What time is it in our lives May 3

Prayer

Jesus, open our minds to the reality of your presence and your desire to live with us in friendship.

Jesus, open our eyes that we might see the Father in you and stop our unending interrogation.

Jesus, open our ears so that we might hear your message and not try your patience.

Jesus, open our hearts with your Love so we can do the works that our faith calls us to accomplish.

Jesus, open our hands so that we might pick up your work on earth.

Jesus, open our mouths so we can ask all this of God, the Father, in your holy name. Amen.

Study
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“…whoever believes in me will do the works that I do.” John 6:12

Time. Jesus has been with the disciples for three years and after all that they have witnessed, Phillip is still asking Jesus to “Show us the Father?” in order to believe.

Can you hear the exasperation in Jesus’ voice? After all this time, Jesus must practically spell out divine revelation in minute detail.

What time is it in our lives? Is it time for us to come to terms with our faith? Or, having come to terms with that faith, is it now time to start acting on the “work” that are required of the faithful? Or is it time to renew our commitment to that work because we have been “burnt out” by some of our earlier efforts.

Piety alone is not the answer for Cursillistas. Whoever is a friend of Jesus will also do the works that he does. And what are those works? Quite simply to act solely out of love in everything we do. That’s not too hard, now. Right? Unless, as St. Paul tells us, unless you believe in vain.

Action

“We cannot delude ourselves: by our mutual love and, in particular, by our concern for those in need we will be recognized as true followers of Christ. This will be the criterion by which the authenticity of our Eucharistic celebration is judged.”
Pope John Paul II
Mane Nobiscum Domine

Speaker: May 4 – 7:30 p.m. Farrell Hall
“How does the Eucharist Call Us to Work for Justice?”
Anthony Tambasco, professor of theology, Georgetown University

In these 50 days between Easter and Pentecost, come hear why we are called to make a response to our brothers and sisters in need every time that we celebrate the Eucharist. (Plus, you’ll have one more chance to buy some Fair Trade coffee. By supporting fair trade products, you assure the dignity and value of farmers in the developing world. At $7 per pound for regular, it costs less than two grande lattes at Starbucks!)


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