For the next three days of our novena, we will view God’s
love in the ever expanding scope of the person, the family, and society
The Person
. Each human being, therefore, has a
fundamental, transcendent, and uniquely critical, specific importance. No one - - no one - - is expendable. God is a God of the living, not of
statistics . . (page
18)
As we continue our 9 day journey of prayer, reflection, and
action still using Bishop Giaquinta’s
written work: Family, A Community of Love, we take a step back to get a broader
view of God’s plan of love for His
creation, seeing that it starts with the relationship that exists between God
and each person He created. Without this
relationship it is impossible for us to truly fulfill our purpose
John 8:2-11 But early in the morning he arrived again in the
temple area, and all the people started coming to him, and he sat down and
taught them.3Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had
been caught in adultery and made her stand in the middle.4They said to him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very
act of committing adultery.5Now in the
law, Moses commanded us to stone such women.* So what do you say?”b6They said this
to test him, so that they could have some charge to bring against him. Jesus
bent down and began to write on the ground with his finger.*7* But when they continued asking him, he
straightened up and said to them,c “Let the one among you who is without sin be
the first to throw a stone at her.”8Again he bent down and wrote on
the ground.9And in response, they went away one by one, beginning with the
elders. So he was left alone with the woman before him.10Then Jesus straightened up and said to her, “Woman, where are
they? Has no one condemned you?”d11She replied, “No
one, sir.” Then Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you. Go, [and] from now on do
not sin any more.”
As we pray
with these verses let us ask ourselves how they communicate God’s love for us,
challenge us to see ourselves as loveable and commit ourselves to the knowledge
that God has this infinite love for each of us
Dear
Jesus, remind our family that you love
each of us infinitely and have called us for a specific purpose
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