Tuesday in the Second Week of Easter

We pray Tuesday of the second week of Easter and listen to Saint Fulgentius on how love builds up the Body of Christ. We ask the Holy Spirit to keep us firm in unity through the Eucharist and to help us proclaim the power of the risen Lord. 
• opening prayers and the daily offering through the Immaculate Heart of Mary 
• Saint Fulgentius on the Church as living stones built by love 
• the Eucharist as participation in Christ’s body and blood 
• the Holy Spirit creating one heart and soul among believers 
• Saint Paul’s call to humility, patience, and the bond of peace 
• prayer for mission and confidence in what God will fully reveal 
• closing devotions to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Our Lady of Guadalupe 

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Transcript

Morning Offering Through Mary

Living Stones And Eucharistic Unity

Prayer To Proclaim The Risen Lord

Closing Devotions And Mercy Petitions

Invitation To Join The Cristeros

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Tuesday in the second week of Easter. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. O God, come to my assistance. O Lord, make haste to help me. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer you my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of this day, in union with the holy sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world, for the remission of my sins, for the intentions of my family and friends, and in particular for the intentions of the Holy Father. Amen. From a book addressed to Monomus by Saint Fulgentius of Ruspi, Bishop. The spiritual building up of the body of Christ is achieved through love. As Saint Peter says, like living stones, you are built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. And there can be no more effective way to pray for this spiritual growth than for the church, itself Christ's body, to make the offering of his body and blood in the sacramental form of bread and wine. For the cup we drink is a participation in the blood of Christ, and the bread we break is a participation in the body of Christ. Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body, since we all share the same bread. And so we pray that, by the same grace which made the church Christ's body, all its members may remain firm in the unity of that body through the enduring bond of love. We are right to pray that this may be brought about in us through the gift of the one Spirit of the Father and the Son. The Holy Trinity, the one true God, is of its nature unity, equality, and love, and by one divine activity sanctifies its adopted sons. That is why Scripture says that God's love has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit He has given us. The Holy Spirit, who is the one Spirit of the Father and the Son, produces in those to whom he gives the grace of divine adoption the same effect as he produced among those whom the Acts of the Apostles describes as having received the Holy Spirit. We are told that the company of those who believed were of one heart and soul, because the one spirit of the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is one God, had created a single heart and soul in all those who believed. This is why Saint Paul, in his exhortation to the Ephesians, says that this spiritual unity in the bond of peace must be carefully preserved. I, therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, he writes, beg you to lead a life worthy of your calling, with all humility and meekness, and with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one spirit. God makes the church itself a sacrifice pleasing in his sight by preserving within it the love which his Holy Spirit has poured out. Thus the grace of that spiritual love is always available to us, enabling us continually to offer ourselves to God as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to him forever. I pray for them that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me, and I in you. I have given them the glory you gave to me, that they may be one as we are one. Alleluia. As you have sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world, that they may be one, as we are one. Alleluia. Enable us, we pray, Almighty God, to proclaim the power of the risen Lord, that we who have received the pledge of his gift may come to possess all he gives when it is fully revealed. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God forever and ever. Amen. Let us praise the Lord and give him thanks. All that I have and all that I am, I give to your hands, Jesus, through the heart of Mary, your blessed mother. Amen. Sacred heart of Jesus, have mercy on us. Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for us. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. If you found this time of prayer and reflection fruitful and would like more opportunities to grow in your faith, consider joining the Cristeros and purchasing our publications now available on Amazon.com. The Cristeros app is available on the Apple app and Google Play Store. More information on the Cristeros can be found at theCristeros.org.