Día 11 · The Nativity Fast
You Are My Son (en inglés)
Por ahora, los textos de estas oraciones están en inglés. Solo publicamos en español las oraciones cuya traducción podemos verificar en una fuente ortodoxa publicada o en la Reina-Valera 1909.
“Declaring the ordinance of the Lord: the Lord said to me, Thou art my Son, to-day have I begotten thee. Ask of me, and I will give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the ends of the earth for thy possession.”Psalm 2:7-8
Reflexión (en inglés)
In the services of Christmas Eve the Church sings this verse: “The Lord said unto me, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.” Psalm 2 speaks of God's anointed King, and the apostles applied it to Christ (Acts 13:33; Hebrews 1:5). The Fathers heard in it both the eternal begetting of the Son from the Father, “before all worlds,” as the Creed says, and his coming among us in time. The One born in Bethlehem is not a new creature who later became divine. He is the eternal Son, who becomes man without ceasing to be God.
Una oración (en inglés)
Eternal Son of the Father, begotten before all ages, you became a child for our sake. I bow before a mystery I cannot fully understand. Give me faith to worship you as true God, and love to follow you as true man. Amen.
Llévalo contigo (en inglés)
Pray the Creed slowly today, pausing on the words about the Son.