Thursday, August 5, 2010

Who do you say that I am?

Matthew 16:13-23

"Christian living consists in loving, imitating and serving Christ. The heart has an important role in this life to such an extent that if, through lukewarmness or a hidden pride, our life of piety suffers it becomes almost impossible to move ahead. To follow Christ closely means to be his friends. That friendly, intimate union leads us to follow even the smallest of his precepts: love is expressed in deeds. After many attempts - all in vain - to find Christ, St Augustine shares with us his experience: 'I looked all around for the strength I needed to delight in You and could not find it, until I at last embraced the Mediator between God and man: the Man, Jesus Christ...' We are to love a man - Jesus Christ!...

When in the intimacy of our hearts our Lord asks, And you, who do you say that I am?, we should respond with the faith of Peter: You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God, the Way, the Truth and the Life... Without him my life would be completely empty and I would be lost.
(from In Conversation With God, vol. 4, pp.319-320)
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Novena to the Holy Spirit

"Wait for the promise of the Father...you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you." Acts 1:5,6

Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and enkindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit, and they shall be created, and you shall renew the face of the earth.

Let us pray.

O, God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever enjoy His consolations. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.