If anyone loves me he will keep my word,
and my Father will love him,
and we shall come to him. JN 14:23
1 TIMOTHY 1:15-17
My Soul's Beloved,
Today's first reading is a timely reminder that we cannot write anyone off as too far gone to save. St. Paul uses himself as an example of what You can do with the most hardened soul. You have the power to raise up to new life even the most incorrigible of sinners. No one is beyond Your power to save. No one is so lost except those who deliberately, willfully, and purposefully turn away from You and refuse to be wooed by You to receive new life through You.
We must never cease praying for our loved ones who have fallen away from the path of righteousness, holiness, and truth. There is infinite power in our prayers, our tears, our grief-stricken groans and tears. St. Monica is living proof that perseverance in prayer can bring about conversion and salvation, even in the most hardened sinner. Grant me the grace never to lose hope, my Lord, even when it seems that despite years of prayer, nothing changes. I do not see as You see, and what I cannot see is that grace is constantly at work, and the Holy Spirit will reclaim the soul that we are sure is lost. Every prayer for the salvation of lost souls is heard and answered. You will make a way where we see none. By the power of Your Name, You will save.
Here is a saying that you can rely on and nobody should doubt: that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. I myself am the greatest of them; and if mercy has been shown to me, it is because Jesus Christ meant to make me the greatest evidence of his inexhaustible patience for all the other people who would later have to trust in him to come to eternal life. To the eternal King, the undying, invisible and only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
PSALM 112(113):1-7
May the name of the Lord be blessed for evermore!
Praise, O servants of the Lord,
praise the name of the Lord!
May the name of the Lord be blessed
both now and for evermore!
From the rising of the sun to its setting
praised be the name of the Lord!
High above all nations is the Lord,
above the heavens his glory.
Who is like the Lord, our God,
who has risen on high to his throne
yet stoops from the heights to look down,
to look down upon heaven and earth?
From the dust he lifts up the lowly,
from the dungheap he raises the poor
Here is a saying that you can rely on and nobody should doubt: that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. I myself am the greatest of them; and if mercy has been shown to me, it is because Jesus Christ meant to make me the greatest evidence of his inexhaustible patience for all the other people who would later have to trust in him to come to eternal life. To the eternal King, the undying, invisible and only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
PSALM 112(113):1-7
May the name of the Lord be blessed for evermore!
Praise, O servants of the Lord,
praise the name of the Lord!
May the name of the Lord be blessed
both now and for evermore!
From the rising of the sun to its setting
praised be the name of the Lord!
High above all nations is the Lord,
above the heavens his glory.
Who is like the Lord, our God,
who has risen on high to his throne
yet stoops from the heights to look down,
to look down upon heaven and earth?
From the dust he lifts up the lowly,
from the dungheap he raises the poor
May the name of the Lord be blessed for evermore!
LUKE 6:43-49
LUKE 6:43-49
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