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COLLECT
The Collect for the 6th Sunday of Eastertide reads as
follows:
Grant
almighty God,
that
we may celebrate with heartfelt devotion these days of joy,
which
we keep in honour of the Risen Lord,
and
that what we relive in remembrance
we may
always hold to in what we do.
Through
Our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son,
who
lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
One
God, for ever and ever.
REFLECTION QUESTIONS
- In making this prayer tangible for during the week the following reflection questions emerged.
- What does Easter mean to me?
- What is the quality of my worship to God? Do I attend Mass because of the Sunday
obligation or do I attend Mass to give God true worship?
- What might I change in the way I keep Sunday as
the Lord’s day?
- How will I live my life this coming week in
honour of the Risen Lord?
- How is my faith and worship of God show in what
I do during the week? Are they congruent?
- Imagine what will be said about you in a eulogy
by family/friends. Will they recognise
and acknowledge that Jesus is no 1 in your life or will your Christian faith not be mentioned? Do your
family/friends really know what matters in your life? What is it?
GOSPEL REFLECTION
Jesus tells us that:
If you love, You will keep my commandments. My
Father will love You
and I will show Myself to You.
When we truly love someone, whether
it be a spouse, child or best friend, we want the best for them so nothing is
too much. That is true love. We go the
extra mile, we make sacrifices, we hold back the impatient word or hold back in
love a word of advice because we know the receiver is not ready to hear
it. All these ways are acts of love.
However, as good as our acts
of love might be, they are imperfect if we do not do it out of love for God
first. Why, God gave us His only Son to save us and not only save us, Jesus
died for us and for our sins and rose again so that we may regain our eternal reward. This had been lost from the sins of Adam and
Eve.
The other aspect to consider is
that we need to know the commandments of God if we have any hope of keeping
them. Do you know the commandments of
God? During this pandemic, why not open
the Catechism of the Catholic Church and learn the commandments and how to
apply them to our lives. If the
Catechism of the Catholic Church seems confusing to read, why not use as an
excellent starting point the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic
Church. It can be more user friendly.
We are the temple of the Holy Spirit because the Holy Spirit dwells in us. How often do we pray to the Holy Spirit, to acknowledge Him, to love Him and to seek His guidance? Jesus gave us His Holy Spirit so that we are not left orphans. However, we do need to activate our faith from a position of love and desire for God. God needs to be no 1 priority in our lives. As we ponder this Gospel, we may wish to ponder these questions:
We are the temple of the Holy Spirit because the Holy Spirit dwells in us. How often do we pray to the Holy Spirit, to acknowledge Him, to love Him and to seek His guidance? Jesus gave us His Holy Spirit so that we are not left orphans. However, we do need to activate our faith from a position of love and desire for God. God needs to be no 1 priority in our lives. As we ponder this Gospel, we may wish to ponder these questions:
- Where do you place God in your priorities?
- Is God no 1 in everything you think, do and
say?
- Do you respond to God out of love for Him?
- Do you desire to grow in your relationship with
God?
May we continue to grow in our
relationship with God this coming week.
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