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Subject: [TAC] Daily Excerpt for September 22 2006
Date: September 21, 2006 08:37 pm

Today's excerpt is from St. Josemaria Escriva:

"Jesus crosses paths again with a crowd of people. He could have passed by
or waited until they called Him. But He didn't. He took the initiative,
because He was moved by a widow's sorrow. She had just lost all she had,
her son. The evangelist explains that Jesus was moved. Perhaps He even
showed signs of it, as when Lazarus died. Christ was not, and is not,
insensitive to the suffering that stems from love. He is pained at seeing
children separated from their parents. He overcomes death so as to give
life, to reunite those who love one another. But at the same time, He
requires that we first admit the pre-eminence of divine love, which
alone can inspire genuine Christian living. Christ knows He is surrounded
by a crowd which will be awed by the miracle and will tell the story all
over the countryside. But He does not act artificially, merely to create
an effect. Quite simply He is touched by that woman's suffering and cannot
but console her. So He goes up to her and says, `Do not weep.' It is like
saying, `I don't want to see you crying; I have come on earth to bring joy
and peace.' And then comes the miracle, the sign of the power of Christ
who is God. But first came His compassion, an evident sign of the
tenderness of the heart of Christ the man." ("Christ Is Passing By", 166).

God Bless.

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, pray for us!

St. Gianna Beretta Molla, pray for us!

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Art and Lupe Garcia, OCDS
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PO Box 1724
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Subject: [TAC] Daily Excerpt for September 22 2006 Date: September 21, 2006 08:37 pm Today's excerpt is from St. Josemaria Escriva: "Jesus crosses paths again with a crowd of people. He could have passed by or waited until they called Him. But He didn't. He took the initiative, because He was moved by a widow's sorrow. She had just lost all she had, her son. The evangelist explains that Jesus was moved. Perhaps He even showed signs of it, as when Lazarus died. Christ was not, and is not, insensitive to the suffering that stems from love. He is pained at seeing children separated from their parents. He overcomes death so as to give life, to reunite those who love one another. But at the same time, He requires that we first admit the pre-eminence of divine love, which alone can inspire genuine Christian living. Christ knows He is surrounded by a crowd which will be awed by the miracle and will tell the story all over the countryside. But He does not act artificially, merely to create an effect. Quite simply He is touched by that woman's suffering and cannot but console her. So He goes up to her and says, `Do not weep.' It is like saying, `I don't want to see you crying; I have come on earth to bring joy and peace.' And then comes the miracle, the sign of the power of Christ who is God. But first came His compassion, an evident sign of the tenderness of the heart of Christ the man." ("Christ Is Passing By", 166). God Bless. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, pray for us! St. Gianna Beretta Molla, pray for us! -- Art and Lupe Garcia, OCDS art_lupe@theapostoliccrusade.org The Apostolic Crusade PO Box 1724 La Mirada, Ca 90637-1724 Home Page: http://www.theapostoliccrusade.org/ Introduction Letter: http://www.theapostoliccrusade.org/IntroductionLetter.htm To unsubscribe to this e-mail service, please reply to this email with “unsubscribe” in the subject field. Thank You. ----- Message sent by KolbeNet WebTools http://WebTools.KolbeNet.com/
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