Monday, March 19, 2012

God reaches through Christ and gives us His mercy.

Each person needs to be reconciled to God. Reconciliation means to change from being an enemy to a friend. We find justification by our faith that we are in Christ and that He paid the price for our works against God and died in our place. Our Heavenly Father has been reconciled to you by the death of Jesus Christ and you don’t do anything to reconcile God or win Him over as Christ did so for us. It is the life of Christ that God approves. It is by faith we now live in the life of Christ. If we now are living Christ's life we are not considered His enemy but rejoicing in our friendship with God.
Romans 5:11 Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

Prayer to St. Michael

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in the day of battle. Be our safeguard against the wickedness and the snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and  do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the power of God cast into hell Satan and all the other evil spirits who prowl through the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
This powerful prayer of exorcism was composed by Pope Leo Xlll on September 25th 1888. In a vision, he had been shown the fearful battle to be waged between Satan and St. Michael over the church of the future. Now, as never before, the church needs the intercession of St. Michael! If possible pray this prayer every day!