Day 25: 3rd Commandment: The Sabbath Day The Lord wanted to sit and rest with the beauty of creation after six days: to see the wonderfulness of the creatures, especially the last, most beautiful creatures, man and woman. What does it mean to rest in God? How can I rest in the Lord? A foreshadowing…
Day 24: 2nd Commandment: Making a Name for Yourself The beautiful facade of Petra’s Treasury, adorned with statues of the gods, reminds us of the Tower of Babel. To be freed from slavery – to get the Egypt out of us, to get the ungodliness away from us – means we can’t take the oaths…
Day 23: 2nd Commandment: The Name of the Lord One of the most important things is to know that “name” is the relationship. We don’t use God’s name for personal gain – or, even worse -to lie or create deceit. Far beyond this, though, is meaning behind our respect for His Name: our love and…
Day 22: 1st Commandment: Him Alone Shall You Serve Who is your “one and only”? When it comes to our relationship with him, God tells us: “I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God” (Exodus 20:5). He knows that our happiness can only be found in our relationship with him. Giving our Adoration to…
Day 21: 1st Commandment: I am the Lord Who Brought You Out of Egypt First day into the Commandments of the Lord: Am I someone who knows faith? Do I help others know it? When we remember the miracles that God had done, we can’t forget it! The Lord doesn’t want us to lack spiritual…
Day 20: The Golden Calf & the True God There’s a whole process in understanding what a relationship with the Lord means. The Israelites were just freed by the One, who said He is the only God, but they were still faltering in their knowledge of Him. In the midst of this, Moses tells God:…
Day 19: Desert Father: Abba Climacus – Ladder of Divine Assent he Passage of the Red Sea is a foreshadowing of Baptism, just as Moses’ face-to-face relationship with God foreshadows the Incarnation of Jesus into human nature. The New Jerusalem of the Book of Revelation shows, in the midst of the city, the tabernacle, like…
Day 18: The Covenant The God of our ancestors, who becomes the King and Protector of his Chosen People, whose same finger which created and fashioned you, engraved the Ten Words on the tablets in the Ark of the Covenant. Now, you have entered into the New, Eternal Covenant, or relationship, through the Blood of…
Day 17:The Sound of Sheer Silence: Elijah Elijah traveled 40 days and 40 nights, running from danger, only to hide his face in the end. Yet the Lord wants to see our face! We are the dove in the Song of Songs: The Lord is saying, reveal yourself to me; do not hide away within…
Day 16: Ten Words of Freedom What is God’s Glory? Man, Fully Alive God’s will for us is that he be glorified by us, living to the fullness of who we are. We know well that it’s better not to be caught and trapped by lies, jealousies, and violence – but more important than that -…
