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To: Salvation
Saint Martin of Tours Bishop, Confessor 316-400 [Patron of Soldiers]
12 posted on 11/11/2003 4:53:36 PM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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One Bread, One Body

One Bread, One Body


<< Tuesday, November 11, 2003 >> St. Martin of Tours
 
Wisdom 2:23—3:9 Psalm 34 Luke 17:7-10
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JESUS: THE ONLY WAY TO HEAVEN
 
“They are in peace.” —Wisdom 3:3
 

After their deaths, the souls of some people “are in the hand of God” (Wis 3:1). These people are “the just” (Wis 3:1), “those who trust” in the Lord (Wis 3:9), “the faithful” (Wis 3:9), the “holy ones” (Wis 3:9), and “the elect” (Wis 3:9).

To be just is to avoid sin and to repair the devastating effects of sin. This is, of course, impossible except in Jesus, our Justice (see Jer 23:6; 1 Cor 1:30).

To trust in the Lord means to trust the Lord completely, to love Him with all our hearts and souls, and to live for Him alone.

To be faithful means to do what we have promised, especially our baptismal promises. In effect, it means not to sin.

To be holy means to be like God in every aspect of our conduct (1 Pt 1:15). We need Jesus to baptize us in the Spirit of holiness in order to be holy (see Mk 1:8).

Jesus is also the One to elect us, that is, choose us. He said: “It was not you who chose Me, it was I Who chose you” (Jn 15:16).

Jesus is obviously the only Way to heaven (see Jn 14:6). Only if we live and die in Jesus will we live forever. Give your life and death totally to Jesus.

 
Prayer: Our Father in heaven, in Jesus I will be with You forever.
Promise: “Chastised a little, they shall be greatly blessed, because God tried them and found them worthy of Himself.” —Wis 3:5
Praise: St. Martin, once a pagan and a soldier, gave his life to Christ to such an extent that he was imprisoned for his anti-war beliefs.

13 posted on 11/11/2003 5:02:25 PM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: Salvation
Your post of that very interesting letter was #11 on the 11/11 thread. Which also happens to be my birthday.

I have always wondered if it was a coincidence that today is the Feast day of St Martin de Porres. Do you know when these Feast days were assigned - 19th or 20th century? before 1918?
18 posted on 11/11/2003 5:55:40 PM PST by maica (Leadership matters)
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