The Monday after Quasi modo geniti Sunday
Posted on April 28, 2025 by under
Scripture: Ezekiel 36:22-27 (NKJV)
36:22 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for My holy name’s sake, which you have profaned among the nations wherever you went. 23 And I will sanctify My great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst; and the nations shall know that I am the Lord,” says the Lord God, “when I am hallowed in you before their eyes. 24 For I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land. 25 Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. 26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.”
Devotion
“Hallowed be Thy name…” These words from the Lord’s Prayer are not to be taken lightly. Today’s reading from Ezekiel makes that abundantly clear. God will not have His name profaned. God’s name was profaned when Judah’s King Jehoiakim cut and burned the scroll containing His Word. As a result of such unfaithfulness, the people were exiled to Babylon.
But God did not stop loving His people. He took action to restore His name before the face of the nations. Their time in Babylon would serve to lead His people to repent of their sins. Then God restored them back to the land He had promised them. The nations would see that the mighty God of Israel is also the God who keeps His promises.
God continues to take action in the lives of His people today. We profane His name and fail Him every time we sin. Yet, He does not fail us. The Holy Spirit bears down on our consciences with the knowledge of our sins and leads us to repent. God does as He promises, “I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes.”
Collect: Grant, we beseech Thee, Almighty God, that we who have celebrated the solemnities of the Lord’s Resurrection, may, by the help of Thy grace, bring forth the fruits thereof in our life and conversation; through the same Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever One God, world without end. Amen.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
