All We Have To Do Is Ask
Here's How Much You Are Loved
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The Catholic Calendar for Thursday, May 16, 2024
Thursday of the Seventh Week of Easter
Scripture from today's Liturgy of the Word:
Acts 22:30; 23:6-11
Psalm 16:1-2a and 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11
John 17:20-26
A reflection on today's Sacred Scripture:
"Lifting His eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed, "I pray for those who will believe in me" (John 17:20).
Comprehending God's enormous love for us isn't easy, but St. John helps us understand a good measure of it in today's Gospel Reading, where he presents us with the amazing prayer of Jesus to His Father. What tender words Jesus prayed on our behalf!
If you want to know Jesus more intimately, allow St. John to share more of Jesus' beautiful prayer with you, where His love for us shines through so clearly.
This is how much Jesus loves us: knowing He had only hours until His arrest, Jesus prayed for what He desired most - that we all believe in Him as one, and that we believe His Father loves us just as much as Him! ". . . that the world might believe that you loved them, even as you loved me" (John 17:23).
Jesus spent one of His last precious days praying desperately for you and me, exposing His beautiful heart to His Father that we may know the extent to which we are loved, "Father, they are your gift to me." (John 17:24)
Oh, how we are loved. Be amazed with me!
Elizabeth Tichvon
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About the Author
Elizabeth Tichvon is a Catholic writer and Consecrated Marian Catechist under the Direction of His Eminence Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke. Always faithful to the Magisterium, she spreads and defends the Catholic faith as a true witness of Christ, confessing the name of Jesus boldly, never ashamed of the Cross.
Elizabeth became aware of the need for the New Evangelization while in the two years of her formation as a Marian Catechist and wrote over 200 published meditations on Sacred Scripture from the daily Liturgy of the Word for various Catholic websites, and following Jesus' example, now teaches through her own parables so that by sharing her stories through social media, might bring others closer to the heart of Christ. She is currently a regular columnist at Catholic365 and as a Marian Catechist, her spiritual life is the foundation of her writing.
She completed UCLA's Graduate Program With Honors and worked as a Paralegal for 32 years before retiring from Chrysler's Office of the General Counsel in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
Elizabeth's website may be found at elizabethtichvon.net
