THERE IS A BAPTISM I MUST RECEIVE

Thursday Week 29 in Ordinary Time - Saint John Paul II, Pope.

May Christ live in my heart through fait

First Reading Ephesians 3:14-21 A prayer that faithful may know the love of Christ

This is what I pray, kneeling before the Father, from whom every family, whether spiritual or natural, takes its name:

Out of his infinite glory, may he give you the power through his Spirit for your hidden self to grow strong, so that Christ may live in your hearts through faith, and then, planted in love and built on love, you will with all the saints have strength to grasp the breadth and the length, the height and the depth; until, knowing the love of Christ, which is beyond all knowledge, you are filled with the utter fullness of God.

Glory be to him whose power, working in us, can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine; glory be to him from generation to generation in the Church and in Christ Jesus for ever and ever. Amen.

Responsorial Psalm: The Lord fills the earth with his love.

Gospel Luke 12:49-53 I have come to bring fire to the earth

Jesus said to his disciples: ‘I have come to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were blazing already! There is a baptism I must still receive, and how great is my distress till it is over!

‘Do you suppose that I am here to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. For from now on a household of five will be divided: three against two and two against three; the father divided against the son, son against father, mother against daughter, daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law, daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.’

God, my loving Father, out of your infinite glory, give me the power through your Holy Spirit for my hidden self to grow strong, that Christ may live in my heart through faith. Jesus, I trust in you. Virgin Mary, pray for me. Saint Joseph, pray for me. Saint John Paul II, prie pour moi. My Angel Guardian, pray for me.

Let us pray the Holy Rosary: Mother of our Saviour, pray for us.

AELF: jeudi, 29ème Semaine du Temps Ordinaire

JE DOIS RECEVOIR UN BAPTÊME

Que le Christ habite en mon cœur par la foi

Évangile Luc 12,49-53 «Je suis venu apporter un feu sur la terre».

«Je suis venu apporter un feu sur la terre, et comme je voudrais qu'il soit déjà allumé! Je dois recevoir un baptême, et comme il m'en coûte d'attendre qu'il soit accompli! Pensez-vous que je sois venu mettre la paix dans le monde? Non, je vous le dis, mais plutôt la division. Car désormais cinq personnes de la même famille seront divisées: trois contre deux et deux contre trois; ils se diviseront: le père contre le fils et le fils contre le père, la mère contre la fille et la fille contre la mère, la belle-mère contre la belle-fille et la belle-fille contre la belle-mère».

Dieu, mon Père aimant, par ta gloire infinie donne-moi ton Esprit Saint, la force de fortifier mon être intérieur, afin que le Christ habite dans mon cœur par la foi. Jésus, j’ai confiance en toi. Vierge Marie, prie pour moi. Saint Joseph, prie pour moi. Saint Jean Paul II, prie pour moi. Mon ange gardien, prie pour moi.

Prions le saint rosaire : Mère de notre Sauveur, prie pour nous.

TRUST GOD, TRUST IN ME

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