Holy Father, From the Fall of our first parents You have preserved a faithful remnant of Your people. A faithful remnant that has persevered through adversity’a faithful remnant from humanity that would come to form the first people called into…
Beloved Lord, It was through the Old Covenant people of Israel that the promised seed of the Messiah was preserved. You trained them in holiness and when the time was ready for the mission of the Messiah it was a…
Beloved Lord, You have defined through the Holy Spirit what true life is for the Christian. To live in the kingdom of darkness is to live a walking death but to live in the power of the Holy Spirit is…
Eternal Father, Through the miracle of our baptism in Christ You have freed us from slavery to sin and death and have infused in us new life in order that we might live as free sons and daughters, exercising true…
Almighty God, In Your great love for us You have given us the very life of Your Beloved Son and through our Baptism into the death, burial and Resurrection of Your Son You have given us victory over sin and…
ROMANS CHAPTER 5: THE LOVE OF GOD ASSURES THE HOPE OF SALVATION TO THOSE WHO ARE JUSTIFIED BY FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS Beloved Lord Our Father, We thank you, Father, for this opportunity to study St. Paul’s letter to the…
ROMANS CHAPTER 4: FATHER ABRAHAM’JUSTIFIED BY FAITH Almighty God and Father, In Abraham You called forth the physical father of Your Covenant people Israel and the spiritual father of all who in faith come to the sacrament of Baptism in…
Beloved Heavenly Father, Through the miracle of our baptism You have, through water and the power of God the Holy Spirit, circumcised our hearts of stone and placed within us a heart that beats in union with the heart of…
Beloved and eternal Father, You have given us the Gospel of Jesus Christ for the sake of our salvation’a gift of grace beyond all price and a gift which cannot be bought or earned’only a truly righteous God does for…
CHAPTER 1: THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD Beloved God and Father, Send Your Holy Spirit to guide us in our study of St. Paul’s letter to the Church in Rome. This is a letter full of instruction in the doctrine of…