SAINT QUOTE OF THE DAY : Saturday - June 08, 2019

 

Saturday - June 08, 2019

"Christ has made my soul beautiful 

with the jewels of grace and virtue. 

I belong to Him whom the angels serve" 

--St. Agnes

 

 

June 8 2019

 

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Saturday of the Seventh Week of Easter - Mass in the Morning
Lectionary: 302

Reading 1ACTS 28:16-20, 30-31

When he entered Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself,
with the soldier who was guarding him.

Three days later he called together the leaders of the Jews.
When they had gathered he said to them, "My brothers,
although I had done nothing against our people
or our ancestral customs,
I was handed over to the Romans as a prisoner from Jerusalem.
After trying my case the Romans wanted to release me,
because they found nothing against me deserving the death penalty.
But when the Jews objected, I was obliged to appeal to Caesar,
even though I had no accusation to make against my own nation.
This is the reason, then, I have requested to see you
and to speak with you, for it is on account of the hope of Israel
that I wear these chains." 

He remained for two full years in his lodgings.
He received all who came to him, and with complete assurance
and without hindrance he proclaimed the Kingdom of God
and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ.

Responsorial PsalmPS 11:4, 5 AND 7

R. (see 7b)  The just will gaze on your face, O Lord.
or:
R. Alleluia.
The LORD is in his holy temple;
the LORD's throne is in heaven.
His eyes behold,
his searching glance is on mankind.
R. The just will gaze on your face, O Lord.
or:
R. Alleluia.
The LORD searches the just and the wicked;
the lover of violence he hates.
For the LORD is just, he loves just deeds;
the upright shall see his face.
R. The just will gaze on your face, O Lord.
or:
R. Alleluia.

AlleluiaJN 16:7, 13

R. Alleluia, alleluia.
I will send to you the Spirit of truth, says the Lord;
he will guide you to all truth.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

GospelJN 21:20-25

Peter turned and saw the disciple following whom Jesus loved,
the one who had also reclined upon his chest during the supper
and had said, "Master, who is the one who will betray you?"
When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, "Lord, what about him?"
Jesus said to him, "What if I want him to remain until I come?
What concern is it of yours?  
You follow me."
So the word spread among the brothers that that disciple would not die.
But Jesus had not told him that he would not die,
just "What if I want him to remain until I come?
What concern is it of yours?"

It is this disciple who testifies to these things
and has written them, and we know that his testimony is true.
There are also many other things that Jesus did,
but if these were to be described individually,
I do not think the whole world would contain the books
that would be written.

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The 4-second Prayer that Defeats Satan

There is much, much more that Jesus did than what we read about in the Bible -- more miracles, more proof that he loves us, more teachings that help us understand what God wants to do in us and through us. And Jesus knew this would be so. This is why he told us that the Holy Spirit will teach us everything we need to know (see John 14:26).

The problem is: We expect less, not more, so we receive less instead of the abundant "more" that God wants to give us.

And why do we expect less? Because Satan and his cohorts are doing everything they can to disempower the Church. Why? Because we are a huge threat to them. If the Body of Christ on Earth today (you, me, and all who have faith in Christ) were to come fully alive in the Holy Spirit and be who we really, truly, are -- little Christs banded together and covering the whole earth, doing what Jesus did -- it is Satan and all evil-doers who would be disempowered.

This is the plan of God. Jesus made that very clear in John 14:12 and many other times.

This is exciting to hear. We want to conquer evil. We want to be a Spirit-filled Church. We want to be God's instruments of divine power. We see how it happened on a daily basis in the Book of the Acts of the Apostles, and we wish it could be like that today. So then, where is the disconnect? Why is there so much evil in the world today even though we are a Church of people who can rightfully say, "Greater he who is in me than he who is in the world"?

"Every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus as Lord is not from God but is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world. You, however, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world." (1 John 4:3-4)

With Jesus in us, we should be able to do everything that Jesus did. Everything and more!

"Truly, truly I tell you: Whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father." (John 14:12)

And then he said, "The Father will give you the Spirit of Truth to help you and be with you forever. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you." (John 14:16-17)

Wow! With the Holy Spirit in us, nothing can stop us from being God's instrument of divine power!

Nothing except our disbelief in the truth of this. Nothing but the misconceptions we hold about the reality of this.

We need to clear our minds of all false teachings, all false ideas about the Holy Spirit. A good spiritual exercise is to (Step 1) make a list of every idea that limits the supernatural, and then, one by one, turn them over to the Holy Spirit -- the Spirit of Truth -- asking for the truth to replace what is false. Next (Step 2), go to Mass and, before receiving Jesus in the Eucharist, ask him to wash away the false ideas with his Sacred Blood.

Step 3: The 4-second prayer that wins the battle

Now I'm going to show you how easy it is to defeat Satan so that you can be and do all that the Father has in mind for you. This is true for everyone who has Jesus in them and who truly wants to follow Christ, imitate Christ, and be the victorious presence of Christ in the world.

First, understand this: Our spiritual mind can influence our emotional mind or be influenced by our emotional mind. For example, if you feel discouraged while waiting for God to do something about a prayer request, if your emotional mind is in control of your beliefs, you could conclude that God doesn't care as much as you do about the problem. Your spiritual mind doubts. And this false belief has disempowered you.

Jesus says, "Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what I did to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and it will be done." (Matthew 21:21)

Remember who wants you to be disempowered! And remember that Jesus in you is extremely more powerful than Satan. So here's the 4-second prayer that defeats Satan (using the above example):

"In the name of Jesus Christ, I renounce discouragement."

Amen. That's all there is to it. You have now put your spirit in charge of your emotions and you have chased away any demons who might be tempting you to feel discouraged.

This 4-second prayer is great for any emotion that is working against faith. If you don't feel an immediate change, add this: "Come Holy Spirit, teach me the truth. Come Father God, bless me with encouragement (i.e., the opposite of whatever disempowering emotion you're renouncing). Come Lord Jesus, redeem me from the evil that discouragement has been doing in my life."

And if that doesn't give you what you're asking for, realize that there is a deeper problem that God wants to heal through a therapist or spiritual director or a priest.

God cares about you more than you can imagine. His concern for you is as big as infinite! He would be untrue to his limitless Self if he didn't want to work miracles in your life.

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God Bless You.....

Rosary Family

The mother of Jesus promised St. Dominic that, “one day through the rosary & the scapular I shall save the world!”