“And we have this confidence in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us... ” (1 John 5:14.)
In commenting on these verses from today’s First Reading, Didymus the Blind writes:
“Those who possess technical skills and know how to repair things are fully confident that when the need arises they will be able to do so. Similarly these holy men, John and the other apostles, knew from their own experience that if they asked God for what was pleasing and acceptable to him, they would obtain it. For God is most generous to those who have this knowledge and will grant the requests of those who ask according to his will.” (Commentary on 1 John.)
Collect
Almighty ever-living God,
Who through Your only Begotten Son
have made us a new creation for Yourself,
grant, we pray, that by Your grace
we may be found in the likeness of Him,
in Whom our nature is united to You.
Who lives and reigns with you in the
unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Who through Your only Begotten Son
have made us a new creation for Yourself,
grant, we pray, that by Your grace
we may be found in the likeness of Him,
in Whom our nature is united to You.
Who lives and reigns with you in the
unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Glory to the Father
and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and will be forever. Amen
