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The wisemen seeking the new born lord.
January 5
Daily Prayer
"Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall declare your praise."
Opening Prayer:
Lord,
fill our hearts with your light.
May we always acknowledge Christ as our savior
and be more faithful to his gospel,
for he lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God for ever and ever.
READINGS from the Mass [abridged]
Reading 1
1 Jn 3:11-21
Beloved:
This is the message you have heard from the beginning:
we should love one another,
unlike Cain who belonged to the Evil One
and slaughtered his brother.
Why did he slaughter him?
Because his own works were evil,
and those of his brother righteous.
Do not be amazed, then, brothers and sisters, if the world hates you.
We know that we have passed from death to life
because we love our brothers.
Whoever does not love remains in death.
Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer,
and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.
The way we came to know love
was that he laid down his life for us;
so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
If someone who has worldly means
sees a brother in need and refuses him compassion,
how can the love of God remain in him?
Children, let us love not in word or speech
but in deed and truth.
....
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 100:1b-2, 3, 4, 5
R. (2a) Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.
Sing joyfully to the LORD, all you lands;
serve the LORD with gladness;
come before him with joyful song.
R. Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.
Know that the LORD is God;
he made us, his we are;
his people, the flock he tends.
R. Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
his courts with praise;
Give thanks to him; bless his name.
R. Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.
The LORD is good:
the LORD, whose kindness endures forever,
and his faithfulness, to all generations.
R. Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.
Daily Meditation:
For this is the message you have heard from the beginning: we should love one another....
If someone who has worldly means sees a brother in need and refuses him compassion,
how can the love of God remain in him?
Children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth.
1 John 3
But Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come from Nazareth?"
Philip said to him, "Come and see." John 1
We await the revelation of God in our lives, just as the first disciples did.
And, we are tempted to ask, if any good - any revelation -
can come from the simple, ordinary, deep seated patterns of our lives.
The invitation is to "Come and see."
It's an invitation to make a move into those simple places
and to discover Jesus there.
May find our Lord's special way of loving us,
that we might become greater able to come to
our brothers and sister in need
and offer them the love and compassion Jesus has shown us.
And, may we offer love, not simply with words,
but with loving actions, for and with others.
Today's Daily Reflection
Intercessions:
The Word of God existed before the creation of the universe,
yet was born among us in time.
We praise and worship him as we cry out in joy:
Let the earth ring out with joy for you have come.
You are the unending Word of God who flooded the world with joy at your birth,
- fill us with joy by the continuous gift of your life.
You saved us and by your birth revealed to us the covenant faithfulness of the Lord,
- help us to be faithful to the promises of our baptism.
You are King of heaven and earth who sent messengers to announce peace to all,
- let our lives be filled with your peace.
You are the true vine that brings forth the fruit of life,
- make us the branches of the vine, bearing much fruit.
Closing Prayer:
Jesus, you became one of us on this earth.
What I want now is to be more like you:
more compassionate and patient,
more guided by your Holy Spirit.
You are a light in my life on earth
and an inspiration for how I live.
Give me the humility to acknowledge you as my savior.
Help me to be more grateful for all you have given me
so that my response might be one of generosity
to you and those you have placed in my life.
May the Lord bless us,
protect us from all evil
and bring us to everlasting life.
Amen.
from Creighton Uiversity
http://www.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/Adve nt/christmas.html
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