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TODAY’S WORD…

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So in Christ Jesus

you are all children of God through faith,

for all of you who were baptised into Christ

have clothed yourselves with Christ.

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– Galatians 3:26-27 (NLT)

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REFLECTION…

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When we accept Christ Jesus, through faith, as the Son of God

and as our Lord and Saviour,

and place our full trust in Him,

that is when we become children of God.

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QUOTE…

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“The Holy Spirit was not content with saying

that we are bathed and anointed:

here He says that we are clothed,

and the clothing we are given is not just something beautiful and costly:

it is Jesus Christ Himself,

who is the sum total of all beauty,

all value,

all richness…

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What He means

is that the beauty of Jesus Christ,

His justice,

His grace,

His riches,

His splendour,

shine out from us with the splendour of the sun

and is reflected as in the purest of mirrors"

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– St. John of Avila

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PRAYER…

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Lord Jesus Christ,

Son of the Living God,

I believe in You with all my heart.

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Forgive me for when I ignored You

and pride and selfishness tainted my soul.

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Thank You for persisting with me,

until I came to my senses

and acknowledged You as my Teacher,

my Saviour,

my Lord and my God.

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Thank You, Jesus, for showing me the way.

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Shine on me, Lord,

I never want to walk in darkness again.

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REPETITIVE PRAYER FOR TODAY…

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Jesus, I love You, I believe in You, I trust in You.

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YEAR OF FAITH 2012-2013

FROM THE CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH…

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In faith, the human intellect and will cooperate with divine grace:

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"Believing is an act of the intellect assenting to the divine truth by command of the will moved by God through grace."(St. Thomas Aquinas)

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[CCC 155]

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