Saints Timothy and Titus, Bishops
January 26th, 2010
Mark 3 : 31 - 35
Jesus”””” entire life was a mission to do God”””’’s will. He often spoke about doing God”””’’s will, and he taught us to pray that “Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.” In order to allow ourselves to be guided in this way, we need to be familiar with the Lord”””’’s voice by spending time in prayer, in reading His Word and receiving the gift of Christ Himself in the Eucharist. As we set out to do God”””’’s will, our heart, our mind and our conscience will learn to detect what brings us peace and happiness.
Today we celebrate the memories of two New Testament Saints, Timothy and Titus, who received the gift of faith through the teaching of the Apostle Paul. Both worked with him. It is believed that Timothy was stoned to death around 67 A.D, while Titus died of old age.
Prayer
Prayer : Lord give us the courage to carry out and to accept your will in all circumstances and at all times. "Anyone who does the will of God, that person is my brother and sister and mother."
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Just a Thought
Hope
John XXIII, referred to as the ‘caretaker Pope’, realising the widening gap between the Church and the world of his day, wrote: “An old world is disappearing. Another one is being formed, and with this I am trying to conceal some good seed or other that will have its springtime, even if it is somewhat delayed, and comes after I’m dead.”
Thomas Merton writes: “One must not give in to defeatism and despair: just as one must hope for life in a mortal illness which has been declared incurable.”
Even when dark clouds surround us, even when everything appears to be falling apart, we must continue to believe for a better future. Whatever the problem, there is a way forward.
So, my hope is in God alone because I believe in him; this is my faith. It is in him I put my faith and that faith, my belief in God’s love for me and all his creation, is the bedrock in which like an anchor, I put my hope. Together with that hope and faith is my love and fidelity in responding to that God in whom I live and move and have my being. In him I place my hope.
“Hold fast to the hope that lies before us. This we have as an anchor of the soul” (Heb 6:15-19).
