Dec 24, 2015
Scripture of the Day:
Philippians
2:5-11 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Philippians%202:5-11)
Thought of the day: One Lord Jesus Christ who is of same substance
with the Father.
The eve
of Christmas is a perfect day for us to reflect on the person of Christ. Even
small children will wonder at the amount of adoration that we give to this
small child that was born in a manger. They might ask us, “Is Jesus God?” The
answer is a resounding yes. As we confess in our creed daily, Christ is “of the
same substance with the Father.” In other words our Lord Jesus Christ is equal
to the Father. St Paul reveals this truth to us in a poetic passage of
Philippians. In the second chapter we read of the incarnation in this manner: “though
he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be
exploited, but emptied himself” (Philippians 2:6-7).
Son of
God emptied himself and became human. The equality with God the Father was not
something to be grasped but something to be given up. St Paul reminds us that
this self emptying is an example for all of us to follow. As we close our
yearly meditation on the theme of “Growing as Disciples of Christ” let us follow
the example of Christ and empty ourselves. What are we gripping onto very
tightly in our lives? Is there anything that we are reluctant to give up? May
we all follow the example of Christ.
Song of the Day:
Naranayi vannu - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqOctp4s6Tg
Icon of the Day:
Icon of
the Dormition: https://iconreader.wordpress.com/2010/08/15/the-dormition-icon-of-hope/
Quote of the day:
"As one therefore of the forsaken, in that He too like
us partook of blood and flesh, He says, Why forsookest Thou Me? which was [the
utterance] of one who was undoing the forsaking that had come upon us and as it
were winning the Father to Himself and calling Him to good favour to us as to
Himself first.”
― Cyril of Alexandria, On the Unity of Christ
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