April 09, 2017 Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
From “The Following of Christ” by Augustine of Hippo, 354-430 AD
"Come, follow Me, says the Lord. Do you love? He has hastened on, He has flown on ahead. Look and see where. O Christian, don't you know where your Lord has gone? I ask you: Don't you wish to follow Him there? Through trials, insults, the cross, and death. Why do you hesitate? Look, the way has been sown you." (excerpt from Sermon 64,5) ! April 09, 2017
Mass Intentions for the Week
Monday April 10: Monday of Holy Week From The Pastor 8:00 AM † Gertrude Greer ~ Henry Greer
Tuesday April 11: Tuesday of Holy Week 8:00 AM John Kim ~ Birthday ~ Mary Hodges Jesus went to Jerusalem knowing full well what awaited him - betrayal, rejection, and crucifixion. The people of Wednesday April 12: Wednesday of Holy Week Jerusalem, however, were ready to hail him as their Messianic King! 7:00 PM † Ben Coletti,† Louie Miguel, †Franz Manuel, Little did they know what it would cost this king to usher in his † Le Anthony Nguyen, † Hwang Gae Sooh, † Lee Do Yong, kingdom. Jesus' entry into Jerusalem astride a colt was a sign of † Esperanza Hope Abeto, † Teresita Dimalanta, peace. Jesus enters Jerusalem in meekness and humility, as the † Peter Tau Nguyen, Messianic King who offers victory and peace to his people. That † Kyle Abalos, † Muriel Abalos, † Benjamin Abalos Sr. victory and peace would be secured in the cross and resurrection Dewayne and Liz Sabatko which would soon take place. Healing: Valerie Trevino, Ron Asmus Augustine, the great 5th century church father, comments on the Birthday: Tony Gallegos significance of Jesus' entry into Jerusalem: "The master of humility is Christ who humbled himself and Thursday April 13:Holy Thursday; The Sacred Paschal Triduum became obedient even to death, even the death of the cross. 7:00 PM Mass of the Lord’s Supper Thus he does not lose his divinity when he teaches us humility...
Friday April 14: Good Friday ; Fast and Abstinence What great thing was it to the king of the ages to become the
7:00 PM Celebration of the Passion of the Lord king of humanity? For Christ was not the king of Israel so that he might exact a tax or equip an army with weaponry and visibly Easter Sunday vanquish an enemy; He was the king of Israel in that he rules Saturday April 15: Holy Saturday minds, in that he gives counsel for eternity, in that he leads into 8:00 PM The Easter Vigil Mass in the Holy Night the kingdom of heaven for those who believe, hope, and love. It Sunday April 16 is condescension, not advancement for one who is the Son of 8:30 AM † Trinidad Perez ~ Family God, equal to the Father, the Word through whom all things were 11:00AM Parishioners of St. Paul the Apostle Church made, to become king of Israel. It is an indication of pity, not an
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ increase in power." (Tractates on John 51.3-4)
Ministers of the Altar Jesus Christ came to bring us the kingdom of God. He is the true King who offers peace, joy, and everlasting life for those who accept Saturday 5:00 PM April 15 Lector: D. Bracken/R. Marcantonio his kingship. Does the King of glory find a welcome entry in your heart and home? Do your walls echo with the praise of his glory? EMs: D. and P. Campbell, J. Davis, V. Ayala
Sunday 8:30 AM April 16 Lord Jesus, be the King and Ruler of my heart, mind, life, and home. Lector: Patsy Rowe May my life reflect your meekness and humility that you may be EMs: B. Beck, N. Schultz, A. Olaes, C. Nguyen honored as the King of glory!"
