Prayer Prompt before reading MT 23:27-32 Come, Holy Spirit, teach me how to pray well, interpret the Scriptures for me so that I may know the Truth about who God the Father is and God the Son so that I may know who I am.
“STAY AWAKE! FOR YOU DO NOT KNOW ON WHICH DAY YOUR LORD WILL COME.” MT 24:42-51
Humbly submit your will to God (Thy Will be done) and consecrate yourself to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through Mary and Joseph.
If we were to describe a faithful servant, what would he or she look like? Jesus says today, “Prepared”. To be prepared, we first encounter Christ, the living God, in the Word and the Eucharist. We learn to sit in silence and listen, then we gain knowledge or be taught/formed (Scripture, catechism, spiritual books). Reflect in silence over these materials.
Next, a person begins to believe in their heart by gaining knowledge through faith, being baptized, rejecting Satan and relentlessly growing closer to Christ. How? Receptivity! God the Father is chasing after us, and Jesus already took our sin and suffering and nailed it to the cross, but we have to give it to Him (Reconciliation). The measure in which a person gives themselves away, is the measure in which they become full. The Law of the Gift-St. Pope John Paul II
Since the Trinity is a relationship of love, we are called into a relationship with our Father, Jesus, in the Holy Spirit and with others. Our grace tanks are refilled often to live out our baptismal promises when we bring ourselves to the Eucharist-Jesus Christ, Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity, and reconciliation-allow God’s grace to change your life, be transformed by Christ. This is why the saints went to daily Mass and confession regularly! God makes us holy not us.
Our daily rosary can be offered up with the help of the Blessed Virgin Mary meditating on the life of Christ. Walk with Jesus in the Stations of the Cross or do some type of sacrifice/fast every Friday to remind us that Christ died for us, deny yourself/kill your ego. Gain knowledge on what Jesus went through in His Passion. Every saint started at the foot of the cross with Mary. Every difficulty that burdens you throughout the day offer up with the suffering of Jesus Christ, He gives purpose to suffering.
Everyday, ask the Holy Spirit to join your spirit so that you may live with the purpose you were created for and strive for holiness. God is fully alive in us through the Holy Spirit to help us until Christ returns. We have an opportunity to be transformed and live as other Christ’s for the world, always striving for greater holiness for the greater glory of God. Last, sit in silence and listen so you will be, “Prepared” when the Master returns.
Today’s challenge: Be prepared. Pray, hope, and don’t worry! -St. Padre Pio One of my coaches taught me, “Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance”
Be a servant, become a saint!
#Christian YODO (You Only Die Once; we will live again!)
Heart, Fight, Trust
Please pray for me and my family as I will for you!
Joyfully sacrifice for another today!
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