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One Bread, One Body - Reflection for November 19, 2018

THE BOOK OF REVELATION

"This is the revelation God gave." –Revelation 1:1

The Bible is the greatest revelation the Lord has given through His Church. Thus, it is appropriate for the Bible to end with the book of Revelation. This book is given:

• "to Jesus Christ" (Rv 1:1),
• through Jesus to us who are His slaves (Rv 1:1),
• to us by an angel sent to John (Rv 1:1),
• to show us "what must happen very soon" (Rv 1:1),
• as a "prophetic message" (Rv 1:3),
• to bless us (Rv 1:3),
• to the Church (see Rv 1:4), and
• to call us to repent and return to our "early love" of God (Rv 2:4).

In the book of Revelation, the Lord has saved the best wine until last (see Jn 2:10). It is a great privilege to enter into the mystery of the book of Revelation. Therefore:

• thank the Lord for Revelation,
• ask the Holy Spirit to guide you to all truth in Revelation (see Jn 16:13),
• read the whole book of Revelation in the next two weeks, not only the excerpts read at Mass each day,
• live what you read in Revelation, and
• share what the Holy Spirit teaches you in Revelation.

Let us end the Church's year learning, loving, and living Revelation.

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Acknowledgement

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