The Call of Christ

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  Word of God  
 
I have called you friends,
for all that I have heard from my Father
I have made known to you.
Jesus; John 15:15
 


God is friendship…
He who dwells in friendship dwells in God
and God in him.

 
St. Aelred, 12th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Whoever wishes to come after me
must deny himself, take up his cross,
and follow me.
Jesus; Matthew 16:24
 


Following Christ is above all,
a question of love.

 
His Holiness, Benedict XVI

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Follow me.
Jesus; Luke 9:23
 




Holiness is acquired by following Jesus,
not by avoiding reality and its trials,
but by facing them in the light and strength of the Holy Spirit.


 
Pope John Paul II, 20th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Come to me... I will give you rest.
Jesus; Matthew 11: 28:9
 




God himself is our reward, and the end of all our labors.

 
St. Thomas Aquinas, 13th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Behold, I stand at the door and knock.


Jesus; The Book of Revelation 3:20
 




Blessed is the one at whose door Christ stands and knocks.
Our door is faith.
If it is strong enough the whole house is safe.
Faith is the door by which Christ enters.

 
St. Ambrose, 4th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Come follow me.
Jesus; Matthew 19:21
 


All that Jesus asks of us is to give ourselves to him
in all our poverty and nothingness.

 
Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, 20th century

 

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