JESUS WEEK

Jesus Week – Day 3

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At a time when you did not know God,
you became slaves to things
that by nature are not gods…
(Galatians 4:8)

 

Jesus, Liberator

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Before all things both visible and invisible existed, God was — the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Their shared love, joy, and happiness was limitless and without defect. But precisely because the nature of Love is to give Itself, it was their Will to share this with others. That meant creating others in their likeness with the capacity to share in their divine nature.[1]cf. 2 Pet 1:4 So God spoke: “Let there be light”… and from this word, the entire universe teeming with life came into being; each plant, creature, and heavenly object revealing something of God’s divine attributes of wisdom, kindness, providence, and so forth.[2]cf. Rom 1:20; Wis 13:1-9 But the very pinnacle of creation would be man and woman, the ones created to participate directly in the interior life of love the Holy Trinity.Continue reading →

Footnotes

Footnotes
↑1 cf. 2 Pet 1:4
↑2 cf. Rom 1:20; Wis 13:1-9

Jesus Week – Day 2

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Ecco Homo
“Behold the man”
(John 19:5)

 

Jesus, Lord

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Jesus asked His Apostles, “Who do you say that I am?” (Matt 16:15). The question lies at the heart of His entire purpose. Today, Muslims say he is a prophet; Mormons, believe he was conceived by the Father (with a heavenly wife) as a lesser god and to whom no one should pray; Jehovah Witnesses believe he is Michael the Archangel; others say he is a mere historical figure while others, a myth. The answer to this question is no small thing. Because Jesus and Scripture say something entirely different, if not outrageous: that He is God.Continue reading →

Jesus Week – Day 1

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O Lord, I have heard of your renown;
your work, O Lord, inspires me with awe.
Make it live again in our time,
make it known in our time;
in wrath remember mercy.
(Habb 3:2, RNJB)

 

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The Spirit of Prophecy

 

So much of the discourse on prophecy today is about the “signs of the times”, the distress of the nations, and future events. Wars, rumors of wars, upheaval in nature, society, and the Church dominates discussion. Add to that the more dramatic prophecies of a coming Warning, refuges, and the appearance of Antichrist. 

Of course, much if not all of this is documented in the Revelation to St. John (the Apocalypse). But in the midst of the tumult, an angel “wielding great authority”[1]Rev 18:1 declares to the apostle: 

The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. (Rev 19:20)

This is the very heart of all authentic prophecy: the Word of Jesus, who is the “Word made flesh.”[2]cf. John 1:14 Every apparition, every private revelation, every word of knowledge and prediction has as its locus Jesus Christ — His mission, life, death, and resurrection. Everything should return to that; everything should bring us back to the central invitation of the Gospel found in Jesus’ own first public words…Continue reading →

Footnotes

Footnotes
↑1 Rev 18:1
↑2 cf. John 1:14