Daily Scripture Reflection & Prayer: September 9, 2025

Date: Memorial of St. Peter Claver

Scripture Text:  Colossians 2:6-15

Brothers and sisters:

As you received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in him, rooted in him and built upon him and established in the faith as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. See to it that no one captivate you with an empty, seductive philosophy according to the tradition of men, according to the elemental powers of the world and not according to Christ.

For in him dwells the whole fullness of the deity bodily, and you share in this fullness in him, who is the head of every principality and power. In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not administered by hand, by stripping off the carnal body, with the circumcision of Christ. You were buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead. And even when you were dead in transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he brought you to life along with him, having forgiven us all our transgressions; obliterating the bond against us, with its legal claims, which was opposed to us, he also removed it from our midst, nailing it to the cross; despoiling the principalities and the powers, he made a public spectacle of them,leading them away in triumph by it.

Breaking the text open – background and summary:

Today’s first reading from Paul’s Letter to the Colossians reminds us of the multitude of blessings bestowed upon us through Jesus Christ and implores us to “walk in Him” in faith and abounding in thanksgiving.

Meditating on the text with personal questions:

Do I daily consider prayerfully all that is possible for me because of the love and sacrifice of my Savior, Jesus Christ?

Praying:

LORD, Jesus Christ, Son of God, our Savior, we lift our minds, our hearts and our very souls and spirits to You in loving thanksgiving for all that have brought to us and earned for us. Send your Spirit to strengthen our resolve to “walk” in You daily, to follow You wherever You lead us, and to live our love for You and for the Father Almighty whom You revealed to us through our lives. Glory be to the Father and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.