4th January already!
Holidays ending for some... time for "good-byes"
and packing those memories away
so as to return to "normal life"!
But we have to take the richness of the Christmas Season
with us into this "return."
Jesus has been re-born in us! Keep Him there,
by living His Word. And today's Word begins with the reminder:
“to live a holy life
is to be holy just as God is holy…
Anybody not living a holy life
and not loving his brother and sister
is no child of God’s.”
(1 Jn 3:7-10).
Remain a "child of God"!
Strive to be "just" in God's sight!
The Word lived-out makes us just.
When I love someone,
I must want my love to bring that person closer to Christ.
Be honest, then, and live that!
Ask yourself, where do you need to purify a human love
so as to bring that other person closer to Christ?
When I do, I am living a core of today's Password:
The Word lived-out makes us just.
The Gospel provides the foundation for this "holy-love":
Can I claim with certainty, in the words of Andrew
in today’s Gospel (Jn 1:35-42), that
“We have found the Messiah”
and, like Andrew, does my behaviour, lead others to Him?
Am I a child of God's forgiveness?
Am I an ambassador for Christ's reconciliation?
Begin by accepting that that “Messiah” is in me
and was re-born in me at Christmas.
Then live it...
The Word lived-out makes us just.
Now return to "normal life"
filled with today's Word!
And stay blessed.
G
[pic: I took in Montmatre, in September 2011]
[ The Word lived-out makes us just
La Parola vissuta ci rende giusti
A Palavra vivida nos torna coerentes
La Parole vécue nous rend justes
La Palabra vivida nos hace justos
Das gelebte Wort Gottes macht uns gerecht
Het geleefde Woord maakt ons rechtvaardig ]
