Saturday, June 30, 2001
Saturday, June 30, 2001
I write to you, children, because you know the Father. I write to you, fathers,
because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young people, because you are
strong and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
(1 John 2:14
NRSV)
Alexander I. Solzhenitsyn demonstrated the power of the Word in his book, ONE DAY IN THE
LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH--a book based on his own prison experiences. Ivan notices that
one of his fellow prisoners in the Gulag Archipelago is not broken, and the light in his eyes does
not go out, as it seems to in all the other convicts. This is because each night in his bunk before
the glimmering bulb is turned off, this man reverently unfolds some wrinkled pieces of paper that
have somehow escaped the censor. On them are copied passages from the Gospels. The Book of
Life was the secret of this man's strength and endurance deep in the darkest corner behind the
Iron Curtain. That is one way we encounter the risen Christ--in the breaking of the bread of life
which is the Word of God.
Dear God, continue to teach me your Word today. Amen.
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