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TODAY’S WORD…
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This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you:
God is light, and there is no darkness in Him at all.
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So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness;
we are not practicing the truth.
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But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light,
then we have fellowship with each other,
and the blood of Jesus, His Son, cleanses us from all sin.
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If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth.
But if we confess our sins to Him,
He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.
If we claim we have not sinned, we are calling God a liar
and showing that His word has no place in our hearts.
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– 1 John 1:5-10 (NLT)
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REFLECTION…
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“We have a Paraclete, a word, an advocate, a defender at the Father’s side,
it is Jesus Christ, the Upright One.
He makes us righteous.
It is He who pardons us.
…a sin is a bad thing!
But if you have sinned, look at who is waiting to pardon you…
Always! That’s because He, our Lord, is greater than our sins.
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We must walk in the light because God is Light.
Don’t walk with one foot in the light and the other in darkness.
Do not be liars.
And one other thing: we have all sinned.
…only one is Upright, He who paid for us.
And if somebody sins, He is waiting for us and pardons us
because He is merciful and knows very well what we are shaped from
and remembers that we are but dust…”
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– Pope Francis. From a homily on 29th April 2016.
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PRAYER…
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Almighty God,
You are all light,
in You there is no darkness.
Let Your light shine upon us in all its radiance,
so that we may walk gladly in the way of Your commandments.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
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– From The Liturgy of the Hours
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REPETITIVE PRAYER FOR TODAY…
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Almighty God, You are all light, in You there is no darkness.
Let Your light shine upon me in all its radiance,
so that I may walk gladly in the way of Your commandments. Amen.
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A LAMP TO MY FEET. A LIGHT FOR MY PATH. 