To Do Your Will (Ps 40:8) by Kathryn Lopez

16 May To Do Your Will (Ps 40:8) by Kathryn Lopez

To do your will, O my God, is my delight, And your law is within my heart! ~ Psalm 40:8
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Reflection: Hebrews tells us that our Lord is: Holy. Innocent. Undefiled. Higher than the heavens. Jesus Christ is God. He walked our walk. But he did it without sin.  We look around today and may see a dark fog. A changing culture. One mired in over 40 years of legal abortion. One that has institutionalized and even mandated some of its worst habits in a poisonous misread of what exactly freedom is. One that has lost its way. We must redirect. And we do it by going to God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. We do this by being transformed by the Sacraments, by living sacramentally, by joining the dance of the Trinity, wanting to do nothing without God. By saying “Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will” as today’s psalm, 40, guides us and meaning it. By announcing his justice and working to make it manifest.  Jesus cures the sick. We need healing. And with Him and in Him, we might just help heal our brothers and sisters, too, friends and strangers, both.  Abortion is an open, gaping wound in the heart and soul of our nation. Laws are part of the solution, but it’s the peace and healing of the divine consolation and graces of the Sacraments that will see us through building a culture of love, one where people see love and want love, where they know love and insist on love. We do that by loving. We must walk and run with love. Knowing and loving and sharing Christ’s love. It’s the cure. He’s the cure.
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Challenge: Would they know we are Christians by our love?
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Pray LIFE Runners Creed to end abortion.
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Inspiration: “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.” ~ Mt 5:9
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All In Christ for Pro-Life,
Kathryn
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* Kathryn Lopez is editor-at-large of National Review Online and a nationally syndicated columnist who writes and speaks frequently on faith and public life and building a culture of life.