at home with jesus
“If you are convinced that I believe in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” —Acts 16:15
Your house is one of your most important resources for evangelization. The Church teaches that your home should be a “domestic church” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1656). Can you imagine these scenarios for your home?
- Picture a chair in your kitchen and remember when your neighbor, John, seated in that chair, gave his life to Jesus.
- You look out at the porch and remember when Kathy from work was filled with the Holy Spirit in that very spot of your house.
- Over there is the couch where Ted and Cindy sat, three years ago. They had come to announce their divorce. They left your home forgiving, forgiven, and reconciled.
- Next to the family altar is the table where you taught your children the Scriptures from their infancy (2 Tm 3:15).
- At the front door, you can see the holy water font where you blessed the kids a thousand times.
- On the buffet stands the statue of Mary — a little worse for wear. (You told the kids to be more careful.)
- Above the doorway hangs the crucifix. You still sometimes cry when you see His crucified love (see Gal 3:1).
This is home. This is love. This is life in Jesus. Amen!
Prayer: Father, make my home “a house of prayer” (see Is 56:7), evangelization, repentance, healing, hope, love, and life.
Promise: “When the Paraclete comes, the Spirit of truth Who comes from the Father — and Whom I Myself will send from the Father — He will bear witness on My behalf. You must bear witness as well.” —Jn 15:26-27
Praise: Andrew, age fourteen, discerned a vocation to the priesthood as a child and has followed it unswervingly ever since.
Reference: (For a related teaching on Counter-Cultural, listen to, download or order AV 17A-3 or V 17A on our website.)
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