17 September 2024 - Only By Grace Reflections
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TOPIC: WHAT ARE YOUR WEAKNESSES AND LAPSES THAT VOU NEED TO ENTRUST TO GOD'S GRACE AND MERCY?
First Reading: First Corinthians 12: 12-14, 27-31a
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 100: 1b-2, 3, 4, 5
Alleluia: Luke 7: 16
Gospel: Luke 7: 11-17
n our lives as followers of Christ, we are definitely not as faithful as we hope to be. Often, we lack many things even if we do our best to accomplish the mission entrusted to us. And so we will always need help to make up for what we lack and to strengthen our weaknesses and defects.
Saint John Paul II said, "You are a thought of God, you are a heartbeat of God. To say this is like saying that you have a value which in a sense is infinite, that you matter to God in your completely unique individuality." Let us rest assured that in our weaknesses and lapses, there is a God who loves us, and will never forsake nor leave us. He is a God whose compassion will never fail to fill up whatever we lack and will strengthen whatever is weak in us, we just need to be humble enough to trust Him and obey whatever He says.
This is the 1605th installment of our CFC contemplation series focusing on the daily liturgical readings.
[NOTE: Let us listen to our brother Lawrence Quintero, a member of the CFC International Council, as he brings us today's reflection.
All the regular reflections are between 3-7 minutes long, enough time for us to ponder what God's message is for us individually and to pray that we may live them out in our lives. This video is also available on Couples for Christ’s Facebook page. In You Tube, just type ONLY BY GRACE REFLECTIONS]
