COME AND SEE
FRIDAY 5 JAN. BEFORE EPIPHANY: Universalis
If you refuse to love, you must remain dead
Our love is to be something real and active
This is the message as you heard it from the beginning: that we
are to love one another; not to be like Cain, who belonged to the Evil One and
cut his brother’s throat; cut his brother’s throat simply for this reason, that
his own life was evil and his brother lived a good life. You must not be
surprised, brothers, when the world hates you; we have passed out of death and
into life, and of this we can be sure because we love our brothers. If you
refuse to love, you must remain dead; to hate your brother is to be a murderer,
and murderers, as you know, do not have eternal life in them. This has taught us love – that he gave up his life for us; and
we, too, ought to give up our lives for our brothers. If a man who was rich enough in this world’s goods saw that one of
his brothers was in need, but closed his heart to him, how could the love of
God be living in him? My children, our love is not to be just words or mere
talk, but something real and active; only by this can we be certain that we are
children of the truth and be able to quieten our conscience in his presence, whatever
accusations it may raise against us, because God is greater than our conscience
and he knows everything. My dear people, if we cannot be condemned by our own
conscience, we need not be afraid in God’s presence.
Responsorial Psalm: Cry out with joy to the Lord, all the earth.
Gospel John 1:43-51 You will see heaven laid open, and the Son of Man
CDR: After Jesus had decided to leave for Galilee, he met Philip and said, ‘Follow me.’ Philip came from the same town, Bethsaida, as Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and said to him, ‘We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, the one about whom the prophets wrote: he is Jesus son of Joseph, from Nazareth.’ ‘From Nazareth?’ said Nathanael ‘Can anything good come from that place?’ ‘Come and see’ replied Philip. When Jesus saw Nathanael coming he said of him, ‘There is an Israelite who deserves the name, incapable of deceit.’ ‘How do you know me?’ said Nathanael. ‘Before Philip came to call you,’ said Jesus ‘I saw you under the fig tree.’ Nathanael answered, ‘Rabbi, you are the Son of God, you are the King of Israel.’ Jesus replied, ‘You believe that just because I said: I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that.’ And then he added ‘I tell you most solemnly, you will see heaven laid open and, above the Son of Man, the angels of God ascending and descending.’
God my Father in
heaven I seek your face. Open my heart to understand the meaning of the
scriptures. Holy Spirit abide in me, teach me and guide me. Change my heart to
accept the truth about Christ coming and His Redeeming grace. Thank you Father
for your love.
Jesus I trust in
you. Virgin Mary pray for me. Saint Joseph pray for me. God’s Angels and Saints
pray for me. My Guardian Angel pray for me.
Pray he Holy
Rosary: Ave Maria. Hail Mary full of grace.
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