Friday, December 26th
St. Stephen, deacon and martyr
Acts 6:8-10,7:54-59. Matt. 10:17-22

Have faith, and trust that all will be well as you commit your total self to Our Indwelling. Suffering needs must come in an imperfect world and it falls often on those travelling in the way of right commitment. It was always so, but suffering can be redemptive as it is offered to Our saving, sanctifying love. Have I not shown the way, and do I not suffer constantly in the suffering of the Father's world?

Stephen, first among the martyrs of The Way, has set the trail of followers faithful to the Incarnate Word, and the Father's Love Incarnate brings all things to fulfilment in His Presence for all the Faithful and the true of heart.