“Because a loveless world,” said Jesus, “is a sightless world. If anyone loves me, he will carefully keep my word and my Father will love him—we’ll move right into the neighborhood! Not loving me means not keeping my words. The message you are hearing isn’t mine. It’s the message of the Father who sent me. “I’m telling you these things while I’m still living with you. The Friend, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send at my request, will make everything plain to you. He will remind you of all the things I have told you. I’m leaving you well and whole. That’s my parting gift to you. Peace. I don’t leave you the way you’re used to being left—feeling abandoned, bereft. So don’t be upset. Don’t be distraught. “You’ve heard me tell you, ‘I’m going away, and I’m coming back.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I’m on my way to the Father because the Father is the goal and purpose of my life.
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Does God ever feel absent in your life? Thomas Merton, an American Catholic writer, theologian, mystic, and Trappist monk, once wrote that “God, never leaves us. Yet we do not realize that He may be more present to us when He is absent than when He is present.” We pray this reading plan will help you experience the relentless presence of God!
In Jesus, we have received a great inheritance. The kingdom of God is ours! Discover what this means for you in this beautiful 3-day plan. You will learn more about being a co-heir with Christ and about the Word of God!
This plan will encourage every one of us to understand the role of the Holy Spirit in our life. Every one of us can be empowered by the Holy Spirit to fulfill His purpose for ever yone of us.
How do you follow Jesus' example and radically welcome others? You will spend a few days working with this theme in this plan. What does the Bible say, what does the Master - Jesus - himself say, and how can you take concrete steps in "radical welcome"?
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