12-16-19

ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGS

December 16, 2019

Prayer for the Week:

We often sing:

I’ve got the joy, joy, joy, joy

Down in my heart!

(Where?)

Down in my heart!

(Where?)

Down in my heart!

…down in my heart to stay.

O Emmanuel, the Holy One who chose to dwell among us, I come singing your joy. May it reside in my heart, but only as the starting place. Bring me this joy, not as some emotion that will come and go with the changes of life, but as a way of being. Provide me an encounter of your unmistakable and unconditional love that took on flesh. Provide me this sacred encounter from which joy emerges, a joy that is not simply another way of speaking of happiness. Allow for joy to touch my heart, possess my way of living, encompass my whole being. May it dwell from my head to my heart, from my attitude to my outlook. May it spill forth in how I interact with those around me, for joy is never private or secretive. It is your gift to the world, a declaration of my beloved status embodied in the birth of a child. That is my joy! Amen.

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