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TODAY’S WORD…

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Jesus said,

“If any of you wants to be my follower,

you must turn from your selfish ways,

take up your cross daily,

and follow me.

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If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it.

But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it.

And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world

but are yourself lost or destroyed?

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– Luke 9:23-25 (NLT)

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REFLECTION…

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By this radical statement

Jesus teaches us to do everything with a view to eternal life:

it is well worth while to devote our entire life on earth to attaining eternal life.

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QUOTE…

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"There is no doubt about it:

a person who loves pleasure,

who seeks comfort,

who flees from anything that might spell suffering,

who is over-anxious, who complains, who blames

and who becomes impatient at the least little thing which does not go his way

– a person like that is a Christian only in name;

he is only a dishonour to his religion

for Jesus Christ has said so:

“If any of you wants to be my follower,

you must turn from your selfish ways,

take up your cross daily,

and follow me.”“

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– St. John Mary Vianney

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REPETITIVE PRAYER FOR TODAY…

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Help me, Lord, to carry my cross with determination and gladness,

in the knowledge that my life on earth

is secondary to the abundant life of Your kingdom. Amen.

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