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Theo Tigno•
5/25/2004 12:25 pm
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Tuesday, May 25th 2004 |
Acts 20: 17-27
From Miletus Paul had the presbyters of the Church at Ephesus summoned. When they came to him, he addressed them, "You know how I lived among you the whole time from the day I first came to the province of Asia. I served the Lord with all humility and with the tears and trials that came to me because of the plots of the Jews, and I did not at all shrink from telling you what was for your benefit, or from teaching you in public or in your homes. I earnestly bore witness for both Jews and Greeks to repentance before God and to faith in our Lord Jesus. But now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem. What will happen to me there I do not know, except that in one city after another the Holy Spirit has been warning me that imprisonment and hardships await me. Yet I consider life of no importance to me, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to bear witness to the Gospel of God's grace.
"But now I know that none of you to whom I preached the kingdom during my travels will ever see my face again. And so I solemnly declare to you this day that I am not responsible for the blood of any of you, for I did not shrink from proclaiming to you the entire plan of God."
Dawg's thought:
Today's prayer intention is for those who will go without food today, for God's grace to be upon them.
We may not face the consequences that St. Paul faced in our own faith journey, but the end result is the same: to be with God in heaven.
Unified by our faith, we are all called to serve Our Lord "with all humility and with the tears and trials" that come from being a Christian. It is important that we never falter from The Truth, bearing witness to all with a repentant heart for the sake of the greater glory of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
We share the same struggles with St. Paul and all those who follow Christ. None of us are alone in our own trials, and I pray that you know this today. Know that all the struggles you go through today for the sake of Our Lord is the same struggles that Christians before us endured (passing the faith to each of us today).
There is a greater place that we are all hoping to be someday. Until that day, let us continue to encourage each other to grow in holiness. Take care and God Bless.
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