Begotten in Love: A Journey into Divine Intimacy
“For the Souls in Purgatory – Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord”
1 John 2:29–3:6
If you consider that he is righteous, you also know that everyone who acts in righteousness is begotten by him. See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. Yet so we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. Everyone who has this hope based on him makes himself pure, as he is pure. Everyone who commits sin commits lawlessness, for sin is lawlessness. You know that he was revealed to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. No one who remains in him sins; no one who sins has seen him or known him.
Grace Prayed For
The Grace of Spiritual Recognition: Pray for the gift to recognize Jesus’ presence in the quiet movements of your heart and the courage to live out your baptismal identity so vividly that others are drawn to the Father’s love through you.
Reflection
Intimacy with Jesus is described by St. John as a beautiful, persistent act of remaining. It is the “abiding” life. To prepare the way for the Lord in your heart is to ensure that the truth you “heard from the beginning”—the simple, profound reality that Jesus is the Christ who loves you—takes up permanent residence in your soul.
When John speaks of “remaining in Him,” he is inviting you into a friendship that does not flicker with the changing emotions of the day. It is an intimacy built on the “anointing” you received at your Baptism. This anointing is like a spiritual compass; it hums within you, teaching you to recognize the voice of the Shepherd amidst the lies and distractions of the world.
But this intimacy is not a passive retreat. It is the fuel for your baptismal mission. We remain in Him so that we may have “confidence” when He appears. This confidence isn’t just for the end of time; it is a courageous boldness for today. When you abide deeply in Jesus, you naturally begin to leak His love onto everyone you encounter. Sharing the Gospel becomes less about a rehearsed speech and more about the overflow of a heart that is at home in God. To give witness is simply to let others see the peace that comes from the One who remains in you.
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Sharing
Jesus last words on Earth were to his disciples, can be found in Matthew Chap 28 when Jesus told his disciples, “Then Jesus approached and said to them, “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.”
Jesus calls all of us to share in his redemptive mission here on Earth. I would ask you to share this Scripture reflection with your family, your friends and your acquaintances, and then share it with a couple of individuals that you may may not be comfortable sharing with, keeping in mind always the words of Jesus, And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age
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