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Memorial of Saint Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

Posted by Greg Goertz | Jul 15, 2024 | Daily Scripture | 0 |

Memorial of Saint Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
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“WHOEVER FINDS HIS LIFE WILL LOSE IT, AND WHOEVER LOSES HIS LIFE FOR MY SAKE WILL FIND IT.” MT 10:34-11:1

Humbly submit your will to God (Thy Will be done) and consecrate yourself to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through Mary and Joseph.

Prayer Prompt before reading MT 10:34-11:1-Come, Holy Spirit, teach me how to pray, interpret the Scriptures for me so that I may know the Truth about who God the Father and God the Son are, so that I may know who I am.

Jesus teaches some difficult teachings to begin today’s Gospel. His point is that following Him is the most important thing a person can do in their life. He is even more important than the ones we love the most here on earth. Jesus is telling us that He must be the center of our life.

He comes off a little harsh, but he compares Himself to our family so we could understand how much His love is for us and that our love for Him must be greater than our love even for those closest to us, our families. The only way to be transformed by the greatest love there is, Christ’s love, the love of the Father for His children, is to put Jesus right in the center of your life. He is teaching us that our lives are meant to glorify the Father by the power of Jesus and His Spirit working in us and through us to others.

What a difficult task! If we come to know Christ’s love and develop a personal relationship with Him and give Him all, no other love compares. Our families cannot love us perfectly like Christ can. We must lose our life for Christ. We must die to self (deny the desires of our fallen human nature/flesh/worldly/material; kill our ego), take up our cross (everyone has their own to carry each day fashioned by God’s hand), and follow Him.

We are to die to self and serve others, “And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones to drink because he is a disciple–amen, I say to you, he will surely not lose his reward.” This is a daily task that is extremely difficult, but I have never walked away from serving others unfulfilled or sad. It starts with those right beside us. Love likes to suffer! Love until it hurts! Remember, there will be a great reward, living in this life and the next in God’s love knowing exactly what He made us for. It will all be worth it.

Today’s challenge: Give someone a cold drink of water or just do something very little for a person that God puts in your life today at home, work, or on the streets. Give yourself up, so Christ can transform you into Himself. May others see Christ in you through your actions.

Be a servant, be a saint today!
​#Christian YOLO

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Greg Goertz

Greg Goertz

My name is Greg Goertz. I teach 7th and 8th grade Catholic Doctrine at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School in Wichita, KS. Blog Mission: 1. "Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ." -St. Jerome A place for young people to come to know Christ. We cannot worship something we do not know. 2. to inspire young people to create a daily habit to bring themselves to Jesus in the Scriptures and aid their prayer life. 3. to show young people how to seek God in their electronics or bring God into their electronics and avoid the evil.

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