12.24.13

                

Lectio: Mt 1.18-25                                                                                              

Meditatio: “She [Mary] will bear a son and you [Joseph] are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” Mt.1.21
                  
Oratio: O God, You love us so much and You sent Your very Son to save us so that all could come back to You.

I remember an angel in a dream informed Joseph that he was to name his foster child and the son of Mary, ‘Jesus’ as He would save His people from their sins - how kind and merciful of You!                 

Grant that I may ever mindful of Jesus, Your Son and my Brother, and put into action the Good News He proclaimed.

I ask this and all things in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with You
and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.

Contemplatio: spend some time in silence and meditate on the selected passage and hear what
God is saying to you.

Operatio: reflect: "Jesus...save...sins”; Jesus very role in coming into our world shows forth in His name and we are the wonderful beneficiaries of His coming. In prayer seek the grace to accept His coming and to live the Good News that He preached.          

Tomorrow's reading: Lk 2.15-20