ACTIVITIES OF THE TRINITY OF GOD IN THE NEW AGE

SATURDAY FIFTH WEEK OF EASTER Gospel (John 15:18-21) Jesus said to his disciples:  "If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world, the world hates you. Remember the word I spoke to you, 'No slave is greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. And they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me."   The Gospel of the Lord: Praise to You, Lord Jesus Christ. The Word of God for Everyone Dear People of God, In today's Word of God, the Lord calls upon all His children to look to the example of Jesus Christ, who sacrificed Himself, died, and rose again to save all humanity. God lets His children of light know that when He came into the world as man to bring salvation and to show His love for humanity, He was condemned, hated, and rejected by the world. He did nothing wrong, so why was He condemned, rejected, and put to death? This was due to the envy and hatred of Satan and the world. They do not want God to love humanity, and they do not want people to have eternal life with God the Father. Therefore, they seek every way to reject and kill; but the love of God always triumphs over death, and always overcomes the hatred, envy, and jealousy of Satan and the world. This is what God the Father teaches humanity: - Those who follow the light of God the Father will also have to suffer, be condemned, and be rejected by the world. This is what God the Father teaches humanity beforehand, so that when encountering difficulties and trials, one should trust absolutely and remain faithful to God the Father. - Look to the example of Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, who died hanging on the cross, so that from there, people may courageously walk the path of light and truth to come to God the Father. - God the Father is the only Teacher; all who listen to and carry out His teachings will overcome temptation and defeat the attacks of Satan. - Let love overcome hatred, and let love shatter death. Carry out the commandment of love to which God invites humanity: to love God above all things and to love your neighbor as yourself. Only by living in this way can one overcome the world and conquer death. God the Father also invites His children to be courageous and steadfast in walking in the work of God the Father, remaining faithful, obedient, and following His holy will, so that you may be saved by God the Father and granted eternal life, and through this, Satan will be forced to retreat. He also calls upon all who are walking in the work of God the Father in this new era: listen to the teachings of God the Father and put them into practice, rather than just listening and ignoring them. For the Word of God always has the power to help people escape difficulties, trials, and the persecution that the world seeks to impose through rejection and condemnation. Thanks be to God. Amen.

FRIDAY OF THE FIFTH WEEK OF EASTER Gospel (John 15:12-17) Jesus said to his disciples: “This is my commandment: love one another as I love you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I no longer call you slaves, because a slave does not know what his master is doing. I have called you friends, because I have told you everything I have heard from my Father. It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you. This I command you: love one another.” The Gospel of the Lord: Praise to You, Lord Jesus Christ. The Word of God for Everyone Dear People of God, In today's Word of God, God the Father reveals to humanity that before Jesus went to His death, He instructed His disciples: “This is my commandment: love one another as I love you, and remain in my love.” Jesus taught His disciples the necessity of maintaining a close, fraternal relationship with one another. He desired the best for His disciples, so He advised them: “Love one another”; for only love brings life, joy, and happiness to humanity. Whoever remains in God's love, He will reveal to them what He does, and whatever they ask, He will grant them. The promises of Jesus Christ are always the truth, and He never breaks His word. Jesus said: “It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear much fruit.” Thus, everyone’s vocation is ordained by God. God sees what is good for each individual and entrusts them with that mission, but the most important thing God desires is that everyone to live by is: “Love.” Only by living in love can we bear much fruit; and to bear much fruit, we must sacrifice ourselves, know how to give, and know how to prune away unnecessary things- only then can we bear much fruit as God calls us to do. God calls everyone to live and act according to His teachings: to live in love and remain in God's love by spreading that love to others. Only the sign of love is pleasing to God and proves that it comes from Him. If there is no love, then it does not come from God. Those chosen by God should live by demonstrating the signs of love, forgiveness, humility, littleness, and simplicity before God. In this way, by that sign, people will recognize that these are truly the disciples of God, those whom God has chosen. However, if we do not live according to God's teachings, if we harbor envy, jealousy, hatred, anger, resentment, and mutual criticism of one another, then those things come from Satan; Satan will fail to show the sign of God's love and will not bear the fruit of bringing souls back to God. Love always requires sacrifice and self-denial, but it will bring forth many fruits of happiness. Just as Jesus Christ offered Himself for humanity to save souls, these are the good fruits that Jesus offered back to God the Father. He now also calls upon His disciples to do the same: to sacrifice themselves for the sake of others, to save souls and offer them to God the Father. Remain in God's love, and He will grant us all things and reveal His works to us. There is no greater happiness than having God dwell within our hearts. Thanks be to God. Amen.

