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“I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.                “You shall have no other gods before me.                “You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me, and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.                “You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain, for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.                “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. You shall labor six days, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates; for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.                “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.                “You shall not murder.                “You shall not commit adultery.                “You shall not steal.                “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.                “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”
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Message from the Editor, Love One Another! 9/2008
   

By Father Mieczysław Piotrowski TChr,
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The passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ represent the supreme event of the human race and every human being. In the dramatic events of the Paschal mystery the God-Man accomplished His decisive victory and freed all people from bondage to sin, Satan, and death. This fundamental truth is the cause of our ineradicable joy and optimism. “Death, where is your sting? So let us thank God for giving us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Cor 15: 55-57).

In His boundless mercy, Our Risen Lord, Who lives and abides in His Church, extends to each and every one of us the gift of forgiveness of sins and eternal life. Those who believe and accept this gift every day experience — even now while living on earth — the joy of resurrection. What does it mean to accept the gift of Christ’s risen life? It means so ordering our daily lives that fostering our relationship with Jesus in prayer becomes our supreme task and responsibility. The Holy Father Benedict XVI tells us that daily prayer is a question of life and death for every one of us. It is not an option or an extra, but must be accepted at once as our greatest privilege and duty. Through earnest prayer and the Sacraments of Penance and the Eucharist we unite ourselves with the Risen Jesus and so receive His gift of eternal life and ineradicable love. Only those who persevere in prayer, who rise from every sin in the Sacrament of Penance, who receive the Eucharist with filial love, and entrust themselves totally to God, are able to bear with Christ the cross of their daily life and experience even now on this earth the joy of resurrection.

“Christ’s resurrection occurred at a given moment in history, but He still desires to rise in the lives of countless numbers of people, in the lives of every man and nation” – said Pope John Paul II in his Easter address of 1986. “This rising from the dead requires man’s cooperation, the cooperation of all people. But always overarching this resurrection is that other Life, which vanquished the tomb on that Easter morning so many centuries ago. Wherever the heart of man overcomes selfishness, violence, and hatred, and turns with compassion to one who stands in need, there too Christ rises from the dead.”

Dear Readers! It is thanks to your prayers and generosity that we are able to meet the greatest of man’s needs, which is his desire for God, and publish Love One Another Magazine in Polish, English, Russian, German, Slovak, Czech, Hungarian, Rumanian, Bulgarian, and Ukrainian. We are all responsible not only for our own salvation, but also for the salvation of others. Let us allow the Risen One to work through us and win over peoples’ hearts by His Truth and Love. Be joyful and courageous witnesses to the Risen Jesus! Write and send us your testimonies of your conversion. Tell us how you discovered the treasure of the Faith and how God continues to act in your life. We remember you every day in our prayers. 

 

Fr Mieczyslaw Piotrowski & the LOA team

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