Those who consider religion boring must not know the Lord God. He is constantly doing stupendous, amazing things.
Have you ever felt that any individual or group is beyond God's power to change? Do you feel trapped in a situation that appears to have no way out? Is your hope fading? "Fix your eyes on Jesus" (Heb 3:1) and renew your hope in Him. The Lord is a God of wonders. "Nothing is more apt to confirm our faith and hope than holding it fixed in our minds that nothing is impossible with God" (Catechism, 274). Today's readings proclaim that His ways are incredibly far above our ways (Is 55:8-9). There is always hope, and "this hope will not leave us disappointed" (Rm 5:5). "Eye has not seen, ear has not heard, nor has it so much as dawned on man what God has prepared for those who love Him" (1 Cor 2:9).
| PRAYER: | Jesus, You "can do immeasurably more than" I "ask or imagine" (Eph 3:20). Give me great confidence in You (2 Cor 3:4). |
| PROMISE: | "He who feeds on My flesh and drinks My blood has life eternal and I will raise him up on the last day." –Jn 6:54 |
| PRAISE: | Hoping beyond her imagination, Pam saw her father miraculously healed of his smoking addiction. |
Reprinted with permission from Presentation Ministries, a lay association of the Catholic Church that focuses on evangelization and discipleship through Bible teaching, daily Mass, the charisms of the Holy Spirit, and Small Christian Community. Their ministries include:
· One Bread, One Body
· Daily Bread Radio Program
· Annual Bible Institute
· Discipleship Retreats
· Guadalupe Bible College