I CAME SO THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE LIFE AND HAVE IT MORE ABUNDANTLY.” JN 10:1-10
Humbly submit your will to God (Thy Will be done) and consecrate yourself to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through Mary and Joseph.
Acts 11:1-18
In the early Christian Church Peter has a vision explaining that Gentiles are to be saved, too. Jesus did not come to save only Jews, but He came to save all. Our first Church council, Council of Jerusalem, separates the Jews from Catholics. It is the first time “The Way” becomes catholic which means “universal”-all are called to be saved through Jesus Christ.
JN 10:1-10
”I am the gate. Whoever enters through me will be saved.” God calls each one of us by name for He is the Good Shepherd. Our Creator who knows and loves us more than we know and love ourselves and desires nothing more than for us to be home with Him in heaven. Love is not forced, so He gave us a free will to choose. Freedom exists for the sake of love (St. Pope JP II). Since we have to have a free will for love to exist this allows evil in the world.
God is love and for love to exist He had to give us a free will. We have to freely choose love. We have to freely choose God by responding to HIs love. He also gave us His only Son to show how much He loves us. Jesus Christ is the gate and if we choose to enter through Him we will be saved.
Jesus teaches us to be baptized “in the water and the Spirit”. In baptism, we die and rise with Christ. This is the method God made for us to reap the benefits of what Christ did for us in His Passion, Death, and Resurrection. We are called to evangelize and tell every nation this Good News. Repent and be saved. Deny yourself, take up your cross, and follow Christ through the Gate (our heavenly home, the hearts greatest longing).
Today’s challenge: Thank Jesus for sacrificing Himself for the good of all mankind. Pray for our priests today. Thank a priest or invite them over for supper.
#Christian YOLO
Be a servant, be a saint today!
No Bible no breakfast, No Bible no bed. -Fr. Larry Richards
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