THE LAW OF SIN AND DEATH

The reason why those who are in Christ Jesus are not condemned is that
the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law
of sin and death.

God has done what the law, because of our unspiritual nature, was
unable to do. God dealt with sin by sending his own Son in a body
as physical as any sinful body, and in that body God condemned sin.
He did this in order that the Law's just demands might be satisfied in
us, who behave not as our unspiritual nature but as the spirit dictates.
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My Father in heaven, thank you for I am in Christ Jesus for the spirit of life
in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death.

Beautiful Saviour

THE GRACE OF GOD IN ME

I know of nothing good living in me, that is, in my unspiritual self,
for through the will to do what is good in me, the performance is not,
with the result that instead of doing the good things I want to do,
I carry out the sinful things I do not want.

When I act against my will, then, it is not my true self doing it, but
sin which lives in me.

In fact, this seems to be the rule, that every single time I want to
do good it is something evil that comes to hand.  In my inmost
self I dearly love God's Law, but I can see that my body follows a
different law that battles against the law which my reason dictates.
This is what makes me a prisoner of that law of sin which lives
inside my body.

What a wretched man (woman) I am! who will rescue me from this
body doomed to death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!
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My Father in heaven, thank you for your grace which enables
me to perform good works.  Your grace through Jesus Christ
my Lord to save a wretch like me.

Though sinful when I act against my will to do good,
Your grace is my guiding force that dispel all work of
darkness but compels me to do good.  My Prayer Psalm 51

CHRIST OUR GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE

If I may use human terms to help your natural weakness:
as once you put your bodies at the service of vice and
immorality, so now you must put them at the service of
righteousness for your sanctification.

When you were slaves of sin, you felt no obligation to
righteousness, and what did you get from this? Nothing
but experiences that now make you blush, since that sort
of behaviour ends in death.

Now, however, you have been set free from sin, you have
been made slaves of God, and you get a reward leading to
sanctification and ending in eternal life.

For the wage paid by sin is death; the present given by
God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Mass Readings
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Heavenly Father, thank you for the gift of Your Son
Jesus Christ, a reward leading to our sanctification,
and eternal life.  Thank you for setting us free from
the slavery of sin, and death. I am now God's slave.

LIVING BY GRACE

You must not let sin reign in your mortal bodies or command your
obedience to bodily passions, you must not let any part of your body
turn into an unholy weapon fighting on the side of sin; you should,
instead, offer yourselves to God, and consider yourselves dead men
(women) brought back to life; you should make every part of your
body into a weapon fighting on the side of God; and then sin will
no longer dominate your life, since you are living by grace and not
by law.
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My Prayer: My Heavenly Father, thank you for your grace, for with your grace sin will no longer dominate my life. Through your grace sin will
never reign over my mortal body. I will be used as a vessel to the glory of your name.
I offer myself to you Father considering myself dead, but brought back to life by your grace.
My prayer Psalm 51

HERE I AM LORD

Jesus said to his disciples:

'See that you are dressed for action and have your lamps lit. Be like men waiting for their master to return from wedding feast, ready to open the door as soon as he comes and knocks.  Happy those servants whom the master finds awake when he comes.  I tell you solemnly, he will put on an apron, sit them down at the table
and wait on them. It may be in the second watch he comes, or in the third, but happy those servants if he finds them ready.  Readings
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My Prayer: My Lord Jesus Christ, you said we should be dressed for action, and our lamps lit.
                   As we wait for Your return when You knock, keep us awake so that our doors are
                   opened to welcome You. My heart is the door, keep me awake to open and
                   receive You. Here I am Lord, I come to do Your will.
Here I am Lord

WE ARE JUSTIFIED BY CHRIST DEATH

This is the faith that was 'considered as justifying him.'

Scripture however does not refer only to him but to us
as well when it says that his faith was thus 'considered';
our faith too will be 'considered ' if we believe in him
who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, Jesus who
was put to death for our sins and raised to life to
justify us. Readings
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My Father, thank You for sending Jesus Christ
your Son to die for our sins, and that you raised
him to life to justify us by faith.

My prayer Psalm 14

ALL SCRIPTURE IS INSPIRED BY GOD: MISSION SUNDAY

You must keep to what you have been taught and know to be true;

remember who your teachers were, and how, ever since you were a child, you have known the holy scripture - from these you can learn the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

All scripture is inspired by God and can profitably be used for teaching, for refuting error, for guiding people's lives and teaching them to be holy.
This is how the man who is dedicated to God becomes fully equipped and ready for any good work.   Readings
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Seeking heaven alone

My Prayer: Father it is joy to know that all scripture is inspired by You.
                   Your work is used for teaching, for refuting error, for guiding
                    our lives and teaching us to be holy.
   
                     May I be dedicated to You Father that I may be fully equipped
                     and ready for good work.  Father teach me how to reach out to
                     all your creatures.