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TODAY’S WORD…

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We beg you who have received God’s grace

not to let it be wasted.

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Hear what God says:

“When the time came for me to show you favour,
I heard you;
when the day arrived for me to save you,
I helped you.”

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Listen! This is the hour to receive God’s favour;

today is the day to be saved!

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– 2 Corinthians 6:1-2 (GNT)

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QUOTE…

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“We receive the grace of God in vain

when we receive it at the gate of our heart,

without allowing it to enter:

we receive it without receiving it;

we receive it without fruit,

since there is no use in feeling the inspiration

if one does not consent unto it.

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And just as the sick man who has the medicine in his hands,

if he takes only part of it, will only partially benefit from it,

so too, when God sends a great and mighty inspiration to move us to embrace his love,

if we do not avail of it in its entirety,

we shall benefit from it only partially"

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– St Francis de Sales

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“The day of salvation is here before us.

The call of the good shepherd has reached us:

‘I have called you by name’. (Is 43:1)

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Since love repays love, we must

reply: ’Here I am, for You called me’. (1 Sam 3:5)[…]

I will be converted,

I will turn again to the Lord

and love Him as He wants to be loved"

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– St Josemaria Escriva

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REPETITIVE PRAYER FOR TODAY…

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Here I am, for You called me.

Renew me, O Lord, and grant that I may love You as You want to be loved.

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