6 January
1 John 5:5-13 | Psalm 147:12-15,19-20 | Mark 1:6-11
Jesus Christ who came by water and blood,
not with water only, but with water and blood;
with the Spirit as another witness – since the Spirit is the truth –
so that there are three witnesses, the Spirit, the water and the blood,
and all three of them agree.
We accept the testimony of human witnesses,
but God’s testimony is much greater,
and this is God’s testimony, given as evidence for his Son. (1 John 5:6-9)
Indeed, God made it clear that Jesus is His Son, both human and divine, one in being with Him.
It doesn’t mean that we have nothing left to say for, Christian or not, everyone’s actions speak volumes to the world at large.
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There was an article in yesterday’s Straits Times about the weekly masses in Extraordinary Form (Latin) at St. Joseph’s (Victoria Street). As I was showering last night, it hit me that my blog has pretty much been one long Confiteor, in which I lay bare my transgressions in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and in what I have failed to do, through my most grievous fault.
But I hope that readers would notice that it’s also a subtle Sanctus, for all that God has done for me throughout my life, especially in my darkest moments when I’d all but turned away from Him. Heaven and earth are indeed full of His glory.
And it’s also a daily reminder that I’m still far from where I should be as a child of God. I still have many faults to fix and transgressions to make right, but each step can itself be testimony to the healing grace that comes from the One who Is.
So long as He wills it, this blog will continue to be a record of the only way I know to bear credible witness to God: my own life.
Lord, I offer my life to You,
all my successes and failures,
everything I’ve done, good and bad.
Help me fill the holes left in my life with the Love that you bled on the cross,
help me wash my soul anew with the water of new life that was poured on me so long ago,
help me enflame myself and everyone I meet with the Spirit sent to be our Advocate,
help me lead others to You with my words and deeds.
For You alone are the Holy One,
You alone are the Lord of all,
You alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ,
with the Holy Spirit,
in the glory of God our eternal Father. Amen.