12.12.15

Lectio: Lk 3. 10-18                            

Meditatio: “ John answered them all, saying, ‘I am baptizing you with water, but one mightier than I is coming....He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire’.” Lk 3.16a,16c
                                                                                 
Oratio: O God, John the Baptist made it clear that he was not the Messiah but the Messiah would baptize with the Holy Spirit and fire and not with water as John was doing. Pray and express your gratitude for being born at a time when you can easily recognize the Messiah and how you have been blest by the Holy Spirit at your Baptism                                     

Contemplatio: Spend some time with today's text and see how the Lord is speaking to you.

Operatio: reflect: “baptizing...water...baptize...Holy Spirit”; Jesus did reveal Himself clearly to the people of His days and we are the beneficiary of their faith. Seek the grace to live in the Spirit and show it  in the love you have for others.                                                                                                                                       
Tomorrow's reading: :Mt 21.23-27