The Second Sunday of Easter is also known as the Sunday of the Divine Mercy.

Listen and pray along as I read a meditation written in honor of the Divine Mercy devotion! 

Jesus, I trust in You.

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St. Faustina’s Prayer for Sinners: 

O Jesus, eternal Truth, our Life, I call upon You and I beg Your mercy for poor sinners. O sweetest Heart of my Lord, full of pity and unfathomable mercy, I plead with You for poor sinners. O Most Sacred Heart, Fount of Mercy from which gush forth rays of inconceivable graces upon the entire human race, I beg of You light for poor sinners. O Jesus, be mindful of Your own bitter Passion and do not permit the loss of souls redeemed at so dear a price of Your most precious Blood. O Jesus, when I consider the great price of Your Blood, I rejoice at its immensity, for one drop alone would have been enough for the salvation of all sinners. Although sin is an abyss of wickedness and ingratitude, the price paid for us can never be equalled. Therefore, let every soul trust in the Passion of the Lord, and place its hope in His mercy. God will not deny His mercy to anyone. Heaven and earth may change, but God's mercy will never be exhausted. Oh, what immense joy burns in my heart when I contemplate Your incomprehensible goodness, O Jesus! I desire to bring all sinners to Your feet that they may glorify Your mercy throughout endless ages (Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska, 72).

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Bible Verses Referenced:

Psalm 16:11

Psalm 84:11-12

Matthew 28:19

Mark 1:4

Mark 1:15

John 3:16-17

John 6:55

John 14:27

John 15:16

1 John 2:6

1 John 4:19

1 Corinthians 6:11

Revelation 3:14

Revelation 3:20

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Is our faith alive and active, or asleep and dead?

What does it mean to abide in Christ?

Are we prepared to meet the Lord on Judgment Day?

In this episode of Christ Is Key, we discuss how our Savior calls us to live in his love wholeheartedly and how he can awaken our faith if we are falling astray.

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St. Anthony the Great Quote: 

“Let us bear in mind the fact that we are servants of the Lord and that we owe a service to Him who created us. For a servant does not reject present or future authority on account of past service and does not dare to claim that because of his past work he ought to be released from the task at hand; instead, he continues to perform the same service with unbroken commitment (as it says in the Gospel) so as to please his Master and so that his wages will not be fear and beatings. In the same way it is right for us to obey the divine commandments, knowing that He who is a just judge will judge each person where He finds him, as testified by the words of the prophet Ezekechiel. For even the wretched Judas, on account of one night’s wickedness, lost out on the rewards for his past achievement.”

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Index:

Intro: 00:00

Quote from St. Anthony The Great: 01:58

Part 1 - Servanthood: 03:40

Part 2 - Consistency: 13:29

Part 3 - Judgement (Parable of the Faithful Servant): 20:55

Review: 32:27

Prayer: 33:18

Amen: 34:58

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Bible Verses Referenced:

John 3:16

Philippians 2:6-11

Mark 10:43-45

1 John 4:19

John 15: 9-15

John 8:31-32

John 14:6

2nd John 1:8-9

Matthew 24:13

Mark 13:33-37 (Parable of the Faithful Servant)

James 2:19-20

Ezekiel 18:30

Mark 1:15

John 14:15

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God wants to fill our lives with love, truth and redemption.

One of the ways God does this is through his love letter to us, the Bible. 

For "the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and spirit, of joints and marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart" (Hebrews 4:12).

Tune into this bonus episode of Christ Is Key where we focus on how we can let the Holy Spirit transform our lives through Psalm 1.

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Psalm 1 (NSRV): 

Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path that sinners tread, or sit in the seat of scoffers;

but their delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law they meditate day and night.

They are like trees planted by streams of water, which yield their fruit in its season, and their leaves do not wither. In all that they do, they prosper.

The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away.

Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;

for the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

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Index: 

Intro: 00:00

Lectio Divina: 1:33

Reading: 2:15

Meditation: 4:43

Prayer: 4:57

Contemplation: 5:11

Action: 5:34

Daily Reflection Prompts: 6:36

Monthly Reflection Prompts: 7:52

Psalm 1 Objectives: 9:38

Prayer: 12:04

Amen: 14:10

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Bible Verses Referenced: 

Psalm 1

James 1:2

Exodus 34:6-7

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What is materialism? Are we guilty of placing our material possessions above our spiritual gifts? In this episode of Christ Is Key, we discuss how God's grace allows us to be discern between greed and gratitude.

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St. Anthony the Great Quote: 

“We must realize that even if we want to retain our riches, we will be torn away with them against our will by the law of death, as it says in the book of Ecclesiastes. Why then do we not make a virtue of necessity? Why do we not voluntarily abandon what must be destroyed when this light comes to an end, so that we might gain the kingdom of heaven? Let Christians care for nothing that they can not take away with them. We ought rather to seek after that which will lead us to heaven, namely wisdom, chastity, justice, virtue, an ever watchful mind, care of the poor, firm faith in Christ, a mind that can control anger, hospitality. Striving after these things, we shall prepare for ourselves a dwelling in the land of the peaceful, as it says in the Gospel.”

