FEAST OF SAINT JOHN BAPTIST DE LA SALLE – 7th APRIL
April 7, 2023
HOLY SATURDAY
April 8, 2023
THE 7th OF APRIL
WE HAVE BEEN REDEEMED WITH THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST, THE PERFECT SACRIFICIAL LAMB
And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in fear; knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. – 1 Peter 1:17-19
We cannot call on God as our Father unless we surrender all to Him. Only the holy reverential fear of God can keep us on the right path. There is no terror in fearing God, but it is the fear of not upsetting the One whom we love, honor and respect more than any one or anything else. The Lord deserves all our love and worship, not just because He is the only true God, our Creator and Provider, but also because He has redeemed us through the blood of His Son, Jesus Christ.
Only Jesus, who was without sin, could be the perfect sacrificial Lamb for all the sins of mankind. What an amazing love God has for us! Our heavenly Father suffered with His Son, and the Holy Spirit was Jesus’ help while He lived in a limited human body, when He came to sacrifice His life for the sins of all mankind.
SUGGESTED PRAYER
How can I ever thank You Lord for the price You paid for my salvation? I have such great value before You that You have given Your Son to die for me, so I may live and spend all eternity with You! Please help me to always have holy fear and love You in reverence, so that I may live to please You. You have redeemed me, through the precious blood of Jesus, the perfect sacrifice for all my sins and all mankind! Thank You with all my heart, dear Lord! Amen
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