Daily Office Readings for Thursday of the Fifth Week of Epiphany: Year 2
Morning, Psalm 146; Evening, Psalms 85 and 86;
Genesis 27:30 to 45; Romans 12:9 to 21; John 8:21 to 32:
“Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, ‘If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free:” (John 8: 31 and 32).
The reality is that we can change the word “Jews,” to “those” who believed in him. Because all of us who believe in our Lord Jesus and continue in His word are truly His disciples. The person of Jesus was more than just another human being. He was, and is, God almighty. He came among us to model what it means to live out our lives as God’s loving creation. To follow in Jesus’ word means to love God back and to love each other. It ain’t easy folks but we can do it, God has equipped us to love all if we but try.
To know the truth is to know about the reality of God among us in Spirit and truth. When we move beyond just believing, to knowing, we live differently. We don’t succumb to small temporal things and ideas. As we come to know the truth about God among us, we are free to live eternally even now in this life where our earthly death will not hold us, but is overcome by our Lord Jesus who has defeated death for us. Thank You Lord Jesus.
Today our Church remembers Bakhita, monastic (1947); click on her name and read her story.
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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