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Index: 

Intro: 00:00

Quote from St. Anthony The Great: 02:55

Part 1 - Ecclesiastes: 04:39

Part 2 - Jesus’ Poverty: 10:15

Part 3 - St. Anthony’s Testimony: 19:23

Review: 20:42

Prayer: 24:29

Outro: 27:05

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Bible Verses Referenced: 

Ecclesiastes 1:8-9, 5:10, 12:13-14

1 John 2:15-17

1 Samuel 16:7

Matthew 6:19-12, 8:20

Philippians 2:7

Hebrews 13:8

Psalm 33:16-22

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What is pride? How does pride contrast humility? Where in Sacred Scripture do we see both pride and humility lived out? In this episode of Christ Is Key, we take a look at the lives of Moses of the Old Testament and Mary of the New Testament- how they served God and how their servanthood relates to the coming of Jesus Christ.

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St. Anthony the Great Quote:

“Do not allow yourselves to grow weary. Do not be seduced by pride in your achievement. For the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory to come that will be revealed to us (Romans 8:18). No one, once he has rejected the world, should think that he has left behind anything of importance, because the whole earth, compared to the infinity of the heavens, is small and limited. Even if we renounce the whole world, we cannot give anything in exchange which is of similar value to the heavenly dwellings. If each person considers this he will immediately realize that if he abandons a few acres of land or a small house or a moderate sum of gold, he ought not to feel proud of himself in the belief that he has given up a lot. Nor should he become despondent, thinking that he will receive only a little in return."

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Index:

Intro: 00:00

Quote from St. Anthony The Great: 01:35

Pride: 05:19

Moses and Pride: 05:52

Humility: 10:12

Moses and Humility: 10:47

Mary and Humility: 17:23

Christ Sets Us Free: 23:22

Taking Up Our Cross 24:43

Review: 25:43

Prayer 27:31

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Bible Verses Referenced: 

Romans 8:18

John 15:16

Luke 9:62

Matthew 16:24

Exodus 3: 4-14 (Moses and the Burning Bush)

John 8:44

Genesis 3:1, 8

Numbers 12:3

Proverbs 3: 5-6

Matthew 7:13

Matthew 23:11-12

Philipians 2:6-13

Hebrews 2:9

Luke 1: 46-55 (The Magnificat)

1 Corinthians 15:22

John 8: 31-34

John 16:33

John 14:27

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Episode Art: Third Station of the cross, Via Dolorosa  (Painting Photographed by Brad Beaman, 2007)

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Do you know just how much God, the Father, seeks to prepare your soul for eternal life through Christ, his Son? In this episode of Christ Is Key, we discuss the hope we have for heaven.

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St. Anthony the Great Quote:

"After beginning in this way Anthony was silent for a while. Marvelling at God’s great generosity he then added, ‘In this present life, things of equal value are exchanged: the seller does not receive more from the buyer. But the promise of eternal life is bought at a low price for it is written: The days of our life are seventy years or if many, eighty years; whatever remains is hard work and suffering; they are soon gone, and we fly away. (Psalm 90:10). If we have lived in God’s work eighty or a hundred years, working hard, we will not reign for the same amount of time in the future, instead, in exchange for the years I mentioned, we shall be granted a reign lasting throughout all ages. It is not earth that we shall inherit, but heaven. We shall leave this corrupt body and we shall receive it in corrupt.’"

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Index:

Part 1 - 5:15

Part 2 - 7:51

Part 3 - 14:33

Conclusion - 19:10

Review - 25:06

Prayer - 29:52 

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Bible Verses Referenced: 

Psalm 90:10

Psalm 103:15-16

Revelation 5:1-10

Galatians 5:16-17

Romans 8:6

Philipians 3:20-21

Romans 6:3-6

Genesis 3 (The Fall of Mankind)

Romans 3:23

John 3:16-17

Romans 5:8

1 Peter 1:18-25

Revelation 7:14-17

Revelation 22:3-6

Matthew 16:24

Galatians 3:13

1 Corinthians 15:31

Isaiah 55:10-11 

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Have you ever forgotten what the Lord has done for you? How do we cope with this kind of spiritual greed? In this bonus episode of Christ Is Key, we discuss practical ways to recall our blessings with the Lord through thanksgiving and praise.

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Bible Verses Referenced:

Psalm 9:1

Psalm 13:1-2

Psalm 94:17-19

Luke 8:26-39 (Jesus Heals the Gerasene Demoniac)

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What it is that we are committed to? Better yet, *who* is it that we are committed to? And does this commitment enrich our lives? If our answer rests in the body of Christ, the answer is always a resounding 'yes'.

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St. Anthony the Great Quote: “No one should weaken in the firmness of their commitment to the way of life he has chosen, but should always strive to increase his commitment… as if he were just starting out, especially as the span of human life, compared to eternity, is very short.” 

Bible Verses Referenced:

Sirach 7:36

1 John 4:1

Lamentations 3:22-23

1 Peter 5:8-9

Luke 15:11–32 (Parable of the Prodigal Son)

John 14:18

Isaiah 40:28-29

Mark 2:17

Psalms 46: 1-3

John 14:27

John 16:33

Hebrews 13:8

Matthew 17:20

John 15:16

2 Corinthians 4:16

1 Peter 4:13

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In 2 Corinthians 12:10, the Apostle Paul writes "I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong."

In this episode, we discuss how He suffered so we could live.

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"The LORD is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?" Psalms 118:6 (NKJV)

In this episode, we discuss how sin is no match for the mercy of God.

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