First Reading: Acts 14:19-28
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 145
Gospel: John 14:27-31
Jesus said to His disciples: 'Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid.' " (John 14:27)
In today's gospel we are told to not let out hearts be troubled or afraid; and why? Because Christ gives us His peace. He tells us He gives us His peace. Oh, think about how much better our lives would be and much more joy we would experience if we truly let Christ's peace into our lives totally. We would all worry less about the things of this world, and we would be able to just be in the peace of the Lord.
So if Christ gives us his peace, then how are we to take it in and to let it take hold of our life? We can accomplish this by letting go of the things of this world and by doing the will of our heavenly Father. In today's first reading, we continue on in acts and of the early church and the first disciples. While the first disciples certainly had a challenging and rough time building up the early church, we see that God provided all the tools that they needed for their calling. He took care of them and gave them strength and courage to persevere. I have no doubts that the disciples had true peace in their lives. We took can have this same type of peace, and when we decide to continuously pray, "Lord, not my will, but thy will be done" , then we too will find this amazing peace that Jesus freely gives to us.
True peace can and will only be found in doing the will of God.
Father above, we thank you and praise you for this day. Lord grant s strength and courage to persevere against this world as you gave your first followers. Lord, help us to let go of the things of this world and to just let your love and peace flow through us. Lord, we praise you for all that you bless us with, and we pray that we can be the disciples that you created us to be. We ask this all through Christ our Lord. Amen.
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