After You Have Suffered a Little
April
25, 2013
Feast
of Saint Mark, Evangelist
Be sober and vigilant. Your opponent the Devil is prowling around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, steadfast in faith, knowing that your brothers and sisters throughout the world undergo the same sufferings. The God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory through Christ Jesus will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you after you have suffered a little. 1 Peter 5:8-10
“Go into the whole world
and proclaim the Gospel to every creature.
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe
will be condemned. These signs will
accompany those who believe: in my name they will drive out demons, they will
speak new languages. They will pick up
serpents with their hands, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not harm
them. They will lay hands on the sick,
and they will recover.” Mark 16:15-18
Piety
Father,
we a freshly minted set of Cursillistas from the Women’s 136th and
the Men’s 126th Weekends, you have delivered two commands that help
us to illuminate the Fourth Day. Protect
us from the forces of evil that seek to derail our daily practices of piety,
study and action. Give us the gifts to
go into the world and proclaim your Good News – sometimes using words. Amen.
Study
We
often hunt around for words to describe the concepts in Cursillo. However, to get the point across, we need
look no further than our own Bible study and Daily Mass celebration. The words penned by St. Mark are perfect
guides to the Fourth Day. Forces of evil
and distraction surround us like the devouring lion trying to get us off
course. However, with the strength
provided by our friends in Group Reunion, we can right ourselves on the path of
peace and friendship with Jesus.
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