Thursday, December 29th
St, Thomas Beckett (1118-1170)
2 Timothy 2:8-13; 3:10-12. Matthew 16:24-27

Be faithful to the Truth spoken into your heart and mind and obedient in responding to the Word offered you. Constantly and continually the Father speaks to His beloved sons and daughters - through the Scriptures, in the comings and the goings of daily life and in the quietness of eternity as they open heart and mind and await ‘the still small voice’ in His Presence (1 Kings 19:12).
Let the whole self be offered to the Father, Lord Most High,: let one and all – alone and in the fellowship of united commitment and self-giving – identify with the self-giving of the Son of Man ‘take up His cross and follow Me, for…….anyone who loses his life for My sake will find it (Matt. 16:25), for….’I have come that all may have life and have it in abundance’ in time and through eternity.’. (Matt. 16:25 and John 10:10).