Thursday, December 7th
St. Ambrose ?340-397
Isaiah 26:1-6. Matthew 7:21, 24-27. John 10:11-16

‘Trust in the Lord for ever, for in the Lord God you have an everlasting Rock ‘(Isaiah 26:4.) But let it be known and fully understood that “it is not those who say to Me ‘ ‘Lord, Lord who will enter the Kingdom of heaven but the person who does the will of My Father in heaven, (Matt. 7:27) for anyone who hears My words and does not act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on sand and it fell, and great was its fall!’ (Matt. 7:27)

‘I am the Good Shepherd’ (John 10:11), and ‘I am the Way, the Truth, the Life. And there are other sheep who are not in this fold; these I have to lead as well. They too will hear My voice, and there will be only one flock and one Shepherd. (John 10:15.)

‘Trust in the Lord for ever, for the Lord is the everlasting Rock’. ‘Believe in God, believe also in Me’. (John 14:1.) …..Those who love Me will keep My commandments, and My Father will love them and We will come to them and make Our home in them. (John 14:23)

In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (John 1:1), and the Word is powerful to fulfil all the Father wills and purposes in all responding in the grace and power of Our Love in and through the light and leading of Our Holy Spirit.