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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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REPETITIVE PRAYER FOR TODAY…

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Abba, Father, I love You!

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