12.25.13

               

Lectio:   Lk 2.15-20                                                                                                        

Meditatio: “So they [shepherds] went in haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger.” Lk 2.16 
                  
Oratio: O God, You love all and especially the lowly.

I remember the angels revealed the birth of Your Son to the shepherds who were tending their flock and they would be the first to know of His birth and to pay Him homage - and their homage was most acceptable.

Grant that I may be ever mindful that it is not what I have but who I am at the core of my being which counts in Your eyes.  Please give me the grace to live in accord with the Good News and always see Your Son as the Way, the Truth and the Life.

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: "they...found...infant”: the shepherds believed the message of the angels and went in haste to where Jesus was and they became the first to pay Him homage. What a privilege for them! What a privilege we have everyday when we partake of the Eucharist! In prayer seek a strong faith so that the many ways in which Son is present, I will recognize Him and give Him the honor and praise and thanks He deserves.

Tomorrow's reading: Jn 20.1a, 2-8

P.S. May your Christmas be a blessed time, a happy time, a holy time, a wondrous time. May you and yours bask in the Christ’s child love and His peace and joy.