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For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. (John 6:40)
Readings:
Daniel 12:1-3
Psalm 103:8,10,13-18
Romans 6:3-9
John 6:37-40
What tremendous love God has for us! What an amazing promise he has made: “As Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life” (Romans 6:4). When we were baptized, our old nature—marred through disobedience and defiled by sin—was joined to Jesus on the cross and died. Through baptism, St. Paul explains, we are buried with Jesus in his grave. Now, we can share in his victory over death. No longer enslaved to sin, we are transformed by the power of the Holy Spirit.
In our daily lives, however, we often fall short of the life we received in baptism. While tasting the new life of Christ, we act out of our old nature and give in to temptation and…
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