In him you also, who have heard the word of truth,
the gospel of your salvation, and have believed in him,
were sealed with the promised holy Spirit,
which is the first installment of our inheritance
toward redemption as God’s possession,
to the praise of his glory.
Ephesians 1:13-14
Christ in you, the hope of Glory
God has chosen to make known the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you,the hope of glory. (Colossians 1:27)
Jesus said, "Every one who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven; but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven" (Mt.10:32-33).
If Christ is in you, although your bodies are dead because of sin, your spirits are alive because of righteousness (Rom 8:10). There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death (Rom 8:1-2).
A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master; it is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master (Matthew 10:24-25).
Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross (Phil. 2:5-8).
Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father (Phil. 2:9-11).
Glorious riches of this mystery
"The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand (Lk. 8:10). Not everyone can accept this word, but only those to whom it has been given (Mt. 19:11). To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given (Mt. 13:11). This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled him" (Jn. 6:65).
I can no longer live without Jesus.
How soon shall I receive Him again?
St. Maria Goretti