Sunday 11:00 AM April 16 Lector: Gary Robinson Readings for the Week
EMs: G. and J. Robinson, R. and R. Olivares Monday: Is 42:1-7; Ps 27:1-3, 13-14; Jn 12:1-11
Home Visits: N. Schultz, J. Robinson Tuesday: Is 49:1-6; Ps 71:1-6, 15, 17; Jn 13:21-33, 36-38 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wednesday: Is 50:4-9a; Ps 69:8-10, 21-22, 31, 33-34; Mt 26:14-25 Thursday: Ex 12:1-8, 11-14; Ps 116:12-13, 15-16bc, 17-18; Monday Evening Devotions 1 Cor 11:23-26; Jn 13:1-15
Friday: Is 52:13 — 53:12; Ps 31:2, 6, 12-13, 15-16, 17, 25; Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9; Jn 18:1 — 19:42 Spend quality time with our Lord Monday Saturday: a) Gn 1:1 — 2:2 [1:1, 26-31a]; Ps 104:1-2, 5-6, 10, evenings from 7 - 8:30 PM when the Blessed 12, 13-14, 24, 35; or Ps 33:4-7, 12-13, 20-22; Sacrament is exposed for adoration. During b) Gn 22:1-18 [1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18]; Ps 16: 5, 8-11; that time you can come forward and kneel, c) Ex 14:15 — 15:1; Ex 15:1-6, 17-18; stand in front of the Blessed Sacrament, or d) Is 54:5-14; Ps 30:2, 4-6, 11-13; e) Is 55:1-11; Is 12:2-6; stay in your pew. From 7:30 - 8:15 PM there f) Bar 3:9-15, 32 — 4:4; Ps 19:8-11; will be singing giving glory and praise to God g) Ez 36:16-17a, 18-28; Ps 42:3, 5; 43:3-4 or and confessions will be heard. Benediction will Is 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6 or Ps 51:12-15, 18-19; close the evening. h) Rom 6:3-11; i) Mt 28:1-10
Sunday: Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23; Join us for Evening Prayer every Monday at 6:30 PM in Church. Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8; Jn 20:1-9, Mt 28:1-10 April 09, 2017 Christian Initiation of Adults) program can help you or someone you Religious Education know learn more about our faith. We meet every Sunday morning at FMI Call DRE Father Joseph Nguyen at 937- 6908 9:30 AM in the Community Room. This class includes Inquirers and or [email protected] Candidates. FMI call Father Joseph @ 937-6908 in the Religious
Let the children come unto me, and do not hinder Education office, or the instructor, Gary Robinson @ 361-548-4152. them; for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these . Mark 10:14,16 Entering the Heavenly Jerusalem to Reveal the Heart of God Celebrating the entrance of a King into the heavenly city of The Catholic Daughters will host the Annual Easter Egg Hunt on Jerusalem, his birthplace, his native land, and his own city, the Son Easter Morning after the 8:30 AM Mass in the Courtyard. of God, the Lord Jesus Christ is about to reveal to the whole human Pre-Kinder through 5th Grade children are welcome to come and race the salvific history laying on the cross. This salvific history on enjoy the Egg Hunt! Candy, Easter Bags and Golden Egg Prizes the cross reveals the two realities that we are called to restore—the will be awarded, so plan to attend and have an “Egg-Citing” time!. reparation of the relationship between us and God on the vertical line of the cross, and the reparation of the relationship among ACTS Prayer Wheel ourselves on that horizontal line of the cross. Anyone that is interested in praying for the Women attending the The Son of God is about to be nailed in the middle of the cross to Women’s ACTS retreat April 27th -30 th , please sign up for an hour of restore these two realities, these two relationships. His presence, prayer on the prayer wheel in the church vestibule. throughout the Lenten season was to heal the sick, to cure the diseased, to give sight to the man born blind, to restore the human dignity of the woman he had met at the well who had six husbands, Please Note to defend the weak, the isolated people, and to even raise the dead All RCIA candidates are required to attend the Penance man Lazarus back to life again. His presence, once again in the Service Monday, April 10, at 6:00 PM in the church. middle of the cross with his hands wide open, is to lift us up and to protect us when we restore our relationship with him on that vertical Open House / Summer and Fall Registration line of the cross. Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic School invites you to Open House Saint Paul beautifully professed when he wrote, “Christ Jesus, Thursday, April 6th, at 6:00 PM. The school is now accepting though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God registrations for their Summer Program that runs from June 5 th – something to be grasped. Rather, he emptied himself, taking the 30th and the upcoming school year. form of a slave, coming in human likeness; and found human in All children from 18 months to 5 years of age are welcome. Lessons appearance, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even include reading, music, math, and science in addition to education in death on a cross” (Phil 2:6-7). our Catholic faith. The Son of God reaches down so that we can reach him at the heart Registrations are accepted Monday - Friday from 8:00 AM - 3:00 of the Cross. How can we meet the Son of God if it’s not to reach PM. The school is located behind St. Paul the Apostle Church in him at the heart of the Cross? The decision is ours. Flour Bluff. For questions or information please call us at (361) Yours in Christ, 939-9847. Father Joseph Nguyen, DRE Important Dates: R.C.I.A. April 29 - First Reconciliation for the First Communicants Parents Are you a non-Catholic going to Sunday Mass with your spouse and are encouraged to come to confession as well. enjoying the bond of shared worship? Is the Liturgy of the Eucharist April 30 - There will be oral test for all children in the morning a mystery but something you take on faith? Our RCIA (Rite of classes, who are going to receive Communion in May.
