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LIVE A LIFE OF LOVE

THURSDAY WEEK 32 ORDINARY TIME
Reading 2 John 4-9

The commandment which you have heard since the beginning is to live a life of love

It has given me great joy to find that your children have been living the life of truth as we were commanded by the Father. I am writing now, dear lady, not to give you any new commandment, but the one which we were given at the beginning, and to plead: let us love one another.  To love is to live according to his commandments: this is the commandment which you have heard since the beginning, to live a life of love.  There are many deceivers about in the world, refusing to admit that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh. They are the Deceiver; they are the Antichrist. Watch yourselves, or all our work will be lost and not get the reward it deserves. If anybody does not keep within the teaching of Christ but goes beyond it, he cannot have God with him: only those who keep to what he taught can have the Father and the Son with them.  Reflection 

Lecture de la deuxième lettre de saint Jean 1a. 4-9

« Celui qui se tient à l’enseignement du Christ, celui-là reste attaché au Père et au Fils »

Moi, l’Ancien, à la Dame élue de Dieu, et à ses enfants, que j’aime en vérité. J’ai eu beaucoup de joie à trouver plusieurs de tes enfants qui marchent dans la vérité selon le commandement que nous avons reçu du Père. Et maintenant, Dame élue, je t’adresse une demande : aimons-nous les uns les autres. – Ce que je t’écris là n’est pas un commandement nouveau, nous l’avions depuis le commencement. Or l’amour, c’est que nous marchions selon ses commandements. Tel est le commandement selon lequel vous devez marcher, comme, depuis le commencement, vous l’avez appris. Beaucoup d’imposteurs se sont répandus dans le monde, ils refusent de proclamer que Jésus Christ est venu dans la chair ; celui qui agit ainsi est l’imposteur et l’anti-Christ. Prenez garde à vous-mêmes, pour ne pas perdre le fruit de notre travail, mais pour recevoir intégralement votre salaire. Quiconque va trop loin et ne se tient pas à l’enseignement du Christ, celui-là se sépare de Dieu. Mais celui qui se tient à cet enseignement, celui-là reste attaché au Père et au Fils.  Meditation


 

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