Today is the Eleventh Day of Christmas
Daily Office Readings for January 4th: Year 2
Morning, Psalms 85 and 87; Evening, Psalm 136;
Joshua 3:14 to 4:7; Ephesians 5:1 to 20; John 9:1 to 12 and 35 to 38:
“As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” (John 9: 5)
The Gospel according to John opens with words explaining that Jesus, the Logos of God, He is the Word and Light of the world. This light is more than just visual illumination. The light of Christ is a moral plumb line guiding right behavior. It is as the Christmas song says, “being good for goodness sake.”
Among the many and glorious names we have picked out for God, Goodness is one that I hold in high praise. In my parish when one person often says, “God is Good.” The next person responds with, “All the time.” This is so true. But not only is God good all the time, God is good everywhere. There is no place that God is not. God made every place there is. Every place on earth and in the universe, belongs to God. Therefore, the light of God is always present, even at night. So, we must understand that what is being taught here is moral light, not daylight.
The light of morality is a human thing. Jesus is God’s way of doing a human thing. Perhaps this is why God cane to us as one of us in the Person of Jesus, to show us how to see more clearly in the light of morality, that is in righteousness. Jesus shows us the righteousness of living lovingly with one another.
Let us strive to maintain the light of Christ in the world all year long and everywhere we go. Merry Christmas: Day 11
Please keep up your thoughts and prayers and hopes for Ukraine and Russia, Israel and 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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I too love the gifts of the Spirit! Often a ‘church’ is named after one of them. My favorite is the First church of long Suffering.
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