Christmas Weekday

If you consider that God is righteous, you also know that everyone who acts in righteousness is begotten by him. See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. Yet so we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God's children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. Everyone who has this hope based on him makes himself pure, as he is pure.

If we want to be followers of Christ and true children of God, then we must act in righteousness. We might fail from time to time and fall into temptation and sin or do evil and let opportunities to do good slip by us, but when this happens we need to reconcile with God and make amends. As heirs to the Heavenly Kingdom, we are called to place our trust in God, hope in His Divine Providence, and keep ourselves pure for Him. Just as He knows, loves, and serves us, so must we know, love, and serve Him and our brothers and sisters in Christ. We are all God’s beloved children and we should act accordingly as holy and humble people, pouring out our Father’s Love, Mercy, and Grace to all whom we meet.

Do we act in righteousness toward God and our brothers and sisters in Christ? How can we become more loving, hopeful, and faithful children to our Heavenly Father? What can we do to make ourselves more and more like Him?

O Lord, make us like you... righteous, loving, and pure.

Amen.