Walking the Talk: What's the Evidence?

One of the appointed readings for today is taken from Paul’s Letter to the Colossians. Paul writes in his own hand from prison to his friends:

Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving. At the same time pray for us as well that God will open to us a door for the word, that we may declare the mystery of Christ, for which I am in prison, so that I may reveal it clearly, as I should.

Conduct yourselves wisely towards outsiders, making the most of the time. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer everyone. (Col. 4: 1-6).

Paul is in prison for preaching the Gospel, and he writes to the Colossians from his jail cell. Even while he is held captive, he preaches the Gospel. Paul tells his readers to live a Christian life.

If you and I were put on trial today for being Christian, would there be enough evidence to convict us?

Let us pray: Lord, make us instruments of your peace. Where there is hatred, let us sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is discord, union; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy. Grant that we may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR MINISTRY: COME AND JOIN THE WORK OF BUILDING THE KINGDOM

Altar Guild
Annual Art Show
ECW
Margaret Biehl Community Garden
Praying for those on the Prayer List
Prayer Shawl Ministry
S.A.S.S.
Saturday Art Classes
St. Augustine History Project
Sunday Breakfast Fellowship

Please remember everyone on our prayer list, especially Pat Tate and our graduates.

Your servant in Christ,

Fr. Chester J. Makowski+
St. Augustine of Hippo Episcopal Church
Galveston, Texas 77550