St Peters RC Church Hamilton

“He meant us to see Him and live with Him and draw life from His smile.” A.W. Tozer
Jesus Christ is all treasure.
You can measure the fullness in the Eucharist,
Where the Lord of life offers Himself to us
As a gift of holiness, newness of experience.
An experience that cannot become fuller
For holiness overflows with the happiness God offers.
“What good can compare with You for pardoning guilt and for overlooking crime? He does not harbour
anger forever, since He delights in showing faithful love.” Micah 7 v 18 TNJB
When we do the will of God we feel complete.
So to achieve this we must meet with God in Jesus.
The Son of righteousness, God’s Word of fulfilled promise.
What wealth is found in His ransom,
Paid for us upon the † that we experienced forgiveness.
The mercy of our Father falls upon us through Jesus.
Jesus offered up His life of holiness for us.
“No one can ever redeem him (her) self or pay his (her) own ransom to God, the price for him (her)self
is too high; it can never be that (s)he will live forever and avoid the sight of the abyss.”
Psalm 49 v 7, 8 TNJB
“...live out the time of your exile here in reverent awe. For you know that the price of your ransom from
the futile way of life handed down from your ancestors was paid, not in anything perishable like silver
or gold, but in the precious blood as of a blameless and spotless lamb, Christ.”
1 Peter 1 v 17, 18, 19 TNJB
Praise be to eternity for our redemption, re-presented in the reverently celebrated Eucharist. We
see God’s remarkable, truly wondrous plan in action.
based on Jesus was the plan of redemption. “He was marked out before the world was made, and
1 Peter 1 v 20 TNJB was revealed at the final point of time for our sake.”
“So it is fitting, O Lord, that I, Your servant, should turn to love and praise and
Raymond Lull serve You; seeing that out of love to me You were willing to endure such grevious
1235-1315 pangs and suffering.”
based on Yes, let us express our praise and thanksgiving as we offer worship to and through Christ Jesus
1 Peter 1 v 21 in the Eucharist. For “Through Him we now have faith in You, Father God.”
Mercifully, You “Raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory for this very purpose –
Cont. that our faith and hope should be in You, Father,” and it is!
Thank You for our new life gifted in Jesus, celebrated by accepting His strengthening,
nourishing sanctifying body and blood in the richest blessings of holy communion, love’s
perfecting union.
Having been chosen in Jesus to be redeemed, “...to be adopted sons (daughters) through
based on Jesus Christ, such was Your purpose and good pleasure to the praise of the glory of
Your grace,” Father.
Ephesians 1 v 5,6 TNJB

Thank You, we praise You for “Your free gift to us in the Beloved, in whom, through His
Based on v 6, 7 blood, we gain our freedom, the forgiveness of our sins.” We rejoice to share in a new life
based on and blessed by Jesus’ holiness. Amen.
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