THE NEXT DAYS
Week of January 20 to 26, 2025
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LET'S MEDITATE TOGETHER
Monday, January 20, 2025
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Theme: "Living in sincere love"
Text: Romans 12: 9-10
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9. Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling firmly to what is good. 10. In brotherly love, be affectionate to one another; in honor, be considerate of one another.
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Sincere love can be defined as a true, deep feeling of affection, respect and commitment to someone. It is an authentic love that does not seek to possess or control the other, but seeks to elevate and support them. It is therefore a disinterested love that expects nothing in return. The perfect example of sincere love is that shown by Jesus by offering himself up to death on the cross, for the sins of which he is not the author. We must live in sincere love, a love without hidden facets. Sincere love is without hypocrisy. The hypocrite hides his character or his true intentions, and he displays what is contrary and which could please. Hypocritical love consists in pretending by giving a false appearance. Let us not be hypocrites so that others are not also hypocrites towards us. If we live in hypocrisy, we destroy human relationships but also the relationship with God. Let us abhor evil and attach ourselves strongly to good. Let us be rigorous in the management of our feelings and especially in the management of love. Out of brotherly love, let us be full of affection for one another. We must wish well-being or happiness to our neighbor, and if possible participate in achieving it. May evil be dissolved from among us so that love may take a good flight. Let us destroy hatred and hypocrisy in order to value sincere love. Excellent Monday. Amen
Alain Louz.-
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LET'S MEDITATE TOGETHER
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
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Theme: "Living in sincere love"
Text: Romans 13: 8-10
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8. Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves others has fulfilled the law. 9. Indeed, the commandments: You shall not commit adultery, you shall not kill, you shall not steal, you shall not covet, and those that may still exist, are summed up in this word: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 10. Love does no harm to its neighbor: love is therefore the fulfillment of the law.
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The debt of love is the only true debt that we must have towards our neighbor. Every child of God has a debt of love towards his neighbor. This means that we have the obligation to credit our neighbor with love. He too must credit us. We will make payments to each other in one way and another in order to fill the debt of love that was reciprocally contracted the day we agreed to become sons of God. It is by paying it that we will live in sincere love. There must be no debts of hatred, fights, brawls, disputes, wickedness and other debts. Let us be models of love by offering our love without using tribal-ethnic criteria. Love for our neighbor must be a kind of “moral debt” that we must assume and pay without resigning ourselves. Having no debt of resentment or rancor. Let us not have a debt of vengeance. Let us offer our forgiveness as a sign of love in order to succeed in building on the rock of the Word of God. He who loves others has fulfilled the law of love which is a universal law in that it consists in loving our neighbor as ourselves. A person who does not commit adultery, who does not kill, who does not steal, who does not covet, but who does not love his neighbor is guilty before the whole law because love does no harm to the neighbor. Excellent Tuesday. Amen
Alain Louz.-
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LET'S MEDITATE TOGETHER
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
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Theme: "Living in sincere love"
Text: John 15:12-14
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12. This is my commandment: Love one another, as I have loved you. 13. Greater love has no one than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14. You are my friends, if you do what I command you.
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In every true friendship, there is a mutual solidarity that can lead to repeated sacrifices. Out of love, good friends have no difficulty when it comes to helping each other. Love requires us to surpass ourselves and forget ourselves. However, in the case of humans, sacrifices have thresholds that must not be exceeded, whatever the degree of friendship. On the contrary, the love of Jesus has no limits. If humans cannot give their lives, as proof of sincere love, towards their neighbor; Jesus at least gave his life in order to save all of humanity. It is therefore He, Jesus, who teaches us the value of sincere love. Jesus made love a greater commandment that surpasses all the others; at the same time as he summarizes them. This commandment gives us the injunction to love God and our neighbor sincerely, as he loved us. In reality, to understand it better, we just need to copy the action of Jesus that led to the cross. He died a shameful death for the sins he did not commit. And it is there that he tells us that there is no greater love than to give one's life for one's friends. If we do what he commands us, then we are his friends. In short, sincere love consists in giving and not in receiving. The Father gave us his Son and; the Son gave his life on the cross. Incomparable and unconditional love. Excellent Wednesday. Amen.
