--- title: Daily Readings Reflection for 12/16/10 description: Daily Readings Reflection for 12/16/10 --- [![catholic-mom-logo-v2](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/images/catholic-mom-logo-v2.svg "catholic-mom-logo-v2")](https://www.catholicmom.com/) [![facebook](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-facebook.svg)](http://www.facebook.com/CatholicMomCommunity) [![twitter](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-twitter.svg)](http://twitter.com/CatholicMomCom) [![instagram](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-instagram.svg)](http://instagram.com/catholicmomcommunity) [![youtube](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-youtube.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAuUqHCVPDzyMgSMaMZxxug?view_as=subscriber) [![search-icon](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/search-icon.svg)](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/2010/12/16/daily-readings-reflection-for-121610#) # Daily Readings Reflection for 12/16/10 Dec 16, 2010 7:00:22 AM  |  by [Guest](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/guest) ![](https://www.catholicmom.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/father_bert-18.jpg?width=200&height=300&name=father_bert-18.jpg "father_bert")Scripture: Lectionary 191. Isaiah 54:1-10. Psalm 30:2.4.5-6.11-12.13. Luke 7:24-30 [Today's Readings](http://www.usccb.org/nab) What is God's plan in your life? This is the thought question that Luke the Evangelist poses for us at the end of our pericope for today. He has given us the scene of Jesus asking the Pharisees and the scribes (lawyers) about the identity and origin of John and his baptism ritual for forgiveness. They by refusing to listen to the Baptist and refusing to be dipped into the Jordan River for his form of baptism fail to see God's plan in their lives. John was making it exceeding clear what is expected of those who came to hear him or to see what he was doing. He called for a metanoia or change of mind and habit and attitude among those interested in entering the kingdom of God. Renewal and repentance were the hallmarks of John's prophetic preaching in order to prepare them for the coming of the reign of God and the Messiah. We too need to hear his voice and carry out these preliminaries if we want to discover the Messiah and the reign of God. Scripture is the living voice of the Lord for us and by doing what it says we are then doing the will of God and entering into the plan of God. We are called to do more than the ordinary but that is where we start and begin each day. Then we take up the sensitivity and purpose of our working with others and treating them as members of the Body of Christ or followers of God. John the Baptist points us to the Messiah, Jesus, and Jesus tells us to take a good look at what John was calling us to do. Jesus is taking center stage now in the Gospels for John is in prison and soon will be beheaded by Antipas, the son of Herod the Great. Jesus will go further in telling us we need to be baptized with the baptism of the Spirit--a fire of power, inspiration, and dedication. This baptism today is the sacrament we all receive as Christians. It is done in the name of God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit with water and the words of the sacrament. It is effective in remitting our sins and getting us started on the road that leads to the plan of God for us. Jesus himself gives us the formula and sign in the last few verses of Matthew's Gospel: Matthew 28-18-20. God then takes over in us. We are not in control now but under the direction of God while using our reason and continuing the virtues of the Spirit given to us when we were baptized. God himself consoles us through the words of Isaiah, "My love shall never leave you nor my covenant of peace be shaken, says the Lord, who has mercy on you." (Isaiah 54:10). Our prayer for today is the responsorial verse of Psalm 30: " I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me." 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