LIVE IT TODAY: Tuesday, July 29, 2025
I Am with you in your grief. I Am the Resurrection and the Life. Trust Me with the impossible.
LIVE IT TODAY: Tuesday, July 29, 2025
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GOD’S DECLARATION TO YOU TODAY
I Am with you in your grief. I Am the Resurrection and the Life. Trust Me with the impossible.
INVOCATION
Come, Holy Spirit! Through the intercession of Our Blessed Mother Mary, open my heart to hear and receive all that You desire for me. Draw me ever more deeply into the Love and Life of the Blessed Trinity!
GOSPEL | John 11:19–27
Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary
to comfort them about their brother [Lazarus, who had died].
When Martha heard that Jesus was coming,
she went to meet him;
but Mary sat at home.
Martha said to Jesus,
“Lord, if you had been here,
my brother would not have died.
But even now I know that whatever you ask of God,
God will give you.”
Jesus said to her,
“Your brother will rise.”
Martha said to him,
“I know he will rise,
in the resurrection on the last day.”
Jesus told her,
“I am the resurrection and the life;
whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live,
and anyone who lives and believes in me will never die.
Do you believe this?”
She said to him, “Yes, Lord.
I have come to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God,
the one who is coming into the world.”
EVERY DAY QUESTION
What struck you? Challenged you? Inspired you? What questions did it raise?
GOING DEEPER
Faith That Grieves, and Grief That Believes
Martha often gets overshadowed by her quieter sister, Mary. But in today’s Gospel, it is Martha who emerges with a profound profession of faith—words that echo Peter’s confession and foreshadow the very heart of the Gospel: “You are the Christ, the Son of God.” Her grief is raw, but it’s not without hope. Her disappointment does not silence her trust.
Jesus doesn’t just console Martha. He reveals something eternal: “I am the resurrection and the life.” Not I will be, not I was, but I Am. In the original Greek, the present-tense verb eimi emphasizes Christ’s eternal identity—resurrection isn’t a distant event but a person, and that Person is present.
In the face of your own loss, delay, or heartache, do you believe this? Not simply as a doctrine, but as the Person of Jesus standing before you now?
Parents, don’t be afraid to speak the name of Jesus over your family when facing pain, uncertainty, or even death. Your children need to see what real faith looks like—not a denial of suffering, but a defiant hope in the midst of it. Lay hands on your spouse and children today. Proclaim over them: “Jesus is our Resurrection. We live in Him. We trust in Him.” Renounce all despair and speak life.
“The Christian's belief in the resurrection of the dead is essential to our faith: ‘We believe in the resurrection of the dead.’ This faith is in response to Jesus’ own words: ‘I am the resurrection and the life.’” (CCC 988)
LIFE APPLICATION QUESTIONS
Faith in the Furnace: Where have you experienced disappointment that Jesus is asking you to revisit with Him?
Living Resurrection: How does belief in the Resurrection shape how you face today’s fears or challenges?
Confession of Faith: What would it look like for you to boldly profess your trust in Jesus to someone in your life today?
FAMILY LIVE IT
Make some time today to gather as a family and recall one moment where something felt “too late”—but God moved. Then go around and declare one thing each person is believing God for. Parents, pray over your spouse and children by name:
“Jesus, You are our Resurrection and Life. In every part of [name]’s life that feels dead or forgotten, breathe Your hope. Raise up faith in our home. Drive out despair and fill us with Your Spirit of joy and trust. Amen.”
DAILY PARENT & GRANDPARENT BLESSING
LORD JESUS CHRIST, let Your holy anointing be upon each of our children, grandchildren, and godchildren this day and week, including all to whom they are called in vocation, and all future generations! In Your Sacred Name we claim them for You! We renounce all whispers, lies, and influences of the Enemy! We pray right now that each know Your loving Presence, be forged in virtue, and be flooded with an abundance of Your Holy Spirit to live fully their identity and mission in You now and through all eternity, through the intercession of our Blessed Mother! Amen.
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GOING VERTICAL
“Be still and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10
Just as the vertical beam upholds the horizontal beam of the Cross, so too does undistracted, dedicated daily turning to God as our lifeblood uphold and strengthen every part of life. Start with just three minutes. Wait patiently for the breakthrough beyond the noise. Let Him speak.
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