This is the 5th Day of Christmas.
Daily Office Readings for December 29: Year 2:
Morning, Psalm 18: 1 to 20; Evening, Psalm 18: 21 to 50:
2nd Samuel 23: 13 to 17; 2nd John 1 to 13; John 2:1 to 11:
“His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” (John 2:5)
I agree with the Late Verna Dozier in her book, “The Dream of God,” that we, as Christians should be more concerned with following (obeying), our Lord Jesus than worshiping him. I also hold these words of the Mother of Jesus as one of two most powerful (although shortest) sermons in the Christian Testament; “Do whatever he tells you.” She is talking to the servants. Jesus gives them instructions about what to do, and they do it.
Jesus also gives us, his servants, instructions about what we are to do. Will we do them?
As followers of the Christ of Christmas, we should do whatever he tells us. Merry Christmas: Day 5.
Today our Church remembers Thomas Becket. “On December 29, we remember Thomas a Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, slain in his own cathedral in 1170, for his defiance of King Henry II. The death of Thomas reminds us that a Christian, even when safe from pagans, can be in danger from his fellow-Christians. It also reminds us that one can be martyred in a cause where the merits of the particular issue at hand are not obvious to all men of good will.” Taken from Thomas a Becket (satucket.com) and can be further read at this site.
“Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their multitude. And on the seventh day God finished the work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work that he had done” (Genesis 2:1 and 2). So, for this evening and tomorrow day my friends, Shabbat Shalom.
What is Shabbat? Intro to the Jewish Sabbath – YouTube
Please keep up your thoughts and prayers and hopes for Ukraine, Russia, Israel, Palestine and our schools.
As we listen to what the Spirit of God is saying to us, let us live to love and serve, and to teach others to love and serve, while pondering anew what the Almighty can do. John
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