Tuesday in the Third Week of Easter

We pray through the third week of Easter and offer the whole day to Jesus through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, uniting our work and suffering to the Mass. We then listen to Saint Augustine call us to “sing a new song” by letting God’s love, poured out through the Holy Spirit, remake how we live and love. 
• daily offering of prayers, works, joys, and sufferings united to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass 
• Saint Augustine on the new man, the new song, and the new covenant 
• love as joy and as the true meaning behind praise 
• choosing the right object of love rather than trying to stop loving 
• God loving us first as the source of our love for God 
• the Holy Spirit pouring God’s love into our hearts 
• letting our lives match our words so our praise is real 
• living a new life in Christ and loving one another as commanded 
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Transcript

Saint Augustine On The New Song

God Loves First Through The Spirit

Let Your Life Match Your Praise

Closing Prayer And Final Blessing

Invitation To Join The Cristeros

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Tuesday, in the third 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 sermon by Saint Augustine, Bishop. Sing to the Lord a new song. His praise is in the assembly of the saints. We are urged to sing a new song to the Lord, as new men who have learned a new song. A song is a thing of joy. More profoundly, it is a thing of love. Anyone, therefore, who has learned to love the new life has learned to sing a new song, and the new song reminds us of our new life. The new man, the new song, the new covenant all belong to one kingdom of God. And so the new man will sing a new song and will belong to the covenant. There is not one who does not love something, but the question is what to love. The Psalms do not tell us not to love, but to choose the object of our love. But how can we choose unless we are first chosen? We cannot love unless someone has loved us first. Listen to the Apostle John. We love him because he first loved us. The source of man's love for God can only be found in the fact that God loved him first. He has given us himself as the object of our love, and he has also given us its source. What this source is, you may learn more clearly from the Apostle Paul, who tells us, the love of God has been poured into our hearts. This love is not something we generate ourselves, it comes to us through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. Since we have an assurance, then, let us love God with the love He has given us. As John tells us more fully, God is love, and whoever dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him. It is not enough to say love is from God. Which of us would dare to pronounce the words of Scripture, God is love? He alone could say it, who knew what it was to have God dwelling within him. God offers us a short route to the possession of Himself. He cries out, Love me and you will have me, for you will be unable to love me if you did not possess me already. My dear brothers and sons, fruit of the true faith and holy seed of heaven, all you who have been born again in Christ, and whose life is from above, listen to me, or rather listen to the Holy Spirit saying through me, Sing to the Lord a new song. Look, you tell me I am singing. Yes, indeed, you are singing. You are singing clearly, I can hear you. But make sure that your life does not contradict your words. Sing with your voices, your hearts, your lips, and your lives. Sing to the Lord a new song. Now it is your unquestioned desire to sing of him whom you love, but you ask me how to sing his praises. You have heard the words, sing to the Lord a new song, and you wish to know what praises to sing. The answer is, His praise is in the assembly of the saints, it is in the singers themselves. If you desire to praise him, then live what you express, live good lives, and you yourselves will be his praise. Just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too must live a new life. And we must love one another as the Lord has commanded us. Hallelujah. Let us sing the praises of the Lord. Let us sing a new song to our God. And we must love one another as the Lord has commanded us. Hallelujah. O God, who open wide the gates of the heavenly kingdom to those reborn of water and the Holy Spirit, pour out on your servants an increase of the grace you have bestowed, that, having been purged of all sins, they may lack nothing that in your kindness you have promised. 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 the Cristeros.org.