Living Sacrifice

Eternal Life

Jesus reveals to us, in the Gospel of St. John, what eternal life consist of: "Now this is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ."

God with us, God in Us

God, in an amazing way, dwells among His people in the person of Jesus Christ.  His Apostles and disciples listened to His voice and were strengthened and encouraged by Him in a deeply personal way.  When He ascends to the Father, He promises the gift of the Advocate, the Spirit of Truth, who will not only be with them, but will now dwell IN them.  We ask for the grace to live in communion with God the Holy Spirit as He dwells in us and guides our lives of faith and service in the world.

Heaven's Dwelling Place

Jesus goes to the Father's house, heaven, to prepare a place for us.  It is He who is "the way, the truth and the life" (John 14:6), who even now gives us new life in Baptism and the Eucharist.  God dwells among us even now, and prepares our hearts for eternal life in the Father's house.

New Horizons

The risen Christ, in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, opens the Scriptures to us and reveals Himself in the breaking of the bread.  May the encounter with Christ in the Mass open for us a "new horizon" and a move us on to a "decisive direction" as we follow Him.

Divine Mercy's Source

Divine Mercy comes to us through the wounds of Christ, and the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.  Jesus appears to the disciples in the Upper Room and entrusts them with this ministry of mercy when He gives the Apostles the power to forgive sins.  We are called to receive the mercy of God and to trust in God's mercy, and then to go out in to the world and celebrate it with deeds of mercy.