For Youth in 6TH, 7TH, and 8TH Grades Wednesdays at 7:00 PM in the Parish Hall For Teens in High School Sundays at 7:00 PM in the Parish Hall 04/ 12 Breaking the Cycle -The Goal of this Edge night is not only to teach about getting involved, but also to get the middle 04/09 Practice for the Living Stations of the Cross school youth to commit to actively living social justice for the FMI: Call Youth Ministry Director Cathy Fichtel 937-5875 Church. (If no answer, please leave a message) FMI: Call Youth Ministry Director Cathy Fichtel 937-5875 (If no answer, please leave a message) April 09, 2017 This Week’s Calendar of Events Do This for Our Parish Sunday, April 9 Palm Sunday Our parish is in partnership with St. Peter’s by the Sea UMC and 8:30 AM Mass Lord of Life Lutheran Church to distribute food through the CC Food 9:30 AM Altar and Rosary Society Meeting - Room A Bank. Last month 457 needy families from here in Flour Bluff were
9:30 AM R.C.I.A. Class - Community Meeting Room helped. 9:45 - 11:45 AM Liturgy of Light - Hall The next food distribution date is Thursday, April 27 from 3:30 - 5:30 11:00 AM Mass PM. More information and sign-up sheets are on the table in back of 4:30 PM Women's Faith Sharing - Community Room church. Please, volunteer to help if you can! 6:00 PM Mass 7 - 9:00 PM Life Teen - Hall Catholic Charities Flour Bluff Monday, April 10 Food Pantry and Clothes Closet 8:00 AM Mass We would like to thank all the generous families who have donated 6:00 PM Penance Service clothing to Catholic Charities the last few months. And while we do 6:00 PM Legion of Mary always have a need, we are out of storage space to accept any 6:30 - 8:00 PM Teen Book Club - Room 4 more clothing items at this time. Tuesday, April 11 April Needs 8:00 AM Mass 6:00 PM Women's Bible Study - Community Room Tuna, Canned Chili, Low Sugar Cereals, Canned Soups/Stew Jam or Jelly, Tuna /Hamburger Helper, Unsweetened Oatmeal Wednesday, April 12 Also needed: disposable diapers sizes 1 through 5, shampoo, 8:30 AM Divine Mercy Chaplet - Chapel deodorant, disposable razors, toilet paper, feminine hygiene 9:00 AM Faith Sharing Bible Study – Community Room products and toothpaste 6 - 6:45 PM Confession
7:00 PM Mass For assistance or questions please call our office at 929-6077. 7:00 - 8:30 PM EDGE - Hall The Health Department does not allow distributing perishable or Thursday, April 13 Holy Thursday repackaged food items or items beyond their expiration date. Parish Offices Closed 7:00 PM Mass of the Lords Supper followed by the Transfer of St. Paul’s Garden Club the Holy Eucharist and Adoration in the Chapel until Midnight We work Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings to keep parish garden areas beautifully maintained. If you would like to help, just Friday, April 14 Good Friday; Fast and Abstinence show up. Parish Offices Closed Donations of plants, such as perennials, shrubs and grasses, are 3:00 PM Divine Mercy Chaplet followed by the Stations of the Cross always welcome and we are also in need of garden soil and mulch. Monetary donations are always welcome. FMI contact Pat Macias 4:30 - 6:30 PM KC Fish Fry - Hall 6:00 PM Living Stations of the Cross at 937 - 9209 6 - 6:45 PM Confession Don’t Miss Out 7:00 PM Celebration of the Lord’s Passion If you are out of town, on vacation or home on a weekend because Saturday, April 15 you are ill, you can still read the bulletin and get a lot of interesting 3:30 - 4:30 PM Confession information on our parish web site 8:00 PM Easter Vigil Service @ stpaultheapostlecc.com
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Mission of Mercy Mobile Clinic St. Paul the Apostle Church April 09, 2017 Volume 17 Issue 15 2233 medical care for the uninsured will next be at St. Paul’s Waldron 78418 937-3864 Fax: 939-7774 [email protected] ------Monday, April 17, 2017 from 9 AM – 3:30 PM. For appointments call 361-883-5500 K C's Last Fish Fry Monday through Friday from 9 AM to 5 PM. 4:30 - 6:30 PM in the Hall A Christian’s life is the window through which Good Friday others can see Jesus. Fish, Fries, Green Beans, Cole Slaw Catfish and/or Pollock Refreshments and Condiments Christus Spohn Care Van for Women’s OB and Gynecological Services (medical care for the uninsured) $8.00 per plate will next be here at St. Paul’s on Wednesday, April 19. Checks and Debit Cards Accepted To schedule an appointment from 9 AM – 3 PM call 877-3547 April 09, 2017
Wednesday, April 19, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM contact the church office 2017 EtEtEthnicEthnic Fest News for access. (Contact Rick Marcantonio at 688-4654 or Rick Olivares at 438-1901 to coordinate access after 5:00 PM but No access and Needs after 6:00 PM) The Fest is April 22nd Thursday, April 20, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM contact office for access. “It takes a village to raise a child”. (Contact Rick Marcantonio at 688-4654 or Rick Olivares at It takes an entire parish to “raise” the Ethnic Fest. 438-1901 to coordinate access after 5:00 PM but No access after 6:30 PM) All Food Booth Chairmen must email their menus to Lisa Rikke Friday, April 21, 9 AM – 5 PM contact office for access. (Contact at [email protected] by April 19. If your menu is not turned Rick Marcantonio at 688-4654 or Rick Olivares at 438-1901 to in by then it will not be printed. coordinate access after 5:00 PM) Everyone working in any food booth must have a current food handler’s card on file in the parish office. Many hands are needed for the tremendous amount of setup Food Handler Classes are held at the Health Department, 1702 work to be done on Friday, April 21, the day before the Ethnic Fest. We work from early in the morning until late that night, but Horne Road every Monday from 9 -10:30 AM, 3 - 4:30 PM, and 5:30 anyone who can contribute a few hours of time especially between 9 - 7 PM. You need to arrive 30 minutes before the class begins for AM and 4 PM - will be greatly appreciated. registration. The Class Fee is $10.00, Cash Only. Or you may take the class online. Encounter Lent Some of our parishioners have taken the class for only $6.95 at Join our faith community and nearly 14,000 Catholic communities http://www.premierfoodsafety.com/texas-food-handlers-card across the United States in a life-changing Lenten journey of where you have to take a test at the end. There are many other sites encounter with CRS Rice Bowl. Pick up your family’s CRS Rice that don't require a test. Bowl from the church vestibule if you still didn’t get one and don’t A chairman or co-chairs are needed to organize and run the forget to download the CRS Rice Bowl app! May these 40 days Italian Food Booth . If you can do that, please contact Kevin Reid better prepare us to encounter ourselves, our neighbors, and our @ [email protected] God. Encounter Our Neighbors Canned soft drinks and bottled water are needed and can be We encounter Jesus this week in Jerusalem, a community he knew brought to the parish office during working hours.. well. We prayerfully enter into our own communities too, Donated items for the Live Auction, Silent Auction and the encountering those who are hungry and thirsty, and others who Country Store are now being accepted. No shoes or clothes need our help. How does our Lenten journey motivate us to serve please. Clean indoor and outdoor furniture, antiques, china, those we meet in our daily lives? Visit crsricebowl.org for more. appliances, flat screen televisions, computers, tractors, weed eaters, bicycles, and lawnmowers that you no longer use and that 12 Ways to Make Holy Week More Meaningful are in good working condition are good auction items. Small • If you have to work or go to school during Holy Week, think about items can be brought to the parish office. If you will be dropping off how you can incorporate prayer breaks into each day. a large item(s) at church or need to have them picked up at your • Make an additional sacrifice by fasting and abstaining from meat home, please contact Laura Hebert 360-960-1758. on Holy Thursday and Holy Saturday in addition to Good Friday. • Don’t watch television from sundown on Holy Thursday until Schedule and General Needs for Setting up the Easter morning. Ethnic Fest • Go to confession. Tent setup day is Friday, April 21, starting at 9:00 AM and • Set aside 10 minutes every day to read Passion accounts in the finishing about eleven. Many strong hands will be needed so Gospels. please come and help if you are able. • Make it a point to forgive someone on Good Friday. For the week of