THURSDAY OF THE FIFTH WEEK OF EASTER Gospel (John 15:9-11) Jesus said to his disciples: “As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love. “I have told you this so that my joy might be in you and your joy might be complete.” The Gospel of the Lord: Praise to You, Lord Jesus Christ. The Word of God for Everyone Dear People of God, In today's Word of God, Jesus speaks to His disciples and to all His children: “Keep My commandments. Love and remain in My love, just as I have remained in the love of God the Father, and I have kept the commandments of God the Father.” He invites all His children to live in a Father-child relationship with God the Father through Jesus Christ. How blessed it is for humanity to be able to call God 'Father'! A powerful Father full of kindness, full of mercy, and full of love for all His children. God does not want to lose any child to the hands of Satan. The merciful Father always wants His children to be happy with God the Father. If the Father is happy, then the children must also be happy with God the Father. If a child suffers, God the Father is also heartbroken. Because of His love for His children, He cares for them every single moment. He has taught us through His Word to bring light and guide His children on their path. He earnestly invites all His children to walk on the path of the Lord, which is to follow His teachings, to live out the commandments that Jesus Christ taught when He humbled Himself to take on human form to accompany humanity and dwell with us. There is no love greater than the love of God. Everyone is a child of God; let us return to living by the word “love” to receive complete joy, happiness, and eternal peace with God the Father. Thanks be to God. Amen.

WEDNESDAY OF THE FIFTH WEEK OF EASTER Gospel (John 15:1-8) Jesus said to his disciples: “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower. He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and everyone that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit. You are already pruned because of the word that I spoke to you. Remain in me, as I remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing. Anyone who does not remain in me will be thrown out like a branch and wither; people will gather them and throw them into a fire and they will be burned. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask for whatever you want and it will be done for you. By this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples.” The Gospel of the Lord: Praise to You, Lord Jesus Christ. The Word of God for Everyone. Dear People of God, Today’s Word of God, Jesus speaks to His disciples, as well as to all His children: “Remain in me, as I remain in you”, and “I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit.” God loves all people. He shows us how to live to have peace, happiness, and to bear much fruit. That fruit is the salvation of souls from the captivity of Satan. Without God, no one can do anything. Only God is the One who grants strength to help people be courageous, to help us live with love, sacrifice, to give, and to help us renounce all vices to welcome into our souls the love and unity that come from God. He is the vine, the strength, and the lifeblood that nourishes the branches, which are humanity. What is the lifeblood that God grants to people and calls us to live by? It is: speaking words of love, giving love with all our souls and bodies; knowing how to share, living charitably toward others, and living sacrificially and loving just as God Himself has loved humanity. In today's Word of God, God the Father instructs us to attain God’s true peace within our souls; we must remain in God’s love. Trust and hope in Him. Ask Him to grant the strength to fight against the enemy, Satan, who lurks every second and every minute to tempt, waiting for the opportunity to seize human souls and pull us away from God, causing our souls to live in pain and torment when God is not in our hearts. God loves all people. God calls upon His children to live and act in accordance with His teachings. Thanks be to God. Amen.

TUESDAY OF THE FIFTH WEEK OF EASTER Gospel (John 14:27-31a) Jesus said to his disciples: "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid. You heard me tell you, 'I am going away and I will come back to you.' If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father; for the Father is greater than I. And now I have told you this before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe. I will no longer speak much with you, for the ruler of the world is coming. He has no power over me, but the world must know that I love the Father and that I do just as the Father has commanded me." The Gospel of the Lord: Praise to You, Lord Jesus Christ. The Word of God for Everyone. Dear People of God, Before Jesus Christ went to Jerusalem to suffer and die, He comforted His disciples, saying: “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Remain in my peace. Do not be troubled. Believe in God and believe in me.” Jesus always loves His disciples. He always accompanies, guides, and directs His disciples to walk on the path of light, truth, and reality to fight against Satan. He knew that after He returned to God the Father, Satan would continue to harass His disciples by using those around them to cause division, to oppose them, and to undermine their faith in their Divine Master. And Satan also stirs up all kinds of storms when the disciples go out to preach the Word of God, preaching about a Jesus Christ who was crucified and rose again to save humanity. Therefore, Jesus instructed His disciples: - “Be at peace in the love of God. Do not be afraid! Do not be troubled!”. The peace that God gives is not like the peace of the world. The peace that God grants is this: having God within oneself. -Trust in God, for He has absolute power, and He can do all things. He will shelter and protect people from great storms and waves. He will grant the grace of courage to help His disciples embrace their trials. -God always loves all people and invites them to seek Him, for to have God is to have peace. -Trust and entrust everything to God. He will reach out to help when people encounter suffering and difficulties caused by the world. When He grants peace to people, it does not mean that they will not have to suffer. That is not the case! When He grants peace and adds strength, it means having God in one's heart to help one fight against difficulties, hardships, and trials, just as Jesus Christ, through the power and strength of God the Father and His obedience to God the Father, overcame Satan. Now, His children must also obey God the Father and remain in His love, and they too will have the strength of God to help them fight and to help them accept the suffering brought by the world. By doing what God teaches, one will have peace in the love of God the Father. Thanks be to God. Amen.

