CONNECT WITH HIM

Psalms 80:19
Then we will no more withdraw from You; give us new life, and we will call upon Your name.
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In my childhood days, I remember watching Jesus of Nazareth on TV. Then, as I grew up, I watched other movies, read some books and saw some plays (like the Cenaculo during the Holy Week) about Jesus. The last one I saw was the “The Passion of the Christ”. No figure in history has been so widely portrayed in film, in drama, in story, in books, in narrative as Jesus. But hearing about him is not enough. There must be an inner opening of the eyes and the ears of the soul, so that we begin to understand the implications of his life. That is what our Lord is talking about. We need to have our ears opened so that the full meaning of what he did and said becomes evident to us, and we personally see that it involves us.

He gave us a new life, by sacrificing His life on the cross. May we think about the greatness, the glory, and the wonder of God. True worship is the desire to merge with God, for him to possess us and we to possess him, calling out to His name constantly and without ceasing. That is what Jesus says happens when we eat and drink his life. When we come and believe in Him, and keep coming and keep believing in Him, we grow into an intimate relationship with God. And when that happens, we would never let go, for withdrawing away from Him would be unthinkable.

Learn how to share your work, your family life, your personal life with Jesus, to operate in dependence upon his wisdom, grace and forgiveness of failure. Learn to bring all of your life constantly back into connection with Him.

Let us pray +

Almighty Father, You give us all the gift of faith. You give us all the gift of life. Enable and empower us to see you in all we touch, hear, say, and do. May we not take the obvious for granted but, through you, see all of our lives as sacred and a gift from you. Through our Savior, in the Holy Spirit, we pray, one God, forever and ever.

Amen +

Lord, make us turn to You; let us see Your face and we shall be saved.