FEAST OF SAINT MATTHEW, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST – 21st SEPTEMBER
September 21, 2024
MONTHLY DEVOTIONAL FOR 21 SEPTEMBER
September 21, 2024
21 September, 2024
Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do. – 1 Thessalonians 5:11
God of Salvation, you have ordained that your chosen elect receive the gift of eternal salvation, obtained for us by our Lord Jesus Christ and you have dispensed to them, your grace, favor and, in the afterlife, an inheritance in your Heavenly Kingdom. All praise and glory and honor be lifted up to you, Almighty God and Father, for you have given us the bountiful gift of eternal life.
You have appointed a ministry of priests to administer to our spiritual health and growth, but the whole congregation of the members of Christ’s Body, are to practise the virtue of building up and inspiring one another in the Scriptures, the Gospels, the Word of God. Thus to obtain, through the authority given to priests, as shepherds of Christ’s flock and through charity and compassion, for each other, the grace and benefits, the blessings and favors of extending your ministry, by reaching out to each other and providing succour and support for one another.
Lord, bless us to be champions of Truth, spreading your Gospel and living in true imitation of our Lord Jesus Christ, by comforting one another and exhorting each other to work well towards increasing our faith and hope in your Promises. Assist us in creating conducive conditions towards expanding spiritual growth and towards successfully edifying one another to follow the path of Truth, endowed to us and taught to us by our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen
