"What a Rich Inheritance We Have in Christ!" + Jeff Cavins' Reflection for the 15th Sunday (Year B)
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In this week's Encountering the Word video for the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jeff Cavins discusses the many spiritual riches we have inherited thanks to Christ. The readings are:
First Reading Amos 7:12-15
Responsorial Psalm: PS 85:9-10, 11-12, 13-14
Second Reading: Ephesians 1:3-14 OR 1:3-10
Alleluia: CF. Ephesians 1:17-18
Gospel: Mark 6:7-13
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walk with God, in spite my trespasses, I should have to til' he will give me strength to be cleansed and to be a true heir of his richness🙏.
Glory be to our God who bestows his spirit on earth freely
If any of you are going through serious withdrawal from bad habits, you're in my prayers. What's getting me through is accepting every night the cross of the world and my body being poisoned as a fact of this fallen world and choosing to die with Christ instead of bemoaning my tortured state of mind. The Three Hail Mary devotion really works as well; Mama Mary always gets me through!
Sceptre and Sword I love that words "Mama Mary" XD
In my country we call it 3 novena Hail Mary 😁
JESUS CHRIST bless always!!!
God's grace continue to increase in your ministry
Thank you for sharing the beautiful explanation of our inheritance....God bless you.
Blessings! I look forward to your posts every week ❤️
Wonderful thanks a lot
Amen, God bless you all 🕊❤️🙏🏽I have you all in my prayers, remember you are not alone. Feel free to message me if you ever want to talk. I hope you all have a great day/night stay strong you can do it !great video really helps a lot
Erick Martinez I felt really good reading that! Been needing to see something like that tonight Thank You :)
Jesus From Hyrule Glad it helped:) God bless 🙏🏽🕊❤️
We are chosen. We are his sons through Jesus Christ.
amen
Also John 17:15-26
15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.
19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
Romans 8:
1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.
34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
And Rev 2:7,10,11,17 25-29 and 3:5-13 and 18-22
7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.
17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
25 But that which ye have already hold fast till I come.
26 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
27 And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
28 And I will give him the morning star.
29 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
6 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
ALL THE THANKS, GRATITUDE, LOVE AND PRAISE TO GOD HOLY TRINITY FOREVER AND EVER! AMEN.
I don't feel rico. But if God tells me so, I will believe it.
For a while I've had a question about God that I was hoping to get an answer from believers to. Why did God create or allow many of the diseases and cancers that specifically attack and kill children? This doesn't seem like something a all-loving God would allow to happen.
Tom, some of these questions no one can answer other than God. But believers have confidence (or try to, anyway) that there is a reason for these things and also that life in this world is just a prep for the life to come. From the perspective of 10,000 years from now, whatever happened in the first 10 or even 100 may seem pretty trivial.
I don't know if this your actual belief, but I'm asking why God would create or allow these diseases and cancer just for children in the first place. None are essential to functioning earth.
Tom Andrews. Leaving God apart - my question for you is, in a philosophical (human) way, why do you think that diseases are bad realities? Some philosophers say that they aren't good things nor bad things.
So, why do you think they are bad?
(I think you shoul start from this point. Without referring to God, but only to your human reason).
Because these diseases cause the children to suffer and die and their family and friends to suffer from their grief.
THOMAS!! WELCOME BACK!! You should come up with some fresh material! I thought you were smarter than that.
I have a request Can you do a video about "THE BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE HOLY SPIRIT" please?? I'm very anxious😖😕
Fay dee A Priest once told me that if you have sorrow for your sin and go to Confession, you cannot blasphem the Holy Ghost. It is a lack of sorrow for your sins and a not heeding of the prompting of the Holy Ghost that causes the sin of Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost.
Once you commit this blasphemy against the holy ghost there is no forgiveness, right?
I'm with Marijo on this question. My understanding is 1) this single verse has caused more angst than any other, and 2) the Church teaches that blasphemy against the Holy Spirit can only be at death, and is basically a refusal to accept any assistance. I don't know that for a fact, but that's my understanding.
Marijo Heitman I'm running away from my church and want to confess in other church, pray for me 🙏
Hello
I’m not sure you ever explicitly say what the inheritance is?
Believers are heirs to the promise of Abraham
The promise to inherit the world (earth)
We are co-heirs with Jesus the Messiah
Immorality and the nations
Ruling the nations with Christ
The new creation
“Leaving this world and going somewhere else” sounds like Plato