Tuesday in the Sixth Week of Easter

We pray through Tuesday in the sixth week of Easter and let Saint Cyril of Alexandria press the question of what it really means to be united with Christ. We hold together Eucharist, Holy Spirit, and daily life until “one body and one spirit” feels personal and concrete. 
• opening invocations and doxology to centre the heart 
• Morning Offering through the Immaculate Heart of Mary for prayers, work, joys, and sufferings 
• Saint Cyril on receiving Christ’s sacred flesh and becoming members of his body 
• Saint Paul’s vision of Jews and Gentiles as joint heirs in one Church 
• the Holy Spirit as one and indivisible, gathering many into unity 
• a call to bear with one another and secure unity by the bonds of peace 
• one loaf, one cup, one body as Eucharistic communion and lived holiness 
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Transcript

Morning Offering Through Mary

Saint Cyril On Union With Christ

One Bread One Cup Prayer

Closing Prayers And Mercy

Invitation To Join Cristeros

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Tuesday in the sixth 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 commentary on the Gospel of John by Saint Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop. All who received the sacred flesh of Christ are united with him as members of his body. This is the teaching of Saint Paul when he speaks of the mystery of our religion that was hidden from former generations, but has now been revealed to the holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit, namely, that the Gentiles are joint heirs with the Jews, that they are members of the same body, and that they have a share in the promise made by God in Christ Jesus. If in Christ all of us, both ourselves and he who is within us by his own flesh, are members of the same body, is it not clear that we are one, both with one another and with Christ? He is the bond that unites us, because he is at once both God and man. With regard to our unity in the Spirit, we may say, following the same line of thought, that all of us who have received one and the same Spirit, the Holy Spirit, are united intimately, both with one another and with God. Taken separately we are many, and Christ sends the Spirit, who is both the Father's Spirit and His own, to dwell in each of us. Yet that Spirit, being one and indivisible, gathers together those who are distinct from each other as individuals, and causes them all to be seen as a unity in himself. Just as Christ's sacred flesh has power to make those in whom it is present into one body, so the one, indivisible Spirit of God, dwelling in all, causes all to become one in spirit. Therefore, Saint Paul appeals to us to bear with one another charitably, and to spare no effort in securing by the bonds of peace the unity that comes from the Spirit. There is but one body and one spirit, just as there is but one hope held out to us by God's call, there is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and works through all and is in all. If the one spirit dwells in us, the one God and Father of all will be in us, and he through his Son will gather together into unity with one another and with himself, all who share in the Spirit. There is another way of showing that we are made one by sharing in the Holy Spirit. If we have given up our worldly way of life and submitted once for all to the laws of the Spirit, it must surely be obvious to everyone that by repudiating, in a sense, our own life, and taking on the spiritual likeness of the Holy Spirit, who is united to us, our nature is transformed so that we are no longer merely men, but also sons of God, spiritual men, by reason of the share we have received in the divine nature. We are all one, therefore, in the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. We are one in mind and holiness, we are one through our communion in the sacred flesh of Christ, and through our sharing in the one Holy Spirit. Since there is only one loaf, though we are many, we form one body. For all of us partake of the one bread and the one cup. In your goodness, O God, you provided for the poor, and you give a home to the friendless, for all of us partake of the one bread and the one cup. Alleluia. Grant, Almighty and Merciful God, that we may in truth receive a share in the resurrection of Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for ever 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 iCristeros.org.