On the third week of Advent
we light
the candle of Joy
Day 1 - Sunday
“As soon as the sound of your greeting
reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.” (Luke 1:44, NIV)
Today’s Thought: The joy that every parent feels at the
birth of their baby is merely a shadow of the great and abiding joy that entered the world through the
newborn Son of God.
Today’s Prayer: Most
Holy Father, like Elizabeth’s unborn child, the nearness of Your Son fills me
with joy. Christmas is almost here,
and already my heart stirs with the anticipation of seeing that tiny baby
placed in the manger in my nativity set. As the time for celebrating Jesus’s
birth approaches, I don’t want to become distracted by shopping and cooking and
decorations. Help me to keep my focus on that empty manger, soon to be filled
with the Source of all joy. Though
that manger is symbolically empty now, fill me with the joy of Your constant presence in my life. Amen.
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