Holy Spirit help me live into the whole message of this life…

Gospel Mystery of the Day              Friday, April 21, 2023
                                                       
 Good Morning!      
Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light for my path. (Psalm 119)
 
Acts 5:17 -26 & John 20:19-31

 
The half-message of this life is evident and at the foundation of most of life’s activities: Do the best you can, get the most you can and be as happy as you can.  But the whole message of this life has to do with the Creator of human beings and his love for them.  After freeing Peter and John from prison the Holy Spirit instructed them to stand in the temple and ‘tell the people the whole message about this life’. Peter’s two letters (c.63 AD) and John’s three letters (c.90 AD) to the young churches tell the whole message they would have been proclaiming that day at the temple in detail: that God is love; that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners and that only by believing and knowing God can we have the abundant life we are designed to live. The full message of this life is so far beyond the best, the most and relative happiness, that I often miss it – until I take time to recognize and listen to the Holy Spirit of God dwelling within my soul, informing my mind, giving peace to my heart and strength to my body. Will I be satisfied with merely the human message of this life, or will I open the ears of my soul to hear the whole message about God’s love and mercy for human kind living here on earth today? Holy Spirit, help me live into the whole message of this life. 
 
The Lord is my strength and my might; he has become my salvation.   (Psalm 118:14) 
 
The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.”
G.K. Chesterton, What's Wrong with the World
 
For a clear introduction to the First Letter of St. Peter see   https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/1-peter  
 
A Happy and a Blessed Easter Season to you and your family! 
Much Grace, Peace and Joy be with you!
 
Soli ad gloriam Dei
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