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The Catholic Calendar for Sunday, May 5, 2002 The Sixth Sunday of Easter Scripture from today's Liturgy of the Word: Acts 8:5-8,14-17 Psalm 66:1-7,16,20 1 Peter 3:15-18 John 14:15-21 A reflection on today's Scripture: Because we will be celebrating the Ascension of Jesus into Heaven this coming Thursday, our scriptures are now focussed on that event and its significance for us. We learn especially, that Jesus promises that after He leaves us, God the Father will leave us the Paraclete - the Holy Spirit - the Spirit of truth. (see John 14:16-17) Yes, the Father will send us the Holy Spirit, if we love Jesus and obey the simple commands He has given us. Indeed, we can see the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon those who are striving to love the Lord. We have seen sinners set free and the human spirit raised in the Lord rather than enslaved by sin and depravity. Yes, we see pockets of God's light amid a worldwide blanket of sin and oppression. Our call today is to renew our personal conversion - wholly and completely to the Lord. We are called to study scripture daily, to be with God at all times, especially in daily prayer and at Mass, to let the light of Christ shine forth through us to our neighbor in healing acts of love and forgiveness. We are called to be on fire with love of God! If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him.... (John 14:23) - Joachim, ocds YOU CAN HELP to evangelize the Word of God: Please recommend our website to your friends and Catholic webmasters. The meditations are in English & Spanish at http://www.borg.com/~joachim/DailyMeds.html (case sensitive). ARCHIVED Meditations: http://www.abcsoffaith.com/quiet/quietplace.html and at: http://www.mail-archive.com/dailymed%40saturn.nibcomp.com For ALL communications, including subscribe/unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (c)2002 The Way, The Truth, The Life. Permission granted to make reprints of the meditations or to post on any web page, except for profit. All scripture quotes are from the Douay-Rheims edition of the Catholic Bible. Full text from the New American Bible: http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/index.htm Lives of the Saints: http://www.christdesert.org/public_texts/martyrology/ |
Title: Meditation: Sunday, May 5, 2002
