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 beloved creation. To follow in Jesus’ word means to love God back and to love each other. It ain’t easy folks.
To know the truth is to know about the reality of God among us in Spirit and in truth. When we move beyond just believing, to knowing, we live differently. We don’t succumb to small temporal things and self-serving ideas. As we come to know the truth about God among us, we are indeed 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 and makes us free. Thank You Lord Jesus.
Today we remember Theodora, Empress, (c. 867), and her information may be found at: Theodora; And we also remember Charles Freer Abndrews, Priest and Friend of the Poor in India, (1940), and his information may be found at: Charles Freer Andrews.
As we listen to what the Spirit of God is saying to us, let us live to love and to serve, and to teach others to love and to serve, while pondering anew what the Almighty can do. John
Let us pray: (BCP p. 833)
O Almighty God, who pourest out on all who desire it the spirit of grace and of supplication: Deliver us, when we draw near to thee, from coldness of heart and wanderings of mind, that with steadfast thoughts and kindled affections we may worship thee in spirit and in truth; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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