"Endure hardship with us like a good soldier of Jesus Christ '" ~ 2 Timothy 2:3
Soldiers are identified by their uniforms. Sp ies and undercover agents disguise themselves, hoping to slip in without b eing noticed. The LORD doesn't need undercover Christians. He needs those w ho wear His uniform and proudly identify themselves with Him. Do you act as a "secret believer" - one who unveils your Christianity only when it is no n-threatening? In hostile situations, do you cover up your true identity? This kind of clandestine discipleship makes it easy to deny the LORD in dif ficult times. When the apostle Peter tried to secretly follow the LORD at a distance, on three occasions he denied that he knew Jesus. To come out of your foxhole, you must first decide to be identified with Jesus Christ as your LORD and Savior. No more secrecy, no more undercover discipleship. S traightforwardly proclaiming your allegiance to the LORD is practical evide nce of your faith. ~ Carman, adapted from R...
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"All of us... are one body, for we all share the same loaf. " ~ 1 Corinthians 10:17
Astronauts Aldrin and Armstrong had just landed on the moon. While Armstrong prepared for his moonwalk, Aldrin unp acked bread and wine. Aldrin wrote: "I poured the wine into the chalice... In the one-sixth gravity of the moon the wine curled slowly and gracefully up the side of the cup. It was interesting to think that the very first liq uid ever poured on the moon and the very first food eaten there were commun ion elements. I sensed especially strong mu unity with our church back home , and the Church everywhere." ~ Guideposts - Treasury of Hope What is one thing the Knights might do to build a stronger sense of unity in our parish? In our local community?
"In Jesus Christ, true G od and true man.... rests our hope for real humanity. Not by ourselves, bu t insofar as we are members of the Body of Christ." ~ Karl Barth
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"Happy are those whose greatest desire is to do what God req uires; God will satisfy them fully!" ~ Matthew 5:6
The great Am erican concert violinist, Fritz Kreisler, said: "I was born with music in my system. It was a gift from God. I didn't acquire it. So I do not even d eserve thanks for the music. Music is too sacred to be sold, and the outra geous prices charged by musical celebrities today are truly a crime against society. I never look upon the money as my own. It is public money. It is only a fund entrusted to me for proper disbursement... In all these years o f my so-called success in music, mu wife and I have not built a hou se for ourselves. Between it ans us sand all the homeless in the world." ~ Mark Link, S.J.
How fully do you agree with Kreisler? Do you share God's gifts to you with your brethren?
"Serve one another with wh atever gift each of you has received." ~ 1 Peter 4:10
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"For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who ar e perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God." ~& nbsp;1 Corinthians 1:18
I once saw a man in Los Angeles wearing a s ign that said, "I'm a fool for Christ. Whose fool are you?" I thought at t he time, "That's the most stupid thing I've ever seen." But one night many years later it would be revealed to me that God - who is more than just an image on a piece of wood - loved me. And though I had shunned Him all my l ife, I realized my desperate need of Him.
It was then I understood the truth of that odd sign I had seen years before: the cross is foolishnes s to those who are perishing. That night I knelt at the foot of the cross a nd believed in Jesus. I have been a fool for Christ ever since. ~ John Wimb er, adapted
Has such a revelation ever come to you? How does our Co uncil promote a spirituality that brings us closer to Christ?
"So then do not be foolish, but understand what t...
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"I urge you, then, to make me completely happy by.... bein g one in soul and mind." ~ Philippians 2:2
On the seventh and la st night of the bike trip for AIDS, Mark Bosco wrote in his journal: "The words of novelist Alice Walker came to me as I finished the last few miles - 'I think it annoys God if you walk by the color of purple in a field some where and don't notice it." This whole trip became for me an exercise in no ticing things - the beauty of creation as I pedaled past mountains, farms , and beaches... the diversity of God's people forming a community of frien dship and support in the face of a terrible disease... My faith in God and his people has been renewed... The ride gave me the gift of noticing my LOR D alive in so many places, in so many faces." ~ Mark Link, S.J.
Ha ve you ever seen the LORD alive in your Brother Knights' faces?
" Place yourself at one another's service." ~ Galatians 5:13
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"I went past the field of the sluggard, past the vineyard o f the man who lacks judgment; thorns had come up everywhere, the ground w as covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins. I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw: A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest - and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man." ~ Proverbs 24:30-34
Saint Paul challenges all of us as men to finish the race a nd to be on our guard. He knows that even if we've built a positive legacy to this point, there are wolves waiting at the door, ready to tear it fro m our grip and steal it away. He knows that we can lose our testimony as a role model in a single unguarded moment.
Don't let anyone rob a life time of influence on your wife and your children. Don't let moral poverty s neak up on you like a slinking wolf and rip away your witness for Jesus Chr ist. Guard your heart! Guard it in the limitless...
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"Christ Jesus... gave himself to redeem all mankind." ~ 1 Timothy 2:5-6
This month, back in 1865, the slain body of Presid ent Lincoln lay in state in Cleveland, Ohio. It was on its way from Washin gton, DC to Springfield, Illinois, where it would be buried. In the long line of people filing past the body was a poor black woman and her little son. When they reached the president's body, the woman lifted up her son a nd said in a hushed voice, "Honey, take a long, long look. That man died for you."
What that mother said about Lincoln, every mother could say to her child about Jesus. Both Jesus and Lincoln tell us that waging wa r against evil involves great personal suffering - even the loss of one's o wn life. ~ Mark Link, S.J.
Against what modern evil should the Knig hts be willing to wage war and suffer much - even losing our lives, if nec essary?
"It's important that people know what you stand for. It's equally important that they know what you won't st...