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    Faith and Its Consolation
    Faith and Its Consolation
    Faith and Its Consolation
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    Faith and Its Consolation

    By Clinton R. LeFort

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    Living and Moving in Christ

    “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower.” (Jn. 15:1)

    The first consolation of faith comes from knowing we live and move and fulfill our existence in the presence of God. Jesus teaches us in ways that are simple, accurate and touch the heart. He often uses images that everyone can identify quickly. Of course, we know what a vine is, but do we? Have we ever been a vine or been part of one? Jesus challenges us to apply what is naturally true for a grape to yourself. We understand that the grape cannot indeed produce its delicious fruit apart from the vine. 

    Jesus became a man to have us share his Divine life. When we give ourselves to grace and faith, we remain united with him in love, thru the Holy Spirit. What does it mean, as we sit before the Eucharist, sit in our homes alone, walk among our contemporaries or persevere in trials with our adversaries, to “abide in me?” It means to experience, comprehend and live those life experiences with the whole fiber of our being “in him.”

    Right, no one knows how each of us experiences “abiding in Christ,” or “remaining in Christ.” No one would deny that it is the Christ that we “live and move and have our being.” That is the Father’s gift to us in Christ “he has given us the wisdom to understand fully the  Mystery, the plan he was pleased to reveal in Christ.” 

    The Father is the vine grower: “I believe in one God, the Father the Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth.” This Creator, Our Father, creates us to be in his Son, “before the world began.” 

    What more could the Father want for us than to have us in his Son for all eternity, yet that is what we are the “children of God.” Even though the world does not recognize us the Father’s promise is eternal, and he will carry out his promises for “those he foreknew he predestined to share the image of his Son; those he predestined he called, those he called he justified and those he justified he glorified.” There is only one thing we should fear the most, and that is not believing in the words the Father gave to us in Christ. Our faith is our eternal life, and that is the work that we have been given “to believe in the one he has sent, Jesus Christ.”

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherClinton LeFort
    Release dateAug 2, 2017
    ISBN9781386885269
    Faith and Its Consolation
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    Clinton R. LeFort

    Clinton R. LeFort was born in Lake Arthur Louisiana, a small rural town in Southwest Louisiana in the United States. He began creative writing at age 6, in the form of poems, songs and news broadcast. After high school he attended USL, LSU and USC, where he continued his writing on philosophical, academic and religious topics. He began his own publishing company in 2006 after successfully writing 6 books which received Imprimaturs from the Archdiocese of St. Louis,Mo. Today Mr. LeFort has over 300 titles available for Kindle. He continues to read and write with a great interest in spirituality and mysticism of Catholic Saints.

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      Faith and Its Consolation - Clinton R. LeFort

      Faith

      & Its Consolation

      ––––––––

      By

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      Clinton R. LeFort

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      MelatiaeTrade Publishing

      2017©

      Also by Clinton R. LeFort

      A Day With Jesus

      Divine Indwelling

      Woman at the Well

      An Introduction to Cajun Spirituality

      Faith and Its Consolation

      Intersection: Heaven and Earth

      Outside the Tomb With Mary Magdalen

      Watch for more at Clinton R. LeFort’s site.

      Table of Contents

      Copyright Page

      Also By Clinton R. LeFort

      Dedication

      Living and Moving in Christ

      Freedom and Grace

      True Estimate of Oneself

      Lured Away

      To the Depths

      Believe!

      Life thru faith

      Spiritual Labor

      Love of God

      Bibliography

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      Further Reading: An Introduction to Cajun Spirituality

      Also By Clinton R. LeFort

      About the Author

      About the Publisher

      These reflections on faith are dedicated to all those individual who daily fight the good fight of faith in their minds and hearts to render service to God in Spirit and in truth, and becoming the kind of worshippers the Father is seeking.

      Living and Moving in Christ

      I am the true vine and my Father is the vine grower. (Jn. 15:1)

      The first consolation of faith comes from knowing we live and move and fulfill our existence in the presence of God. Jesus teaches us in ways that are simple, true and touch the heart. He often uses images that everyone can identify easily. Of course we know what a vine is, but do we really? Have we ever been a vine

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