Alain Louz.-
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LET US MEDITATE TOGETHER
Thursday, January 23, 2025
Theme: “Living in sincere love”
Text: 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
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Version Le Semeur
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4 Love is patient, it is full of kindness, love. It does not envy, it does not seek to show off, it is not puffed up with pride. 5 It does nothing improper. It does not seek its own interest, it is not bitter against others, it does not plot evil. 6 Injustice saddens it, but the truth rejoices it. 7 In every opportunity, it forgives, it trusts, it hopes, it perseveres. 8 Love will have no end. Prophecies will cease, unknown languages ​​will end, and special knowledge will cease. Amen!
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Sincere love cannot harm the interests of one's neighbor. It does not make one feel uncomfortable, no matter the situation. A person who has hatred cannot take the time to be patient with someone they do not love. But, love is patient. If we envy or covet the things of others, it is because we lack love. To admire or contemplate is not to envy. To envy is to desire and wish to be in the place of the owner. Love is full of kindness, it always likes to do good to others. Love never seeks to dominate or crush its neighbor. Love is humble and without pride. It favors the interest of its neighbor while selfishness teaches us that "Charity begins at home. We must think of ourselves before taking care of others". But love teaches us the opposite of this maxim. Love does not suffer from seeing its neighbor evolve. He rejoices and congratulates him while giving glory to God for this grace. The person who has sincere love will feel sad in the face of injustices. He will want to fight them and work to eradicate them. Love rejoices in the truth while it refuses lies. Love forgives on all occasions, and it trusts, it does not lose hope in the face of any kind of challenge. Sincere love is eternal and will continue until the heavenly city. Excellent Thursday. Amen
Alain Louz.-
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LET'S MEDITATE TOGETHER
Friday, January 24, 2025
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Theme: "Living in sincere love"
Text: 1 John 3:16-18
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16. By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us; we also ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 17. If anyone has the world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him? 18. Little children, let us not love in word or with the tongue, but in deed and in truth.
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Philanthropy, charity and other similar actions serve to give the joy of life to the recipients of donations. Foundations and the "local content within companies" component also carry out acts of generosity in society. Our society has understood the meaning of generosity for thousands of years. Even among capitalists, there is generosity. Giving is part of God's DNA implanted in humans. Giving is a mark of sympathy and a proof of sincere love. However, we must give without pride, without the intention of dominating, without stealing the dignity of the beneficiary. Giving must not hide an agenda behind the donor's head as the leaders of political parties do; the worst example not to follow. Those who lead us are unfortunately not the right model of sincere love because they take photos after helping people, then they publish them, which is the opposite of sincere love. Sincere love consists of giving without making public announcements. Let us not wait for people to come and ask us for help before giving. Giving must first rejoice the heart of the donor. Let us not make unfulfilled promises, each promise of donation must be fulfilled to maintain our credibility and live in sincere love. Let us not wait to have millions before starting to help our neighbor. Let us not close our hearts to the difficulty of others. Giving to a man is sowing in the heart of God. Excellent Friday and good start to the weekend. Amen
Alain Louz.-
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LET'S MEDITATE TOGETHER
Saturday, January 25, 2025
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Theme: "Living in sincere love"
Text: 1 John 4:20-21
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20. If anyone says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? 21. And this commandment we have from him: that he who loves God love his brother also.
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Today's message teaches us an inclusive love, devoid of preference. We cannot choose who to love and exclude others. Love is an "all-in-one" package like an "all-inclusive" package. This kind of package takes care of all the aspects notified in the specifications. For us, we are asked to take into account each person and to love them without sulking. Obviously, there will be the problem of people who are not sociable, those who are not sociable, hateful people, people who hate us, pagan people, people who do not fit into our mold of love. And this is the most juicy part of sincere love. We must love them. God tells us to love them with all our heart. There is no other explanation to give, just love them and that's it. Loving a person does not mean that we have to go and visit them every day. It is about the disposition of our heart. Let us not close our hearts to the love that our neighbor deserves; as God loves us without looking at our faults, we too love our neighbor without seeing his faults. Loving God becomes an empty slogan when we hate our neighbor, because God is the image of our neighbor whom we do not love. To love God is to obey Him when He tells us to love our neighbor with a sincere love. Excellent Saturday. Amen
Alain Louz.-
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LET US MEDITATE TOGETHER
Sunday, January 26, 2025
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Theme: “Living in sincere love”
Text: Matthew 5:43-48
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43. You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44. But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who despitefully use you and persecute you, 45. that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. 46. If you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? 47. And if you only greet your brothers, what do you do more than others? Do not even the Gentiles likewise? 48. Be you therefore perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.
