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We have special relations with each of the three divine Persons: sonship (i.e., children of God . . Ed. note) with the Father; consecration to the Holy Spirit; mystical identity with Jesus
Christ."- Emile Mersch, The Theology of the Mystical Body(How do you feel connected with the Persons of the Trinity? How does the dogma of the Trinity influence your sense of connection with God?)
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IS 65:17-21; PS 30:2-6, 11-13; JN 4:43-54 R. I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me. I will extol you, O LORD, for you drew me clear
and did not let my enemies rejoice over me.
O LORD, you brought me up from the nether world;
you preserved me from among those going down into the pit.
Sing praise to the LORD, you his faithful ones,
and give thanks to his holy name.
For his anger lasts but a moment;
a lifetime, his good will.
At nightfall, weeping enters in,
but with the dawn, rejoicing.
"Hear, O LORD, and have pity on me;
O LORD, be my helper."
You changed my mourning into dancing;
O LORD, my God, forever will I give you thanks.
USCCB lectionary
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"You may go; your son will live."
The man believed what Jesus said to him and left. Jesus' words bring not only earthly life but eternal life, as well. The royal official received a personal sign of the might of the Lord, and his whole household came to believe. Christ's power is undeniable here. We, too, receive signs of God that may not be so clear until we take the time to recognize and accept them for the wonders they are. How often have we prayed for healing, wisdom or peace and felt the Lord's presence? How often has someone said exactly the right thing to guide or comfort us? Jesus meets us on the road daily and offers us healing and hope.
Open our hearts to your healing power, O Lord, we pray. - by Patricia Russell
My Daily Bread
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The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage, by St. John of Rusybroeck (1293-1381)
You should know that the heavenly Father, as a living ground, with all that lives in Him, is actively turned towards His Son, as to His own Eternal Wisdom. And that same Wisdom, with all that lives in It, is actively turned back towards the Father, that is, towards that very ground from which It comes forth. And in this meeting, there comes forth the third Person, between the Father and the Son; that is the Holy Ghost, Their mutual Love, who is one with them Both in the same nature. And He enfolds and drenches through both in action and fruition the Father and the Son, and all that lives in Both, with such great riches and such joy that as to this all creatures must eternally be silent; for the incomprehensible wonder of this love, eternally transcends the understanding of all creatures. But where this wonder is understood and tasted without amazement, [76] there the spirit dwells above itself, and is one with the Spirit of God; and tastes and sees without measure, even as God, the riches which are the spirit itself in the unity of the living ground, where it possesses itself according to the way of its uncreated essence.
- Third Book, Chapter 4: Of a divine meeting which takes place in the hiddenness of our spirit. Paperback (kindle edition available)
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