Monday, December 30, 2013

On the Sixth Day of Christmas – A New Normal


Is your life back to normal since Christmas? I hope not! When the Magi departed from their visit to Christ, they were warned by an angel to “return another way” since Herod was secretly trying to kill Christ. “Then, being divinely warned in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed for their own country another way” (Matthew 2.12) As the first week of Christmas approaches an end, we should take the same advice, and return to life “another way,” the way of repentance.

Just as Herod sought to destroy Christ, many today still attempt daily to destroy His Church and lead believers away from Him. With the New Year just around the corner, many of us makes New Year’s Resolutions to live a better life; to quit smoking, lose weight, travel to faraway places, or spending more time with family. This year, make a resolution to establish a “new normal” in your relationship with Christ.

Make a resolution to:
Prayer more…
Fast more…
Attend Church services more…
Help the needy more…
Receive the Sacraments of the Church more….
Read the Bible more…
Read the Fathers more….
Read about the Saints more…
Live more!


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