General. The liturgy of the Eucharist is a constant prayer to the Lamb and a thanksgiving to the Lord God for all He has done with us. May we use our bodies which enshrine the life He has given to us, our minds with which we exercise our intellectual faculties, and hearts where our emotions lay, to foster peace in our inner selves by keeping united to the Lord and retaining peace with all around us.

Isaiah. God is jealous to take back whatever belongs to him, be it people or glory. Israel, which is a name both for a land and a people, has many a time throughout history abandoned God, seeking pastures new. Yet God works through individuals who are faithful and bound to Him to restore faith and good order in His house and spreads His confines worldwide for His faithful servant to foster conversion and bring salvation to all nations.

First Epistle to the Corinthians. St Paul reminds the Corinthians, in his introduction in a letter to them, of the meaning of being a christian. Early christians were known as ‘the saints’, having been sanctified in Christ whom they recognize as the Saviour. Such recognition put them in a different class from other beings who only recognized worldly beings as their life-supporters and givers. Yet recognizing and calling the Name of Jesus put a christian into the class of being a heavenly being worthy of Christ’s resurrection and the character given him by his Baptism.

St John. John the Baptist was at first thought to be the messaiah, yet in all humility it was he that pointed out to the true Messiah, Jesus. The purpose why John was baptized with the Spirit was so that he might be the Precursor who was to show the Messiah. He also draws a difference between Baptism with water and in the Spirit. John was given the mission to baptize with water, which was (and may still be) an outward sign of the true Baptism in the Spirit which Jesus was to bring into the world to change men into heavenly beings worthy of their faith in a loving Father.

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