12/15/2023 0 Comments Daily reflections aa february 26![]() In 2009, Alex was asked to be the Atlanta RC Renewal Coordinator for the Atlanta Locality to help the RC members with the RC renewal process. Out of the gate, he joined the Helping Hands Medical Missions apostolate and is still participating today with the Ghana Friendship Mission. He is one of 9 children, married to his wife Karmen, and has 3 girls, one grandson, and a granddaughter on the way. Resolution: I will do one external act of witness to the faith.Īlex Kucera has lived in Atlanta, GA, for the last 46 years. I want to be a true Christian witness in the world, but I need your help to overcome my human respect and laziness. How well do I face ordinary temptations and setbacks? How well could I face a serious crisis?Ĭonversation with Christ: Lord, I fear sometimes that I’m not much better than Peter, who bragged that he would stand by you, but then fled when the guards arrested you on Holy Thursday night. He abandoned Christ in the garden of Gethsemane, as did all the Apostles. Peter, who boasted that he would stand by Our Lord “though all may have their faith in you shaken” (Mt 26:33), learned the hard way that his courage wasn’t what he thought it was. But when a crisis befalls us-a rejection, an illness, a bit of opposition over a moral matter-that’s when we learn the sturdiness of our faith. When serenity reigns around us, peace blossoms effortlessly. The real test comes when the climate turns nasty. Fair weather doesn’t test the strength of a building. Too Late: Foundations seem firm when all is calm.Without this step we risk building our lives on sand. So it is in the spiritual life, too digging a foundation forces us to go deep, to remove our worst faults. There’s nothing particularly beautiful about a big hole in the ground at a construction site. It also requires humility and purity of intention, since the work of preparing a foundation is not glamorous. It demands constancy in prayer, charity, and generosity. To dig a solid foundation of faith takes hard work. Out of Sight: Christ exhorts his disciples to build their faith on rock, not on sentimentality.How does my faith in Christ translate into acts? Am I satisfied with saying a few prayers, and little else? Faith, then, implies doing the will of God the Father-in thoughts, words and deeds. Faith in Christ can’t just remain on our lips it must penetrate our hearts and minds as well. Our admission that “Jesus is my savior” won’t guarantee us a place in heaven. ![]() Yet, our recognition of his divinity isn’t enough. His miracles and the endurance of his Church attest to his divine nature. The Façade: It is easy to address Jesus as “Lord, Lord.” After all, we know by faith that he is the Son of God.Petition: Lord, help me deepen my life of faith and charity, to better prepare for the trials ahead. I offer this prayer for those in my family who might be far away from you. I approach you in prayer, confident of your love and trustful of your grace to enable me to carry out whatever you ask. Introductory Prayer: Lord, I come before you in humility and with a spirit of hope. Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house. But it did not collapse it had been set solidly on rock. And everyone who listens to these words of mine but does not act on them will be like a fool who built his house on sand. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house. And it collapsed and was completely ruined.” Jesus said to his disciples: “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the Kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. Memorial of Saint Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor of the Church ![]()
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