"I Am In Christ, You Are In Christ, And We are One". This is our beautiful reality whether we agree with it or not, whether we want to look at it or not, we are one. And Christ himself is always with us. It is the most beautiful truth I can share with you tonight as your sister in Christ Jesus! For his love is truth. His love is everlasting. His love was meant for everyone. And if we go on living, hopefully we are desiring to find him, the pearl of great price. He has a very special message for each and everyone of us. No two messages, no two ministries, are the same. He creates us miraculously and differently and this makes our life well worth living. He brings to us people who are the complete opposite of ourselves to help us grow out of our imperfection, and I must add he does a marvelous work in assisting us when we cooperate with his grace. We were meant to be here now. We were meant to know this God who created heaven and earth, mountains and valleys, oceans and rivers, moonlight and sunsets, he gave us a heart to understand another's point of view, and the ability to act responsibly toward everyone he brings into our lives. God is truly amazing! And you and I have the ability to tap into a grace filled life with a simple yes. Deep within us, in our soul, is a God that loves us beyond measure. And we have a duty, an obligation, toward that love, to act justly, and to honor the great God we were called to serve. Those gifts and strengths were meant to show the world that we were made in the image and likeness of a great and wonderful God. He creates perfection, and he is perfection, and sometimes we can see his perfection come to life through his people, through their talents, we see that they are truly gifted through the Holy Spirit. Through the God living in them. My heart, my mind, my soul, is drawn to Jesus. I know when I am living in him, my awareness of him is heightened. I know that something wonderful is going to happen today while I am totally in his presence. Whether I am assisting his children in the church, I know that assistance is guided by the Lord I serve. And I know and trust that the outcome will be beautiful, more beautiful with him on my side. So I invite Christ to be where ever I may go, when ever I am in prayer, I take him with me. Because I know his power, I know his love, and that combination of power and love sets me onto the right path in entering into his glory. To be present in God is a present! How do we get there? Deep prayer leads us, and then we open our hearts and minds to Jesus, and through dialogue in him and with him, we change, we grow, in our knowledge of him, living in us, conforming us to live better, faith filled lives, worthy of conversion, worthy of receiving Christ crucified into the beautiful life he has given to us. Never to be neglected by us, we never forget Jesus! When we place him at the very top of our list, anything else that we will do for the rest of the day will have a stampede of blessings that follow. Jesus I believe wants to reveal to us his power through our prayerfulness, through our trust, full trust, in Him. And when we give that part of ourself to Christ we walk a different walk, and the true meaning of life is revealed to us. Christ is ready to reveal his wonders, but our disposition as Father Shenoy mentioned today at mass must be right. And when it is he can work through us, when we receive him in the state of grace through receiving Holy Communion. Christ wants to wash us clean of all sin.. He wants us to receive a good honest confession. And when we align ourselves properly in Christ, we are never the same. Thank God for that. We are new in Christ. Alive in his truth and love.
