in the Word, living and effective, which will never pass away. In the Eucharist, an everlasting covenant of sacrifice, until He returns. Adoration in the Blessed Sacrament, a time to get away from the world and be with God face to face and just talk to Him. “Wherever two or three are gathered in my name I am there with you.”
In prayer anywhere with anyone, Jesus is with us. In these places, with Jesus, time and eternity meet and they are the most powerful and useful times of our lives. Bring yourself to Jesus as He daily prepares a host for you, yearns to see your face in Adoration, and speaks to you directly through the Scriptures and in those He put around you. Take time to listen. Jesus is always trying to tell you something.
Today’s challenge: Pray and ask Jesus what is the best way to draw closer to Him in this new year.
Be a servant, be a saint today!
#Christian YODO (You Only Die Once; We will live again!)
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