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Theo Tigno•
1/5/2007 10:12 am
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Friday, January 5th 2006 |
1 John 3:11-21
Beloved: This is the message you have heard from the beginning: we should love one another, unlike Cain who belonged to the Evil One and slaughtered his brother. Why did he slaughter him? Because his own works were evil, and those of his brother righteous. Do not be amazed, then, brothers and sisters, if the world hates you. We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers. Whoever does not love remains in death. Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him. The way we came to know love was that he laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. If someone who has worldly means sees a brother in need and refuses him compassion, how can the love of God remain in him? Children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth.
Now this is how we shall know that we belong to the truth and reassure our hearts before him in whatever our hearts condemn, for God is greater than our hearts and knows everything. Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence in God.
Dawg's thought:
Today's prayer intention is for those who are struggling from addictions.
What do you cling to? What are you so fearful of letting go that you fail to be charitable to your brother? What offense is so unforgivable that you are willing to condemn your own soul?
In St. John the Apostle's letter today, he uses a strong word for hating your brother: murder. That should make us want to forgive others in your life that you have alienated. That should make you want to give to the person you know is in need even though you're in need yourself. If we are the light of the world, then we don't want our light to be a light of hatred and uncharity.
We must continue to strive for the purity and conversion of our hearts so that our hearts may be like that of Our Beloved, Jesus Christ. Take care and God Bless.
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