Prayer Prompt before reading JN 21:20-25: 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 is and God the Son so that I may know who I am.
“IT IS THIS DISCIPLE WHO TESTIFIES TO THESE THINGS AND HAS WRITTEN THEM, AND WE KNOW THAT HIS TESTIMONY IS TRUE.” JN 21:20-25
Daily Reminder: Submit your will to God (thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven). Consecrate yourself to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through Mary and Joseph.
Website to do a consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary with Padre Pio: http://padrepiodevotions.org/prayers-of-padre-pio/
QUICKEST WAY TO HOLINESS!!!!!!!
Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary by St. Louis de Montfort: https://www.fisheaters.com/totalconsecrationmontfort.html
This may be the most important paragraph in all of John’s Gospel. He says, “It is this disciple who testifies to these things and has written them, and we know that his testimony is true.” John, the Apostle, was chosen by Jesus Christ to follow Him for 3 years. John witnessed all of the most important events in Jesus’ life and was the only Apostle with Mary to be at the foot of the cross.
WE HAVE AN EYEWITNESS TO THE REVELATIONS OF JESUS CHRIST! If you believe it is true, then start living it with all your heart! Not by force but out of love! If we are lukewarm Catholics, the Devil has us right where he wants us. Jesus taught us there is no fence to sit on if we are His followers. He compels us to make a choice.
He says, “Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.” MT 12:30
John is writing these things so that we may understand what true, beautiful, and good thing we obtained, Jesus Christ’s Spirit lives on in us. Jesus did the Father’s Will, sits at the right hand of the Father to receives the glory that He passes on to us in the Holy Spirit. The first step to evangelizing is to create a daily habit of prayer making Jesus Christ the center of our lives and developing a personal relationship with Him.
John goes on to say, “I do not think the whole world would contain the books that would be written.” Jn 21:25 Do very many people read the Bible? Would we read all of the books the Apostles wrote about Jesus if there were several others? Many do not read the Bible or Gospels daily. The Gospels hold the Truths revealed by Jesus Christ to gain salvation.
There will not be any other revelation or way to salvation. As weak humans, we forget. I have learned it is important to remind myself of the most important things first thing in the morning to help guide me in my day (wisdom from the saints and priests/religious). There are a lot of things and a lot of information trying to persuade me.
Everything we need to know is in the Bible otherwise God would have given us more. He is not trying to hide from us or make us have to guess how to get to heaven. If we meditate each day on the Words He revealed to us through the eyewitnesses He chose, we see very clearly a Father who is deeply in love with His creation, a Son who is willing to die to show us this love and share it with us, and the Holy Spirit who is the love between Father and Son that lives on in us. Love requires a response. Are you keeping up your end?
It is difficult and a great challenge to read the Bible daily. How many other habits do we create in our lives to survive and be healthy? Our soul needs to be fed by Jesus with the Scriptures and graces we need from the Sacraments. I suggest using your competitive nature to conquer your fear that the Bible is too hard for you to read and understand. One day at a time start reading the daily Mass readings to give you a guide.
There are no parameters to reading the Bible, just ask Jesus to start you somewhere and the Holy Spirit to guide you. It will take time and effort. Are you up for the challenge? It will change your life forever and give you great hope! Most importantly, you will gain a friendship that is eternal. Someone who will always have your back and remain with you even if everyone else has left.
A friend who died for you even if you don’t love Him back. A friend who is always waiting to speak to you in your heart in silence, in Adoration, in the sacraments, in prayer with others, in the poor. The only friend who can give you what your heart is truly yearning for, happiness, joy, true love, to know exactly who you are and love it, whole, complete!
Challenge: Read the daily Mass readings and reflect on them. Pray every day in the same place and at the same time (make a chime on your phone to remind you). God, our Father, is trying to tell us how much He loves us and what He made us for. He knows us better than we know ourselves, He loves us more than we love ourselves, He wants us to know His will. Read the Gospels, ask Jesus questions about what you read, journal and write your thoughts down, over time all of your heart’s deepest yearnings will be made complete. You will find yourself right where God wants you and His plan for you in salvation history!
Then as Padre Pio says, “Pray, Hope, and don’t worry!”
Be a servant, be a saint today!
#Christian YODO (You Only Die Once; we will live again!)
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