January 5 - before Epiphany
(1Jn.3:11-21; Ps.100:1-5; Jn.1:43-51) "We should love one another." In our gospel, "first [Jesus] came upon Philip" – whose name means "love" – and invited him to follow Him. Love brought with him one in whom "there is no guile," and he (Nathanael) declared openly to the Lord: "You are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel." And so we must all be of love, and be without deceit. We must all "know that the Lord is God; He made us, His we are; His people, the flock He tends." The Lord must find us all at peace "under the fig tree" with consciences that have "nothing to charge us with." And…
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