Friday, November 23rd
St.
Clement
1 Peter 5:1-4. Matt. 16:13-19
All the faithfully committed
in Our love are called to
witness to Our life in them
through what they say and
what they are becoming.
And they are given their
identity by the Father who
loves them into being. Through
My Indwelling and the power
of Our Holy Spirit they
grow and prosper in the
Father's Kingdom as they
continue faithful.
The Father's Kingdom is
established in the world
of men and has been since
the world began. The natural
world responds to its reality
through natural growth and
through the natural process
of their being. Mankind
the Father calls to conscious
union with Him through choice
of what is good and through
seeking and obeying His
most glorious will and loving
purpose. And in obedience,
willingly and lovingly given,
the Kingdom of eternal love,
the individual grows and
prospers in the Kingdom
of Eternal Love as he continues
faithful. That growth is
in the soul: sorrow and
suffering may be the context
of its development.
And all are called to love
within the Father's world.
As each identifies the face
of love and lives in faithfulness
and self-giving, so is he
called to joy and fullness
in the glorious Presence
of the Father in the power
of Our saving, sanctifying
love.