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God loves you as though you were the only person in the world, and he loves everyone the way he loves you.
- St. Augustine
(Love your neighbor as God loves you.)
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2 TM 4:10-17B; PS 145:10-11, 12-13, 17-18
LK 10:1-9
The Lord Jesus appointed seventy-two disciples
whom he sent ahead of him in pairs
to every town and place he intended to visit.
He said to them,
"The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;
so ask the master of the harvest
to send out laborers for his harvest.
Go on your way;
behold, I am sending you like lambs among wolves.
Carry no money bag, no sack, no sandals;
and greet no one along the way.
Into whatever house you enter,
first say, 'Peace to this household.'
If a peaceful person lives there,
your peace will rest on him;
but if not, it will return to you.
Stay in the same house and eat and drink what is offered to you,
for the laborer deserves payment.
Do not move about from one house to another.
Whatever town you enter and they welcome you,
eat what is set before you,
cure the sick in it and say to them,
'The Kingdom of God is at hand for you.'"
USCCB lectionary
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Reflection on the Scripture
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"I have no one with me but Luke." —2 Timothy 4:11
St. Luke never saw or heard Jesus, but he knew things about Him that even Jesus' closest followers had not realized. This motivated Luke to write his Gospel and its sequel, the Acts of the Apostles. Luke epitomizes Jesus' statement: "Blest are they who have not seen and have believed" (Jn 20:29). Although Luke had not seen Jesus, he knew Jesus more deeply than many of those who had walked and talked with Jesus (see 1 Pt 1:8).
The Holy Spirit gave Luke many special insights into the person of Jesus. Thus, many have called his Gospel the "Gospel of the Holy Spirit." Likewise, his writing of the Acts of the Apostles displays the acts of the early Church through the power of the Spirit.
Luke shows us that it is better for us that Jesus ascended to heaven and sent the Holy Spirit (Jn 16:7). Life in the Spirit is the only way to intimacy with Jesus, "for the Spirit scrutinizes all matters, even the deep things of God" (1 Cor 2:10). The Spirit guides us to all truth (Jn 16:13), and Jesus is the Truth (Jn 14:6). "No one can say, 'Jesus is Lord,' except in the Holy Spirit" (1 Cor
12:3).
Receive the Holy Spirit. Know the heart of Jesus. Share the Good News of Jesus with a world ignorant of Him.
Prayer: Father, may the depths of my relationship with Jesus impel me to share the good news.
Promise: "If there is a peaceable man there, your peace will rest on him; if not, it will come back to you." —Lk 10:6
Presentation Ministries
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Abandonment to Divine Providence
- by Jean-Pierre de Caussade
BOOK II,
CHAPTER I. ON THE NATURE AND EXCELLENCE OF THE STATE OF ABANDONMENT
SECTION VI. Submission a Free Gift to God.
The state of abandonment includes the merit of every separate operation.
Abandonment as practised interiorly contains every possible variety of operation, because, the soul giving itself up to the good pleasure of God, this surrender, effected by pure love, extends to all the operations of this good pleasure. Thus the soul practises at each moment an abandonment without limit, and in its virtue are comprehended all possible qualities and every method. It is, therefore, by no means
the business of the soul to decide what is the object of the submission it owes to God; its sole occupation is to submit at all times and for all things.
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