Scripture Reflections for the Seventh Sunday of Easter
Year C, Lectionary 61
Jesus prays for unity. To be united to Christ as Christ is to the Father so we may reside in God and God in us. When we enter into communion with God we live for God and seek God's will. Like Stephen, as he was martyred, he remained committed in loving God, loving others because he was united to Jesus.
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“So just as Jesus prayed for the forgiveness of his executioners, so Stephen prays for the forgiveness of his executioners”
“when the fathers and saints talk about our divinization, they mean that we remain human persons but we become partakers of the divine nature. But with Christ, right, he is a divine person for all eternity who assumes a human nature”
“Will you allow yourselves to be those gifts that the Lord chooses to show his glory in our world?”
“Romanticization is not a spiritual or theological virtue”
“We often come to God asking God to do something for us but sometimes, sometimes we just need to come to God and say 'thank you, thank you.' You see, when you recognize what God has done for you...just praise him even in the midst of the mess”
