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THE CROSS IS GOD’S ANSWER TO OUR DEEPEST NEEDS by Father Linh

SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - YEAR C

 

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Second Reading: Colossians 2:12-14.

 

God has brought you to life along with Christ, having forgiven us all our transgressions.

 

Brothers and sisters: You were buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead. And even when you were dead in transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he brought you to life along with him, having forgiven us all our transgressions; obliterating the bond against us, with its legal claims, which was opposed to us, he also removed it from our midst, nailing it to the cross.

 

Questions for Reflection

 

1.      How do you feel when you remember that Jesus shed His blood on the cross for you?

 

2.      What did Jesus do for you with His death on the cross?

 

3.      What could you say to someone who says, “I don’t see what Christ accomplished by dying on the cross”?


This article was published on Saturday 24 July, 2010.

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