MONDAY OF THE FIFTH WEEK OF EASTER Gospel (John 14:21-26) Jesus said to his disciples: “Whoever has my commandments and observes them is the one who loves me. Whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and reveal myself to him.” Judas, not the Iscariot, said to him, “Master, then what happened that you will reveal yourself to us and not to the world?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him. Whoever does not love me does not keep my words; yet the word you hear is not mine but that of the Father who sent me. “I have told you this while I am with you. The Advocate, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name -- he will teach you everything and remind you of all that I told you.” The Gospel of the Lord: Praise to You, Lord Jesus Christ. The Word of God for Everyone Dear People of God, In today's Word of God, Jesus says to His disciples as well as to all humanity: “Whoever loves Me will keep My commandments. My Father and I will love that person. My Father and I will come to that person and make our dwelling with that person.” The commandments that God has ordained are: - To love God above all things, and to love our neighbors as ourselves. - To obey God in all things, just as Jesus Christ Himself obeyed God the Father—even to the point of willingly accepting death, death upon the Cross. It was through that obedience that He triumphed over death and conquered Satan. God always loves humanity and desires to bring about our salvation. He shows humanity the path to attain eternal life: namely, to observe the commandments that Jesus Christ has taught us. The commandments taught by Jesus Christ do not come from His own will, but from God the Father. Whatever God the Father commands Jesus to tell mankind, Jesus obeys and does exactly as God the Father commands. What the Father does, the Son does likewise. The Father and the Son are one. All creations in this world belong to God the Father, for He created them. All people are His children; He makes no distinction between the good and the wicked. While humans are still living on their earthly pilgrimage, His teachings are the Living Word for all people. Those who desire to remain in God shall keep the Word He commands, and He will abide in that person. In today’s Word of God, God also reveals to humanity the mystery of the Holy Trinity—God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit—who are working together in the plan of humanity's salvation. Before Jesus Christ ascended into heaven, He promised to send the Holy Spirit—the Advocate—who would accompany humanity. This era is the era of the Holy Spirit; He will help humanity further understand God's plan of salvation and the mystery of the Holy Trinity. The Holy Spirit reveals to humanity that there is but one God. The revelation of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit to humanity serves to distinguish the names and titles by which we address Him, as well as the distinct stages through which God brings about humanity's salvation; yet, He must never be divided into three separate Gods. The power of God is manifesting everywhere; thus, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit are but one Unique God. Whoever remains in God the Father, and whoever remains in the Spirit of the Holy Spirit, that person also remains in the love of the Holy Trinity; and shall be saved by God and be rewarded with the eternal Kingdom of Heaven in the life to come. Thanks be to God. Amen.

FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER - YEAR A Gospel (John 14:1-12) The Word of God for Everyone Dear People of God, In today's Word of God, Jesus Christ introduces God the Father to humanity. No one has ever seen God the Father, except for Jesus Christ alone. Therefore, this is a blessing that God bestows upon humanity, as Jesus Christ Himself introduces God the Father to humanity. God the Father is the Self-Existent One, the Only One, the One whom humanity must worship. He is the One who created mankind. Without Him, human beings would not exist in this world. Jesus Christ sacrificed Himself by coming to earth to become man to dwell among humanity, and made known to humanity the existence of God the Father. If Jesus Christ had not spoken to humanity about God the Father, humanity would still be walking in the darkness of sin. Furthermore, Jesus Christ revealed to humanity that all that He does is commanded by God the Father. Today's Word of God emphasizes an eternal God the Father. God desires for humanity to draw near to Jesus Christ as in the invitation of Saint Peter: draw near to Jesus Christ so that He may grant more strength, grant more love, and also sanctify our being, so that He may use each person’s soul and body to become a spiritual Temple for God to dwell in, becoming a living temple worthy of offering sacrifices to God the Father. Without His support and love, humanity would not be what it is today. God the Father desires that humanity listen to God's Word and put it into practice, believing that the words Jesus Christ taught are the truth. Today's Word of God desires to reveal to humanity that in all the works of Jesus Christ, God the Father is always present. God the Father is always united with Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ is always in God the Father. Jesus Christ came into the world to bring God the Father’s love to humanity. He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. For this reason, all the invitations and teachings of Jesus Christ call upon human beings to perform good works and virtuous deeds and to live in love. For Jesus Christ Himself is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, to come to God the Father. For only God the Father is the One alone who grants salvation to mankind, and God the Father and the Son are one. In today's Word of God, God calls upon humanity to walk on the path that Jesus Christ has walked. For before the Only Begotten Son of God sacrificed Himself, suffered death, and rose again to save humanity, He taught people that He was going ahead to return to God the Father.   This signifies that Jesus Christ had to sacrifice Himself, suffer death, and rise again so that through Him, humanity could be saved, set free from sin, and enjoy happiness with God the Father in the life to come. God invites humanity to come to Jesus Christ, so that through Him, people may enjoy happiness with God the Father. The words He speaks are truth and life. Therefore, all who walk on the path that Jesus Christ walked must endure suffering and must carry their own cross and follow in the footsteps of Jesus Christ to Calvary, and suffer death with Him so that they may rise in glory with Him. In this earthly life, we will also encounter hardships and trials, but be obedient and faithful to God the Father’s holy will until the very last breath to be saved; just as Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, was faithful to God the Father until His last breath, and He was raised to glorious life by God the Father. Today's Word of God also calls upon humanity: - To come to Jesus Christ, to come to God the Father through Him. - To pray with absolute faith in Jesus Christ, and He will grant it. Above all, the essential thing He grants to humanity is eternal life in the Kingdom of Heaven. Thanks be to God. Amen.

Saturday of the Fourth Week of Easter Gospel (John 14:7-14) Jesus said to his disciples: “If you know me, then you will also know my Father. From now on you do know him and have seen him.” Philip said to Jesus, “Master, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.” Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you for so long a time and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on my own. The Father who dwells in me is doing his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else, believe because of the works themselves. Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes in me will do the works that I do, and will do greater ones than these, because I am going to the Father. And whatever you ask in my name, I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything of me in my name, I will do it.” The Gospel of the Lord: Praise to You, Lord Jesus Christ. The Word of God for Everyone Dear People of God, In today’s Word of God, God desires to tell all mankind that Jesus Christ is the only Son of God the Father. Because of love, He sent His only begotten Son to earth to accompany people, to love, to sacrifice, to suffer death, to redeem mankind from sin. Therefore, all that the Son does here on earth is for the glory of God the Father. All of Jesus Christ's thoughts, words, actions, and deeds are directed towards God the Father, He does not do any work in accord to His own will. In today’s Word of God, it is the Only-Begotten Son of God who tells humanity about a loving Father, a Father who loves humanity endlessly. God calls upon all mankind to come to the loving Father for Him to give strength and eternal life. Therefore, those who want to achieve the happiness of the heavenly Kingdom should listen to the words of God's only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ, and direct ourselves toward God the Father. To do that, we must renounce ourselves, give up our selfish ego, and to abandon hatred in order to put on the love that God has engraved in each person's heart. This love will have to go through difficulties, hardships and trials, as Jesus Christ calls: whoever comes to God the Father must listen to His instructions, that is, listen through Jesus Christ, the only Son of God the Father. Without His love for mankind, a lot of people would have to walk in the darkness of sin. There is no greater love than the love of God the Father. In today’s Word of God, Jesus Christ instructs His disciples to believe that God the Father is in Him, and He is in God the Father. Everything He did glorified the Holy name of God. Through the love of the only-begotten Son for God the Father, He calls upon all humanity, which are His children, to look to the sacrifice and love of Jesus Christ for God the Father, and to be faithful to Him until the last breath. Be faithful by listening to and obeying God the Father’s holy will, and doing all things for the glory of God's name as Jesus Christ Himself did. Today’s Word of God also teaches us that: - Whoever believes in the Only-Begotten Son of God who came into the world to become human, and obeys His teachings will be given eternal life. - The word of God that has been given will be fulfilled on those who ask Jesus Christ with absolute confidence in God the Father, and He will give grace to all who come and call on His Holy name. - Come to Jesus Christ for strength, for guidance on how to live to reach the Kingdom of Heaven. That is the goal that people should aim for. Especially through Jesus Christ, He will lead souls to God the Father. As Jesus Christ taught, “Whoever comes to Me has eternal life.” God's promises are true promises. He will give grace to all those who completely believe in the words of Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God who came into the world become human, to die and rise again to save the whole world. Thanks be to God. Amen.