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Consciousness, Conversion and Grace
A 5-week webinar series presented by Carla Mae Streeter, OP
- Feb. 21, 28; March 7, 14, 21. 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. Central
- Free-will
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Repentance is but a kind of table-talk, till we see so much of the deformity of our inward nature as to be in some degree frightened and terrified at the sight of it… A plausible form of an outward life, that has only learned rules and modes of religion by use and custom, often keeps the soul for some time at ease, though all its inward root and ground of sin has never been shaken or
molested, though it has never tasted of the bitter waters of repentance and has only known the want of a Saviour by hearsay. But things cannot pass thus: sooner or later repentance must have a broken and a contrite heart; we must with our blessed Lord go over the brook Cedron, and with Him sweat great drops of sorrow before He can say for us, as He said for Himself: “It is finished.” … William Law, Christian Regeneration
(Repent, and believe the good news.)
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DN 9:4B-10; PS 79:8, 9, 11 AND
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LK 6:36-38
Jesus said to his disciples:
"Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
"Stop judging and you will not be judged.
Stop condemning and you will not be condemned.
Forgive and you will be forgiven.
Give and gifts will be given to you;
a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing,
will be poured into your lap.
For the measure with which you measure
will in return be measured out to you." USCCB lectionary
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Reflection on the Scripture |
"Be compassionate, as your Father is
compassionate." –Luke 6:36
The Church emphasizes that we, God's children, must be like God our Father. We must be compassionate and merciful as is God our Father (Lk 6:36). We must be "good to the ungrateful and the wicked" as is God our Father (Lk 6:35).
God the Father graces us to become like Himself by calling us not to judge and condemn other people (Lk 6:37). "The Father Himself judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son" (Jn 5:22). After we are unemployed as judges, we are free to be employed in forgiving and giving (Lk 6:37-38). God the Father constantly forgives. His Son
Jesus taught us to ask Him to forgive us (see Mt 6:12) seventy times seven (Mt 18:22). We too forgive constantly in imitation of our Father and by His power. When we have unclenched our unforgiving hands and hearts, we can forgive into giving (see Mt 6:11-12). Like the father of the prodigal son, we can give robes, shoes, and rings (Lk 15:22). Like Abba, we can give a great celebration (see Lk 15:23-24) and join in the greater joy in heaven over one sinner who repents (Lk
15:7).
Be more like the Father.
PRAYER: Abba....
PROMISE: "Yours, O Lord, our God, are compassion and forgiveness! Yet we rebelled against You and paid no heed to Your command, O Lord, our God, to live by the law You gave us through Your servants, the prophets." –Dn 9:9-10
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Theological Gems from Emile Merch's Theology of the Mystical Body - selected by Jim and Tyra Arraj
Book III: Christ
Chapter 13: Revelation and the Trinity
413. He who is uttered by the Father and spirates the Holy Ghost enters along with His words into the heart that opens itself.
Christ's members are indeed light, in Him and through Him. The life that comes to them from Him is designed to make known to them what He is
and what God is in Himself, as well as to acquaint them with what they are.
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