08-Dec-2025 | Week 49

The Holy Nativity Fast

Exodus 15:1-5
Let Him Help You
“Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to the Lord, and spoke, saying, “I will sing to the Lord, For He has triumphed gloriously! The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea! The Lord is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation; He is my God, and I will praise Him; My father’s God, and I will exalt Him. The Lord is a man of war; The Lord is His name. Pharaoh’s chariots and his army He has cast into the sea; His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea. The depths have covered them; They sank to the bottom like a stone.”
Commentary
“All our past sins, you see, which have been pressing on us, as it were, from behind, He has drowned and obliterated in baptism… Let us not turn back to Egypt in our hearts, but with Him as our protector and guide let us wend our way through the other trials and temptations of the desert toward the kingdom.”

~ St Augustine

Reflection
Question 1
What can I do daily/weekly/ monthly to prevent myself from becoming weighed down with sin?