Come to Stillness: Take a few minutes to allow your mind and heart to
be still before God.
Opening Prayer: Almighty God, who came to us long ago in the
birth of Jesus Christ, be born in us anew today by the power of your Holy
Spirit. We offer our lives as home to
you and ask for grace and strength to live as your faithful, joyful children
always. Through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen. (A Guide to Prayer for
Ministers and Other Servants)
Scripture Reading for the Day: Colossians 2:9-15
Reading for Reflection:
God presents himself to
us little by little. The whole story of
salvation is the story of the God who comes.
It is always he who comes, even if he has
not yet come in his fullness. But there
is indeed one unique moment in his coming; the others were only preparations
and announcement.
The hour of his coming is the Incarnation.
The Incarnation brings the world his
presence. It is a presence so complete
that it overshadows every presence before it.
God is made human in Christ. God makes himself present to us with such a
special presence, such an obvious presence, as to overthrow all complicated
calculations made about him in the past.
“The invisible, intangible God has made
himself visible and tangible in Christ.”
If Jesus is truly God, everything is
clear; if I cannot believe this, everything darkens again. (The God Who Comes by Carlo
Carretto)
Reflection and Listening: silent and written
Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself
Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself
Closing Prayer: Lord Jesus, thanks that in you the whole
fullness of deity dwells in bodily form.
Not just in part, not just a piece, but in full. You are fully God and yet fully man. O the mystery! The invisible, intangible God has made
himself visible and tangible in you.
Thanks be to God! Amen.
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