Dearest Goddaughter (LTR-73) - About this Life

Dearest Goddaughter,

In today's First Reading, from the Acts of the Apostles, the angel of the Lord freed Peter and his companions and said to them: “Go and take your place in the temple area, and tell the people everything about this life.”

What is it about the life that they are living that is worth sharing? That is worth going to jail for? It is a life lived in the light of Christ that dispels the darkness that exists in the world. It is belief in the Son of God whom the Father sent to redeem His people and reconcile them to Himself. It is a life lived in this world that is preparation for eternal life with our Lord and our God. It is a life lived with our Lord Jesus Christ at the center because his Truth is the driving force behind all our decisions and actions and interactions with one another.

This is the life that, when we live it faithfully, the angel tells us to share it with others so that they too may encounter Jesus, who is love, mercy, peace, joy, and forgiveness. It is a life worth telling others about; a life in Christ.

Love,

Bỏ Phúc

P.S. These are the readings for the day: Acts 5:17-26 and Jn 3:16-21 (see below).

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God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son,

so that everyone who believes in him might not perish

but might have eternal life.

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world,

but that the world might be saved through him.

Whoever believes in him will not be condemned,

but whoever does not believe has already been condemned,

because he has not believed in the name of the only-begotten Son of God.

And this is the verdict,

that the light came into the world,

but people preferred darkness to light,

because their works were evil.

For everyone who does wicked things hates the light

and does not come toward the light,

so that his works might not be exposed.

But whoever lives the truth comes to the light,

so that his works may be clearly seen as done in God.