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Isaiah 49 speaks of God's maternal love for us. God loves us even when human love fails. What more powerful image than that of a child as part of its mother in the womb. God images the love He has for us as being unconditional, unasked, undeserved and without limits. The power of God's love for us becomes tangible in the selfless life of Jesus, His Son, in His unquestioning obedience to the Father and in the final surrender, "into Your hands I commend my Spirit". God will never forget you: I, whom He calls His own, have paid the ultimate price for you.
John speaks of this close relationship between the Father and Jesus - the love, the deference, the dependence of one for the other. In that way, we too who have been called by Jesus are meant to have this relationship with God, so that, through this intimate relationship, He can use us to give life to others.
Lord, we know You love us, more than even our own human mothers. We pray that we can respond to Your love for us so that we will come into a more intimate relationship with You, and then do with us what You will.
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DAILY OFFERING
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Eternal Father, I offer You everything I do this day; my thoughts, words, joys and sufferings. Grant that, vivified by the Holy Spirit and united to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, my life this day may be of service to You and to others. I also pray that all those preparing for marriage discover in Sacrament the source of Christ's grace for living a fithful and fruitful love. Amen.
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PRAYING WITH THE CHURCH
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INTENTION
That the word of God may be ever more listened to, contemplated, loved and lived.
Elaboration
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