Thursday of 28th Week, Year II: reflection

Theme: God has richly blessed us in Christ; let us thank Him.

Reading: Eph. 1:1–10

If you read the first reading of today’s Mass carefully and meditatively, you can’t help but admire what God accomplished for us in and through Christ. One can only imagine how happy the people of Ephesus were when they received this letter from St. Paul.

St. Paul took time to remind the Ephesian Christians and all of us that God has done so much for us through the mission of our Lord Jesus Christ. Paul presented a litany of blessings which God bestowed upon us through Jesus. We can say a prayer of thanksgiving to God today for these blessings by responding ‘thank you, Jesus’ after each blessing.

He has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places — Thank you, Jesus.

He chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world — Thank you, Jesus.

He destined us in love to be His sons through Jesus Christ — Thank you, Jesus.

He has freely bestowed His grace upon us in His Beloved — Thank you, Jesus.

He has redeemed us through His blood and forgiven our trespasses according to the riches of His grace which He lavished upon us — Thank you, Jesus.

He has made known to us in all wisdom and insight the mystery of His will — Thank you, Jesus.

And He will, according to His purpose, unite all things in Him — Thank you, Jesus.

Dear friends, let us be grateful to God for what He has done for us, for what He is doing for us, and for what He will do for us.

May God continue to give you reasons to praise His name every day of your life, Amen.

St. Ignatius of Antioch, pray for us.

Fr. Isaac Chima