Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Easter

April 24, 2024

Today’s Readings:

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/042424.cfm

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I came into the world as light,
so that everyone who believes in me might not remain in darkness.
And if anyone hears my words and does not observe them,
I do not condemn him,
for I did not come to condemn the world but to save the world.
Whoever rejects me and does not accept my words
has something to judge him: the word that I spoke,
it will condemn him on the last day,
because I did not speak on my own,
but the Father who sent me commanded me what to say and speak.

John 12:46-49

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Today’s message is pretty clear and a little scary: it is our own words and actions – not anyone else’s, not even God’s – that will condemn us if we do not choose the Light!

Today, in God’s Lavish Mercy:

We pray to be honest with ourselves as life presents its many challenges, to seek the confidence that comes with living those choices in God.

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Quote: from St. Ignatius Loyola

“Our only desire and our one choice should be this: I want and I choose what better leads to God’s deepening life in me.”

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Music: Suscipe – Luke Rosen