Daily Retreat 12/31/08

2008 Dec 31 Wed: Christmas Weekday/ Sylvester I, pp 1 Jn 2:18-21/ Ps 95(96):1-2. 11-12. 13/ Jn 1:1-18 From today's readings:  "Children, it is the last hour....  The LORD comes, He comes to rule the earth....  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." The Last Hour There seems to be a deliberate contrast between St. John's letter with the sober reminder, "Children, it is the last hour!"  and the gospel overture, "In the beginning was the Word...." What are you going to do with this last day and hour of 2008?  This day and hour have been given to you and me by God for the same reason He gives us every other day and hour: so that we choose Him!  So that we can say, "This moment is to be the end of the reign of sin in my life, and my welcome to the new beginning incarnated in the Word made flesh."