My reflection and prayer series is about
sharing reflections and Prayers which have impacted upon me and have
provided food for thought. I hope that they will also nurture your
soul and spirit.
ABIDE IN ME
Lord help me to abide in You,
casting all my cares on You.
resting as I lean on You
and trusting in Your love.
As we celebrate the feast of St Joseph, we may wish to pray to him, asking him to show us how he was able to abide in God and to give us persistence in our learning.
St Joseph is also known as the patron saint for the dying. We may wish to offer a prayer for all those who are in the twilight moments of their life, asking St Joseph to intercede for them for a happy death. We may wish to pray to St Joseph for a happy death also.
ABIDE IN ME
ReplyDeleteJesus was very clear in what we must do in order to have Him ABIDE in us and we in Him.
He left this command for us in John 6:53-57, and it is the only place in Holy Scripture in which you will find it:
53 " Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you (the taken away branch);
54 he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
55 For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
56 HE WHO EATS MY FLESH AND DRINKS MY BLOOD ABIDES IN ME, AND I IN HIM.
57 As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats me will live because of me."
What does "Truly, truly" mean to you in verse 53? What does "unless" mean?
The body lives because it receives real food sustenance. Starve the body and it will die.
Just as the body needs real sustenance, so does the soul, else it will not bear fruit.
The soul lives by real Divine sustenance, the true presence of Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist.