Mark 2:10-11
"But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on earth”--
he said to the paralytic, “I say to you, rise, pick up your mat, and go home.”
“No act of virtue can be great if it is not followed by advantage for others. So, no matter how much time you spend fasting, no matter how much you sleep on a hard floor and eat ashes and sigh continually, if you do no good to others, you do nothing great.”
― John Chrysostom

Daily Bible Verse / Reflection

I Promise You Abundant life Here and Everlasting life After.
I Promise You Abundant life Here and Everlasting life After.
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"Peter began to say to him, “We have given up everything and followed you.”
"Jesus said, “Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for my sake and for the sake of the gospel who will not receive a hundred times more now in this present age: houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and eternal life in the age to come." (Mark 10: 28 - 30).
Tuesday 30th May 2023 in the 8th Week of Ordinary Time.

Our key Scripture for today is a tremendous promise of our Lord Jesus Christ. This promise motivated His disciples to join the Jesus Revolution. It still motivates the young novice in 2023 and the missionary packing her bag today for a missionary field in a distant land.
Jesus promises that anyone who leaves everything for His "sake and for the sake of the gospel will receive a hundred times more now in this present age: houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands."

How do we know that such promise is true? Is there any proof that it has ever been fulfilled in the past?

The answer is:
#1. If the promise has never been fulfilled, there will be no new missionaries or martyrs in the Church. There are new missionaries every day and people are laying down their lives for Jesus Christ every day.
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#2. The saints are living proofs of disciples who have tested eternal life in this world and are today enjoying it in Heaven.
What is eternal life? Eternal or Everlasting life here on earth is to be filled with the Holy Spirit and with His gifts and fruits. This life is compatible with the suffering that Jesus promises His disciples in our key Scripture: The great promise comes "with persecutions."
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Can you take this?
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