Daily Office Readings for Thursday of the 4th Week of Epiphany: Year 1
Morning, Psalm 71; Evening, Psalm 74;
Isaiah 55:1-13; Galatians 5:1-15; Mark 8:27-9:1:
“For through the Spirit, by faith, we eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.” (Galatians 5:5)
These words from Paul remind me of my personal Creed. It is an explanation of my faith while being a bit more brief than our BCP model. I still believe in our Nicene and our Apostles Creed but I needed a statement of belief more succinct. So I crafted these words: “I believe in God through the Holy Spirit of the Incarnate Word through whom we live and move and love and have our being, and to whom we must give an account.”
While there is no mention of Mary or Pontius Pilate or even Jesus by name, Jesus is mentioned as the Incarnate Word. This is my belief in the Holy Spirit and The Incarnate Word, The Logos. But there is also the realization that all of us are going to be held accountable when judgment time comes, and we ought to be living in that knowledge now.
Today we remember the Martyrs of Japan (February 1597), and their information may be found at: Martyrs of Japan
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
Let us pray:
Come Holy Spirit who moved over the waters in the making of our creation and moved over Mary to bring us a Savior, so, move over us today as we eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness, Amen.
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