Daily Thought For September 11, 2018

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Life In The Spirit

Living in the risen Christ, we baptized Christians have new powers. We have become adopted children of God (Galatians 4:5; 3:26) and are aware through the Holy Spirit that we live in a relationship similar to that which exists between God the Father and his only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, because we now have same life within us. In Baptism we become like Christ. 
Fr. George Maloney, "The Mystery of Christ in You" p. 27  

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