I AM NOT THE CHRIST
Reading 1 John 2:22-28 The anointing he gave you
teaches you everything Universalis
The man who
denies that Jesus is the Christ – he is the liar, he is Antichrist; and he
is denying the Father as well as the Son, because no one who has the Father can
deny the Son, and to acknowledge the Son is to have the Father as well. Keep
alive in yourselves what you were taught in the beginning: as long as what you
were taught in the beginning is alive in you, you will live in the Son and in
the Father; and what is promised to you by his own promise is eternal life.
This is all that
I am writing to you about the people who are trying to lead you astray. But you
have not lost the anointing that he gave you, and you do not need anyone to
teach you; the anointing he gave teaches you everything; you are anointed with
truth, not with a lie, and as it has taught you, so you must stay in him.
Live in Christ,
then, my children, so that if he appears, we may have full confidence, and not
turn from him in shame at his coming. CDR
Gospel John
1:19-28 'One is coming after me who existed before
me'
This is how John
appeared as a witness. When the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to
ask him, ‘Who are you?’ he not only declared, but he declared quite openly, ‘I
am not the Christ.’ ‘Well then,’ they asked ‘are you Elijah?’ ‘I am not’ he said.
‘Are you the Prophet?’ He answered, ‘No.’ So they said to him, ‘Who are you? We
must take back an answer to those who sent us. What have you to say about
yourself?’ So John said, ‘I am, as Isaiah prophesied:
a voice that
cries in the wilderness: Make a straight way for the Lord.’
Now these men
had been sent by the Pharisees, and they put this further question to him, ‘Why
are you baptising if you are not the Christ, and not Elijah, and not the
prophet?’ John replied, ‘I baptise with water; but there stands among
you – unknown to you – the one who is coming after me; and I am not
fit to undo his sandal-strap.’ This happened at Bethany, on the far side of the
Jordan, where John was baptising.
Pray the Holy Rosary. Hail Mary full of grace. Hail Holy Queen Mother of God. Saint Joseph pray for me. My Angel Guardian pray for me. Guide and protect me. Jesus I trust in you. Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianze, Bishops and Doctors. May they pray for you as you celebrate your birthday today.
My Father, my God as the new year begins I submit my life in love and obedience to you. Consecrate me in your truth. Help me each day to seek your will in everything I do. Grant me the grace to love and serve you in.
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