Colossians 3:15
And let the peace that
comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are
called to live in peace. And always be thankful.
In high school science class, we learned about grafting. This process of grafting is when you take a piece from a good productive plant and put it on a hardier root stock plant. In the south, this is how many of the larger pecan hybrids are developed. Both trees receive a gift. The gift is the graft from a plant that produces good large pecans and the good strong root system to support the pecan. As the tree grows that plant becomes fruitful and strong. It produces good pecans.
This is our lives as Christians. Each one of us, so different, are brought together in the peace and love of Christ. Each of us is the root stock. We receive the gift of the Holy Spirit from God. In this gift is found happiness and peace. Promised to us by Christ, they are made part of us by the Holy Spirit. In these we are empowered to bear fruit.
These fruits are the fruits of the Holy Spirit. They are love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self control. Christians are to share these fruits through their lives. These are the qualities found in true happiness that restores us through the Holy Spirit to paradise and leads us to the Kingdom of heaven. (CCC 736)
Prayer: (Saint Augustine
O Holy Spirit, descend
plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected
dwelling and scatter there your cheerful beams. Amen.
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