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.