Twelfth Stage: The Mission (Acts 2)

Theme: The LORD sends you.

When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, the disciples of the LORD Jesus were all in one place together. And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were. Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which parted and came to rest on each one of them. And they were all filled with the holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim. Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice, and proclaimed to them, “You who are Jews, indeed all of you staying in Jerusalem. Let this be known to you, and listen to my words. Jesus of Nazareth was a man commended to you by God with mighty deeds, wonders, and signs, which God worked through him in your midst, as you yourselves know. This man, delivered up by the set plan and foreknowledge of God, you killed, using lawless men to crucify him. But God raised him up, releasing him from the throes of death, because it was impossible for him to be held by it.

Therefore let the whole house of Israel know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Messiah, this Jesus whom you crucified.”

Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and they asked Peter and the other apostles, "What are we to do, my brothers?" Peter said to them, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is made to you and to your children and to all those far off, whomever the Lord our God will call.”

Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand persons were added that day.

Let us meditate on how the LORD sent us to proclaim the Good News to the whole world, and to be witnesses of God’s love and mercy through the Word of God and our example.

Let us pray for all evangelizers in the four parts of the world, so that they may be consoled by the Holy Spirit in the midst of persecutions, oppositions, and sufferings they face for the sake of evangelization.

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For Spiritual Direction

This stage goes from the moment you receive the Holy Spirit to the moment you rest in the Lord.

 The length of this stage depends from one person to another. Some people experience Follow Me for more than 30 years others for less than 5 years. All people experience the end of “The Resurrection”  with retirement (or martyrdom).

 In this stage, you are on the mission.

graces through me to people

conversions

 Meditations: John

 After the Mission stage, you will rest.