“Not even the sins we have committed can prevent us from reaching holiness if we long to attain it” (St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori).
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THE FIRST COMMANDMENT
“You shall worship the Lord your God and Him only shall you serve” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, II Section, Art. 1)
The evil one does not touch those born of God
1 Jn 5:14-21
And this is the confidence which we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have obtained the requests made of him. If any one sees his brother committing what is not a mortal sin, he will ask, and God will give him life for those whose sin is not mortal. There is sin which is mortal; I do not say that one is to pray for that. All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin which is not mortal. We know that any one born of God does not sin, but He who was born of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him. We know that we are of God, and the whole world is in the power of the evil one. And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, to know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life. Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Read More
God Himself testifies to His Son
1 Jn 5:1-13
Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God, and every one who loves the parent loves the child. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that overcomes the world, our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not with the water only but with the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the witness, because the Spirit is the truth. There are three witnesses, the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree.
THE LORD REBUILDS JERUSALEM
“The Lord builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the outcasts of Israel.” (Ps 146:2)
LET THE CHILDREN INVOKE THE FATHER!
“How great would be My joy to see fathers teaching their children to call Me ‘Father’ frequently, for that is what I truly am!” (Message of God the Father to Sister Eugenia Ravasio). Read More
He who loves God should love his brother also
1 Jn 4:17-21
In this is love perfected with us, that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so are we in this world. There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and he who fears is not perfected in love. We love, because he first loved us. If any one says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen. And this commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should love his brother also.
THE FAITHFULNESS OF OUR FATHER
“For the word of the Lord is upright, and all His work is done in faithfulness” (Ps 33:4).
To abide in God
1 Jn 4:7-16
Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God, and he who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God; for God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the expiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No man has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his own Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son as the Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. So we know and believe the love God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
OUR FATHER, THE GOOD ONE
“Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.” (Mk 10:18)
This was Jesus’ first response to a man’s question about what he must do to attain eternal life.