January 16
Recognize your dignity, O Christian
et us give thanks
to God the Father, through his Son, in the Holy Spirit, who, by reason
of his great charity with which he has loved us, has taken pity on us;
and whereas we were dead in sins, has quickened us in Christ to make us
a new creation in him, a new handiwork. Let us accordingly lay aside our
former way of life with all its works, and claiming our joint portion in
Christ's sonship, let us renounce the deeds of corrupt nature. Recognize
your dignity, O Christian, and once made a sharer in the divine nature,
do not by your evil conduct return to the base servitude of the past. Keep
in mind of whose head and body you are a member. Never forget that you
have been plucked from the power of darkness and taken up into the light
and kingdom of God. By the sacrament of baptism you have become a temple
of the Holy Spirit. Do not through your depravity drive away so great a
guest and put yourself once more in bondage to the devil, for the blood
of Christ was the price of your redemption.
From John E. Rotelle, O.S.A., Tradition Day by Day: Readings from
Church Writers. Augustinian Press. Villanova, PA, 1994.
HTML text prepared by David P. Steelman
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