LIVE LIFE. L stands for LINKED to Jesus. I stands for living IN Jesus. F stands for FRUITFULNESS in Jesus. E stands for EUCHARIST. LIFE is God's gift. In thanksgiving, let us live a life that is fruitful and pleasing to God.
Jesus calls us to live IN Him. When we live IN Him, then He will live in us, and our lives will bear much fruit. We see how Jesus' life bore fruit and continues to bear fruit. The fruits of the Holy Spirit are charity (or love), joy, peace, patience, benignity (or kindness), goodness, longanimity (or long suffering), mildness, faith, modesty, continence, and chastity. These fruits are pleasing to the Father and, thus, are our happiness.
We hear in the parable of the talents (St. Matthew 25:14-30) that those who were fruitful by applying the talents entrusted to them entered into the Master's joy. We all long to hear Jesus say "Well done, my good and faithful servant. Since you were faithful in small matters, I will give you great responsibilities. Come, share your Master's joy." We will hear these words if we live IN Jesus by living our Catholic faith in the fullness of Truth spoken and taught by Holy Mother Church.
We must live IN Jesus and bear much fruit. We have been given many talents and these are to be gifted to others. The talents belong to God and must not be buried through selfishness or fear. We do not want to be like the wicked and lazy servant who buried the talent entrusted to him and, thus, was cast into the darkness outside where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.
Let us ask Our Blessed Mother to be fruitful as she was and is fruitful. We pray: "Hail Mary, Full of Grace,The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary,Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of death. Amen." The fruit of the womb of Our Lady in the power of the Holy Spirit is Jesus. Jesus is the fruit that pleases Our Father. LIVE LIFE! LINKED to Jesus, Live IN Jesus, and bring forth FRUITFULNESS by centering your life in the Most Holy EUCHARIST.
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Through the intercession of Our Lady, St. Joseph, St. Michael, St. Peter, St. Paul, St. John, St. James, St. Therese, St. Rita, St. Philomena, St. Jude, St. Nicholas, St. Alphonsus, St. Peter Chrysologus, St. Zachary, St. Elizabeth, St. John the Baptist, St. Perpetua, St. Felicity, St. Francis, St. Veronica Guiliani, St. Joan of Arc, St. Louis, St. Joseph Calasanz, St. Padre Pio, St. Patrick, St. Bridget, St. Columban and all the Holy Angels and Saints may you be abundantly blessed in the Covenant of Communion of the Most Holy Trinity, with my Priestly blessing,
Father Zachary of the Mother of God, SOLT
