Friday of the 4th Week of Eastertide
Acts 13:26-33 | Psalm 2:6-11 | John 14:1-6
The Lord said to me: ‘You are my Son.
It is I who have begotten you this day.’ (Psalm 2:7)
Or, as my choir sings at every Christmas Midnight Mass, after leading off with “Silent Night:
Dominus dixit ad me: Filius meus es tu, ego hodie genuite.
It’s a good way to begin every morning, by acknowledging that, after the “death” of much-needed sleep, we are “born” afresh each new day.
What went before informs us of who we are, what changes we need to make in ourselves, and what amends we may need to make. Outside that, there’s nothing worth dwelling upon.
So let us not waste the day’s opportunities to show the world at large what it means to be God’s children:
To love, as best we can.
To serve, as best we can.
To be holy, as best we can.
Amen.