On Tuesday, 26 November 2013,
From: Nivard...
From: Nivard...
Daily Reading & Meditation (c) 2013 Don Schwager
34 Wed 27 Nov 2013
Lk 21_12-19
Lk 21_12-19
"Not a hair of your head will perish"
What is Jesus' response to hostility and persecution?
Only love can defeat prejudice and hatred.
God's love purifies our heart and mind of all that would divide and tear people apart.
Knowing and loving God's truth is essential for overcoming evil.
Jesus promises to give us supernatural strength and wisdom to take a stand and witness to the truth and love of Jesus.
The gospel is good news for the whole world because it is God's eternal word of truth, love and pardon.
Jesus has won the victory for us through the cross and his rising from the grave.
That is why the gospel has power to set people free from sin and destruction.
Father, by the atoning death of your Son you have redeemed the world. Fill us with joyful hope and boldness to witness the truth of your love for sinners through Christ our Lord.
‘words of THE WORD’
ponders the Sacred Scriptures, the Sacred Liturgy, Fathers of the Church and RCIA
that by the grace of
God the Holy Spirit
all may encounter
God the Son, Jesus the Incarnate Word
and be drawn in love as adopted children to
ponders the Sacred Scriptures, the Sacred Liturgy, Fathers of the Church and RCIA
that by the grace of
God the Holy Spirit
all may encounter
God the Son, Jesus the Incarnate Word
and be drawn in love as adopted children to
God our Father Who is Merciful Love.
Voices ever ancient, ever new. Sunday-Week33-2013.
“... but not a hair on your head will be destroyed.” (Luke 21:18)
Saint Augustine of Hippo comments on this verse from today’s Gospel:
“We should have no doubt that our mortal flesh also will rise again at the end of the world. This is the Christian faith. This is the Catholic faith. This is the apostolic faith. Believe Christ when he says, “Not a hair of your head shall perish.” Putting aside all unbelief, consider how valuable you are. How can our Redeemer despise any person when he cannot despise a hair of that person’s head? How are we going to doubt that he intends to give eternal life to our soul and body? He took on a soul and body in which to die for us, which he laid down for us when he died and which he took up again that we might not fear death.” (Sermon 214)
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