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Sincere love makes us sons and daughters of God our Father. If we have not yet put sincere love into focus, we are not sons of God. For this reason, God teaches us a new way of life. Let us forget what we have been told since childhood that we must love those who love us. However, the Gentiles do the same thing. So we resemble the Gentiles. God wants to teach us another way of life that is the opposite of what we usually do. It is about loving those who want to kill us, those who have betrayed us, those who plot against us, those who have stolen our wives or husbands, those who have promised us misfortune. This is what God gives us as a challenge to succeed in order to be true children of God. Let us admit to God that it is difficult so that he gives us the ability to do it. The flesh will discourage us by placing us in a position of pride, in an excessive ego. Let us know that each change is difficult, but God will give us the flow of love necessary to triumph. We have in us, this capacity to love our enemies but it is sin that veils our understanding of this. Jesus did it by loving his traitor Judas. If we want to be like Jesus, we must love our enemies, then we will be perfect as He is perfect. Excellent Sunday. Amen
Alain Louz.-
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Week of January 27 to February 2, 2025
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LET US MEDITATE TOGETHER
Monday, January 27, 2025
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Theme: “Assisting our neighbor”
Text: Acts 9:31-35
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31. The church had peace throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria, being edified and walking in the fear of the Lord, and it increased by the help of the Holy Spirit. 32. While Peter was visiting all the saints, he also went down to those who lived in Lydda. 33. There he found a man named Aeneas, who had been lying on a bed for eight years, paralyzed. 34. Peter said to him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you; get up and make your bed. And he got up immediately. 35. All the inhabitants of Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they converted to the Lord.
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To assist our neighbor is to help someone, a group that is in need, to bring them material, moral, spiritual or other help. It is also to support, to help someone in their activity. The basis of the gospel is to love God and our neighbor. And love pushes us to help, to provide assistance to anyone who is in need. Let us take care to assist our neighbor by bringing them the Good News of salvation. Let us accompany this with provisions of all kinds that can restore the joy lost because of destitution. Assisting our neighbor extends to courtesy visits. We must go and visit our loved ones who are sick at home or in hospitals. Let us also go to those who live in total isolation and without assistance. Let us go to retirement homes, to the streets, to hospitals, to families to talk about Jesus. If we find a sick person, we must provide him with all-round assistance. Let us not shy away from any challenge because God is the guarantor of our initiatives. When we help our neighbor, there are spectacular results that can convert pagans. Let us not be insensitive to the difficulties of our neighbor. We must use humility when we provide assistance to our neighbor. Excellent Monday. Amen
Alain Louz.-
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LET US MEDITATE TOGETHER
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
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Theme: “Helping our neighbor”
Text: 2 Corinthians 8:1-5
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1. We make known to you, brothers, the grace of God that has been revealed in the churches of Macedonia. 2. In the midst of much tribulation that they were tested, their overflowing joy and deep poverty produced abundant bounty on their part. 3. They gave, I testify, willingly according to their means, and even beyond their means, 4. earnestly asking us for the grace to share in the ministry intended for the saints. 5. And not only did they contribute as we had hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord, and then to us, by the will of God.
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When we offer ourselves to God to serve Him, in return, we receive the grace to depend on Him and to do His will. Offering our heart to God gives us the ability to love our neighbor and to help them. Those who give themselves with all their heart to God, forget their own interests and give priority to those of God and their neighbor. They invest their hope in God, being sure that God takes care of their needs while they take care of those who are in difficulty. There are people who share even the last thing they had left, not knowing what to do tomorrow, but they hope in the Lord. Material poverty is not a brake on not helping our neighbor. Destitution is not an obstacle that prevents us from coming to the aid of our neighbor. It is the disposition of the heart that counts the most. Money or material things do not necessarily solve people's problems. Those who lack financial means can be a great resource in advice or prayer. He can help solve a recurring problem just by giving advice. A gift of money received can be mismanaged by the beneficiary who already has a problem managing funds. Let us give what we have that could help build a life. It can be material and financial goods, telephone contacts, prayers and exhortations, job offers. We can also help our neighbor by telling him what attitude to have in any situation. Let us offer our services to those who need them. Excellent Tuesday. Amen
Alain Louz.-