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- Subject: "One Bread, One Body", Dec. 31
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- Thursday, December 31, 1992
- Saint Sylvester
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- I John 2:18-21 Psalm 96 John 1:1-18
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- FINISHING UP
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- "Children, it is the final hour." --I John 2:18
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- On this last day of the secular year, we can tie up the loose ends of our
- year and be able to say what Jesus said moments before His death: "It is
- finished" (Jn 19:30). The Lord promised He would bring to completion every
- good work which He has begun (Phil 1:6). Consequently, there's no need for
- us to be half-done, half-repentant, half-healed, or half-reconciled. We
- don't even have to be almost done. We can be finished. We don't have to
- carry a backlog of things into the new year. A new year in which we're
- trying to fulfill old responsibilities is not much of a new year. Therefore,
- we should repent of every sin, forgive all who have hurt us, share our faith
- with all those the Lord has put into our lives, obey every call, and do
- every work.
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- Some of you may have more than a couple of things left to do. Some may even
- have a backlog of several years. There seems to be no way you'll ever catch
- up. Cast all your cares on Jesus (I Pt 5:7). He cares for you and will do
- the impossible. He will be your Lord, bring order into your life, and give
- you a truly new year.
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- Prayer: Jesus, save me from being overwhelmed by the demands of life and by
- confusion.
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- Promise: "In the beginning was the Word; the Word was in God's presence, and
- the Word was God." --Jn 1:1
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- Praise: John gave his life to Jesus on New Year's Eve.
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- From "One Bread, One Body", reproduced with permission.
- Nihil Obstat: Rev. Edward J. Gratsch
- Imprimatur: +Most Rev. James H. Garland, V.G.
- Archdiocese of Cincinnati, August 17, 1992.
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