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TODAY’S WORD…

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Jesus said,

“I tell you solemnly,

anyone who does not welcome the kingdom of God like a little child

will never enter it.”

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– Mark 10:15 (JB)

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REFLECTION…

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Our Lord stresses

that a Christian has to become like a child

to enter the

Kingdom of Heaven.

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Our Lord’s words express simply and graphically

the key doctrine of man’s divine sonship:

God is our Father and we are His sons and daughters, His children,

and our entire religion is summed up

in the relationship of a child with the good Father in Heaven.

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This awareness of God as Father

involves a sense of dependence on our Heavenly Father,

and a trusting abandonment to His loving providence

– much in the same way a child trusts its father or mother;

the humility of recognizing that we can do nothing by ourselves;

and simplicity and sincerity,

which make us straightforward and honest in our dealings

with both God…and man.

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QUOTE…

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“To be little

you have to believe as children believe,

to love as children love,

to abandon yourself as children do…,

to pray as children pray”

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– St. Josemaria Escriva.

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PRAYER…

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My Lord God,

thank You for Your Spirit, here right by my side.

Your presence is so reassuring;

Your love so true and real, I can feel it.

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Abba, I do not ever want to go back

to that empty time of my life

when I kept myself detached from You,

and ignored and disobeyed You.

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Father,

hold my hand.

and lead me to wherever You want to take me.

I will follow You gladly,

because I trust in Your unfailing love for me.

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Abba, Father, I love You!

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REPETITIVE PRAYER FOR TODAY…

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Abba, Father, I love You!

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YEAR OF FAITH 2012-2013

FROM THE CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH…

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“Because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, ‘Abba! Father!’” (Gal 4:6)

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[CCC 742]

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From the beginning to the end of time, whenever God sends His Son,

He always sends His Spirit:

their mission is conjoined and inseparable.

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[CCC 743]

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