Feb. 28/09 Saturday: 3 John, A manner worthy of God
John here gives us two examples; one that teaches a manner worthy of God and one that shows that God is not known. The manner worthy of God is that in our daily lives we walk in the truth. Second, that we love the brothers and [...]
Feb. 27/09 Friday: 2 John, Walk in love
John writes to a sister church or to an unknown woman in one of the churches. It is a short note and he intends to follow up with a visit. He encourages everyone to continue to walk in the truth. This is not a new command, we [...]
Feb. 26/09 Thursday: Psalm 36, Your Love O Lord…
Ps. 36 is a prayer for God’s protection and it draws the stark contrast of the attitude of the wicked over against God’s goodness and love. The wicked are full of self; deceitful, unwise, not good, they plot evil and tolerate what is wrong. God’s love [...]
Feb. 25/09 Ash Wednesday: Psalm 51, Create in me a pure heart
Ash Wednesday is about penance at the beginning of Lent and Ps. 51 is the penitential prayer of David. Sometimes we think that someone like David, a friend of God and a man after God’s heart is not tempted and following God is easy. [...]
Feb. 24/09 Tuesday: 1John 5:1-21, Know that you have eternal life
John has much to say about overcoming the world and the ways of the world. We overcome by our faith in the Son of God; our victory is in the human birth, the baptism of Jesus and in the shedding of his blood on [...]