Like the Apostles, we, too, are so moved to stand in awe of so great a God that we are compelled to sing his praises day and night. This past Lent we accompanied Our Lord during his passion and death. Christ has conquered sin and death, and they are witnesses to this, for they have experienced it in their own lives. The shadow of the cross no longer strikes the same fear in their hearts. Now, they are filled with awe and praise. May I Give You Only Praise and Adoration: The Apostles were sad and dejected when Our Lord told them he would be leaving. Through prayer we begin to see with supernatural vision the person we can be and the fruit we can produce.ģ. Two thousand years later, Christ is still clothing people with this power from on high: with the gifts of the Holy Spirit, which we received when we were baptized and in greater proportion when we were confirmed. They will be given the power to bear abundant fruit for the kingdom of Christ. Now Christ tells the Apostles he will clothe them with power from on high so that they will be blessed with something that is well beyond their own human nature and power. God made the apple seed, and he gave it power to become an apple tree.
Clothe Me with Your Holy Power, Lord Jesus: We know that an apple seed, if given proper nourishment, will become an apple tree and produce many apples through many seasons. We, too, must bear witness to the work of Jesus Christ.Ģ. Now he gives them the commission to go out into the whole world and preach forgiveness of sins in the power of the most holy of names: “Jesus.” Because the Apostles preached as Christ had told them, we are all beneficiaries of Our Lord’s mercy. The Apostles experienced Our Lord’s mercy. Now, just before he ascends into heaven, he leaves his Church with this message of love-mercy and forgiveness. Our Lord suffered, died, rose on the third day and then spent 40 days with the Apostles and the disciples. We Too Are Witnesses to the Work of Jesus Christ: What a beautiful scene. Petition : Lord, help me to praise you and spread your message everywhere.ġ.
I’m certain of your mercy and of the purifying power of your penetrating, loving gaze. I open my entire being to you, aware that you know everything already. Introductory Prayer : Lord, as I begin this prayer, I offer you my whole self: my thoughts, desires, decisions, actions, hopes, fears, weaknesses, failures and petty successes. They did him homage and then returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and they were continually in the temple praising God. As he blessed them he parted from them and was taken up to heaven. And behold I am sending the promise of my Father upon you but stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.” Then he led them out as far as Bethany, raised his hands, and blessed them. Jesus said to his disciples: “Thus it is written that the Christ would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day and that repentance, for the forgiveness of sins, would be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
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