April 17 – 21st leading up to the festival the • Pray the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary. Parish Hall will be available only for Food Booth setups and • Offer up any pain or difficulties you experience during Holy Week decorations as follows: and unite your sufferings with the pain of Christ. Monday, April 17 from 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM contact the church office • Pray the Stations of the Cross. for access. (Contact Rick Marcantonio at 688-4654 or Rick Olivares • Attend all of the Triduum liturgies. at 438-1901 if you need access after 5 PM) • Invite family members, friends and neighbors, especially people Tuesday, April 18 from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM contact the church office who have strayed from the church, to come to church with you. for access. (Contact Rick Marcantonio at 688-4654 or Rick Olivares • Volunteer to help decorate your parish on Holy Saturday for at 438-1901 if you need access after 5 PM) Easter. Thanks to OSV.com April 09, 2017
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Total $ 11,061.12 We start today looking through the portals of Jerusalem, seeing During April, a portion of your tithes will go to Holy Land Collection, crowds of people, cheering and waving palm branches in the air. The Catholic Home Missions Appeal, Timon’s Ministries, Mission of whole atmosphere is one of joy, triumph, and celebration. We can get Mercy Mobile Medical Clinic, and our Works of Mercy. distracted or enthralled by the scene and not see clearly the features of Jesus as he enters. But our readings from Isaiah and Paul’s letter to the Philippians clarify his features for us. He is the Suffering Servant, The Pilgrim Rosary meek and mute before his captors and persecutors; he is the very This Sunday at 2:00 PM the Pilgrim Virgin and the image of the unseen God, yet will not clutch at equality with God Rosary will be here at church in Classroom A in before he endures his final confrontation in humility. Isaiah and Paul the Religious Education Building. . help us “behold the Lamb of God” before we hear the story of his final and greatest confrontation. The Blessed Mother can be your very special guest for a birthday, anniversary, quinceñera, It is important that we see Christ clearly before we hear the account of his passion, for we—his Body through baptism, the church—now bear retirement, or any special occasion by having the his face. We must, with him, enter into this time of trial so we can, also Pilgrim Rosary at your home. FMI call 739-6087 with him, enter into his final triumph. - Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
Legion of Mary Do you want to serve God more but don't know how? Do you want to grow closer to Jesus and his Mother? Do you want to be Jesus to Monday, April 10 others? Do you want to deepen your spiritual life? 6:00 PM All practicing Catholics, 18 and older, men and women, single or married are invited to come to the Legion of Mary meetings held on Celebrate... Mondays at 6:00 PM in Room A. Prayers and service are the order a birthday, an anniversary, or someone you have loved and lost by of the meeting. Call Luz Garcia at 353-4233 for more information. having one of our large vigil lights lit for a week. Contact the office to schedule your special week. The offering for Treasures From Our Tradition the chapel light is $6 and the Infant Jesus light is $3 per week ... Now we have come to the center of the Christian year, beginning Blessed candles are available anytime from the Altar and with today, Passion Sunday, Holy Week, and culminating in the Rosary Society’s candle stand in the Church vestibule Pasch, the Sacred Triduum. Some have called the culminating event for a $3.00 donation. in this week’s journey of faith “The Three Days of Easter.” The origins of many of our observances, including today’s blessing of <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> palms and solemn entry into the church, hearken back to old Substitutes are occasionally needed in the Adoration Chapel for one hour slots from 9 AM to 5 PM Monday through Friday. Jerusalem. Please call Luz Garcia at 739-6087 if you can help. In the late fourth century, a woman living a consecrated life in <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> southern France made a four-year pilgrimage to Jerusalem. There, she encountered the rich liturgies of the city, bursting with Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord Christians. She was a keen observer, and fortunately for us wrote vivid letters of her experience to a circle of women friends she calls her sisters. By the time of her journey, it is clear that even some catechumens were undertaking the dangerous journey so that they could be formed at the very site of the events of Christ’s passion and rising. At the heart of the pilgrim experience were processions, such as today’s joyous procession to the Mount of Olives, and brilliant catechesis from the bishop every day, as well as intense fasting and prayer. When you resolve to keep this week holy in your own life, and especially when you commit to participate in the full Triduum with God greatly exalted [Christ] and bestowed worship in church and fasting at home, a very ancient tradition is on him the name which is above every name. within your grasp. - Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co — Philippians 2:9 April 09, 2017 Please remember those who live in need of our prayers: James Armstrong, Ron Ausmus, George Ayala, Marjorie Boxwell, Angela Brenz, Manuel Buentello, Don Casey, Kathy Casey, Trey Cunningham, Jacqueline Dancy, Coty DeLeon, Nelda DeLeon, Remy and Lidia Ducote, Gloria Eden, Margie Eickleberry, Mark Eickleberry, Grace Escobedo, Amanda Garcia, Fred Garcia, Grace Geeding, , Jimma Hertzler, Amy Hinkel, Patricia Mancillas, Cynthia Mora, Brian Okvist, Robert Palace, Jason Pena, Rhoda Philby Palmer, Floyd Pansano, Norma Pansano, Gloria Perez, Ben Raney, Hector Riojas , Thalma Riojas, Nicole Stich, Maria Velasquez, Homero Vera,
Elizabeth Villarreal, Elvia Vinca, Carol Walker, Bob Wondolowski
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. Both/And Chapel Vigil Lights and On the whole, we don’t think too highly of donkeys. Nevertheless, these animals have served humans for the last six thousand years, The Infant Jesus Statue Light as pack animals or for people transport, and for all kinds of heavy Deceased Members of the Altar and Rosary Society agricultural work. Donkeys work very hard but they have a reputation for being stubborn and unintelligent. . Please Help the Hungry In ancient Israel a person riding on a donkey indicated wealth and status in much the same way luxury cars might do today. Ordinary Bring nonperishable food items for our Food Pantry and put them in people went everywhere on foot. Horses at that time were used the grocery cart in the church vestibule before any mass. solely for war, and only powerful kings such as Solomon could Saint of the Day afford them. Jesus is described as riding on a young donkey into Jerusalem, which would have been appropriate for him as a Catholic saints are holy people and human people who lived descendant of the royal House of David. The crowd, if only extraordinary lives. Each saint the Church honors responded to temporarily, acknowledged Jesus as king, probably hoping he would God's invitation to use his or her unique gifts. Get information on start a violent revolt and overthrow their Roman conquerors. In later them at americancatholic.org times, this same account of the Messiah riding on a donkey came to
Copyright © 2011 The Zondervan Corporation have the opposite emphasis, indicating Jesus’ simple, sober way of life, avoidance of luxury and status, and his perfect humility. The truth is that Jesus is both. He is the one who took “the form of a slave . . . humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death,” and also the one whom “God greatly exalted” in kingly glory (Philippians 2:7, 8, 9). As we walk through this week, following Jesus to Calvary and beyond, we know that his suffering mirrors our own, but we also know that we are the sons and daughters of the heavenly king who has ransomed us from death and sin. Take time this week to walk with Jesus in prayer until you stand in your heart at the foot of the cross, where you can say like the centurion, “Truly, this was the Son of God!” (Matthew 27:54).- World Library Publications. All rights reserved. Living Stewardship Now
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