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    ONE BREAD, ONE BODY
     
    Wednesday, October 12, 2022,

    Galatians 5:18-25
    Psalm 1:1-4, 6
    Luke 11:42-46
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    FLESHING IT OUT
    “Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified their flesh with its passions and desires.” —Galatians 5:24

    By “the flesh,” the Bible refers to our fallen human nature. “The tendency of the flesh is toward death” (Rm 8:6). “The flesh in its tendency is at enmity with God; it is not subject to God’s law. Indeed, it cannot be; those who are in the flesh cannot please God” (Rm 8:7-8). A few of the works of the flesh are: “lewd conduct, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, hostilities, bickering, jealousy, outbursts of rage, selfish rivalries, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and the like” (Gal 5:19-21). The flesh can be used to enslave us (see Rm 7:14) and will try to start a civil war against our own souls (1 Pt 2:11). Therefore, it is unrealistic and foolish to make provisions for the desires of the flesh (see Rm 13:14; 8:12). The flesh must not only be controlled, but crucified (Gal 5:24). Otherwise, we will stifle the Spirit (see Gal 5:17), become slaves, and destroy ourselves.

    We crucify “the flesh with its passions and desires” by living in the Spirit and following the Spirit’s lead (Gal 5:24-25). The Spirit lusts “against the flesh; the two are directly opposed” (Gal 5:17). “If you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the evil deeds of the body, you will live” (Rm 8:13). The Holy Spirit wants to get all our attention, time, and energy. Then there’s nothing left for the flesh, which then dies of neglect and starvation. Even when the flesh tries to assert itself, its desires are ignored because of our immersion into, that is, baptism in the Spirit. May we live in the Spirit and with the Spirit in us. May we be so Spirit-filled that there is no room for the flesh.



    Prayer: Father, may I love You so much that I will crucify my flesh and be crucified to the world (Gal 6:14).

    Promise: “The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patient endurance, kindness, generosity, faith, mildness, and chastity.” —Gal 5:22-23

    Praise: Ellen returned to regular Confession after an absence of more than ten years.



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     ONE BREAD, ONE BODY: TÔI KHÔNG GIỮ LUẬT HÌNH THỨC.
     
    Tuesday, October 11, 2022, Pope St. John XXIII

    Galatians 5:1-6
    Psalm 119:41, 43-45, 47-48
    Luke 11:37-41
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    IS MR. CLEAN MR. MEAN?
    “You Pharisees! You cleanse the outside of cup and dish, but within you are filled with rapaciousness and evil.” —Luke 11:39

    Would you eat off of a dirty dish? Would you eat food that had fallen on the floor? Would you eat in a restaurant where you know the cook is careless about washing his hands? Most of us are understandably concerned about at least minimal standards of cleanliness.

    Jesus warned that we should be much more concerned about interior cleanliness. The same person who is squeamish about eating off a dirty dish may be unconcerned about being “filled with rapaciousness and evil” (Lk 11:39). A person who would never drink unfiltered water may be on the “inside full of filth and dead men’s bones” (Mt 23:27). A person who would feel uncomfortable if he didn’t brush his teeth daily may be on “the inside filled with loot and lust” (Mt 23:25). People who would be embarrassed to have dirty faces or to smell bad sometimes ignore the “hypocrisy and evil” within them (Mt 23:28).

    Do you care that inside you there may be a garbage dump “stinking to high heaven”? If you don’t, ask Jesus to allow you to be able to see and smell the true condition of your soul. If you do, go to Confession and pray: “A clean heart create for me, O God” (Ps 51:12).



    Prayer: Father, don’t just “clean up my act” but cleanse my heart.

    Promise: Faith “expresses itself through love.” —Gal 5:6

    Praise: Pope St. John XXIII enlarged the College of Cardinals and made it more international. He oversaw the Second Vatican Council and said he preferred “the medicine of mercy rather than severity.”

    (For a related teaching on Living in Reality, view, download or order our booklet on our website.)

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    Monday, October 10, 2022,

    Galatians 4:22-24, 26-27, 31—5:1
    Psalm 113:1-7
    Luke 11:29-32
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    HEARING TEST
    “At the judgment, the citizens of Nineveh will rise along with the present generation, and they will condemn it. For at the preaching of Jonah they reformed, but you have a greater than Jonah here.” —Luke 11:32

    When Jonah spoke, 120,000 wicked Ninevites listened and repented (Jon 3:10; 4:11). When Solomon spoke, the queen of the south “came from the farthest corner of the world to listen” (Lk 11:31). When Jesus speaks through the Church, in the Mass, through the Bible, and in our families, do we listen? How many of us are devoting ourselves to the apostles’ instructions, that is, the teachings of the Church? (see Acts 2:42) Are we reading the Catechism of the Catholic Church? Do we bother to find out what the Pope is teaching? Do we receive Jesus and His Word at Mass as much as possible? Do we use One Bread, One Body to help us sit at Jesus’ feet and listen to His words at daily Mass? (see Lk 10:39) Because we take the Bible “not as the word of men, but as it truly is, the word of God” (1 Thes 2:13), do we make time to read the Bible daily? Are we open to the Lord speaking to us through our family and the people we see each day? Is there any subject that we will not allow even God to mention to us?

    Ask the Lord for the grace to listen to Him in your most difficult circumstance. Repent and feel your spiritual ears open. Deny yourself and hear Jesus’ words: “Blest are your ears because they hear. I assure you, many a prophet and many a saint longed to...hear what you hear but did not hear it” (Mt 13:16-17). “Let him who has ears heed the Spirit’s word” (Rv 2:7, 11, 17, 29; 3:6, 13, 22).


    Prayer: Father, may I hear that You are Lord alone, and may I love You with all my heart (Dt 6:4-5).

    Promise: “It was for liberty that Christ freed us. So stand firm, and do not take on yourselves the yoke of slavery a second time!” —Gal 5:1

    Praise: When Jonathan truly heard the Word of God speak to him, he became a new man in Christ.

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