19/04/2024
Blessed Virgin Maryanne
Sunday prayer to be Christian and know it.
Our Father, who art in Heaven, we pray that your will, is done, on earth as it is in Heaven. Holy one, you have provided a way for us to be saved from judgement. That way is for us to believe in Jesus, believe he is who he said he is, “The Son of God”, (your son). His sacrifice and death on the cross paid for our sin, and set our spirit free. Father, we believe that Jesus’ life death and resurrection, is the ultimate proof of your love for us. As a result we will not be judged, in the same way some others may be judged. We are your children who believe and follow Jesus. We are saved. Father on the day of judgement Jesus said we will be separated from those who would not listen. Separated by him, as the shepherd separates the goats from the sheep. Jesus’ sacrifice and our faith is good enough, for everlasting life (we have been redeemed), and his blood, settled any debt that we owed. Father, you give us the opportunity through free will to be holy in Jesus, you have set us apart and now you call us to make choices that will tell the world who we are, we are free to believe in Christ but even if we do how would the world know we are Christian?
Father, this freedom to choose like all freedom comes with a price, if we choose to follow Jesus,we too must put aside our pride and make sacrifices for others, by trying to imitate him we obey you. Father, John tells us in his gospel that we must love one another as you love us. (1 John 3:16-24), “This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts.