FEAST OF SAINT PAUL OF THEBES – 15th JANUARY
January 15, 2024
MONTHLY DEVOTIONAL FOR 15th JANUARY
January 15, 2024
15 January, 2024
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. – Psalms 34:14
Lord of all creation, you have created us to be perfect as you are and to become perfect, we need to adapt to and to live in accordance with your Holy Word, in perfect obedience to your Holy Will. In reverential obedience, we bow before you in honor and adoration, for you have saved us by the Holy Blood of Jesus and have given us your Holy Spirit to counsel and transform our hearts and minds. You have granted us eternal sonship in the peace of your Heavenly Kingdom.
As Christians we are called to discard our carnal nature in pursuing the pleasures of the world, and to become righteous, leading holy lives. For this, we have to transform our souls, adhering to what is good, by renewing our minds in imitation of Christ, spreading love and peaceful brotherhood, showing mercy and using all the gifts and charisms we are endowed with, by the Power of the Holy Spirit. We belong to Christ, as members of his Body, the Church, and we should live in a bond of Christian love.
Lord, you have instructed us to keep ourselves zealous in our faith, keeping our focus on you, for the greater good of your glory and putting into practice your covenant of good living and peaceful co-existence, despite our circumstances. Looking to you, Lord, we will allow your characteristics to develop within us, to win over evil with good, for that is a victory of the soul. We will learn to be righteous even to our adversaries, by the Christ-like charity we display, winning them to relent, in Jesus’ Name. Amen
