Dearest Goddaughter (LTR-46) - For God so Love Us

Dearest Goddaughter,

Today is the Memorial of Saint John Bosco, Priest. 🙏❤🕊

Jesus invites us into a person relationship with him. While it is wonderful for us to see Jesus as a brother and a friend, we must never forget that he is God and He calls us to be the best version of ourselves, the version that the Father created us to become.

In the same way that we should not take our loved ones for granted, we must also not take God for granted. We must not be like the people in today's Gospel who dismissed Jesus because they thought they knew everything there is to know about him. They even took offense at him: "Is he not the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James and Joseph and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him.

Our Father in heaven is a loving and merciful Father. Our Lord Jesus Christ desires for us to encounter him and have a relationship with Him. The Holy Spirit is ever present to guide us and pour forth the graces of God upon us. For our part, we turn to God with faith and humility. It is also good to have a fear of the Lord, to give Him right worship and reverence because we love Him for loving us first.

Love,

Bỏ Phúc

P.S. These are the readings for the day: 2 Sm 24:2, 9-17 and MK 6:1-6 (below).

. . .

Jesus departed from there and came to his native place,

accompanied by his disciples.

When the sabbath came he began to teach in the synagogue,

and many who heard him were astonished.

They said, “Where did this man get all this?

What kind of wisdom has been given him?

What mighty deeds are wrought by his hands!

Is he not the carpenter, the son of Mary,

and the brother of James and Joseph and Judas and Simon?

And are not his sisters here with us?”

And they took offense at him.

Jesus said to them,

“A prophet is not without honor except in his native place

and among his own kin and in his own house.”

So he was not able to perform any mighty deed there,

apart from curing a few sick people by laying his hands on them.

He was amazed at their lack of faith.