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TODAY’S WORD…

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He died for everyone

so that those who receive His new life will no longer live for themselves.

Instead, they will live for Christ,

who died and was raised for them.

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– 2 Corinthians 5:15 (NLT)

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REFLECTION…

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Christ underwent death, out of His great love for mankind.

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Christ’s death, is the price He paid for us

– our ransom, which sets us free from the slavery of sin, death and the devil.

As a result, we no longer belong to ourselves but to Christ.

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It is for His sake

and in the manner He taught us,

that we must strive to live the new life – in grace and freedom –

which Jesus has won for us.

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The awesome love of Christ should inspire all of us Christians

to commit ourselves to respond to His love,

and it should fill us with a desire to take the salvation won by Christ, to everyone.

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QUOTE…

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“Jesus Christ died for us;

by His death He has given us life;

we only live because He died;

He died for us, by us, and in us;

our life then is no longer ours,

but belongs to Him who has purchased it for us by his death:

we are therefore no more to live to ourselves but to Him;

not in ourselves but in Him;

nor for ourselves but for Him"”

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– St. Francis de Sales

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REPETITIVE PRAYER FOR TODAY…

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We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You,

because by Your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world. .

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