Saturday of the Fourth Week of Advent
December 24, 2022
Today’s Readings:
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/122422.cfm

Light kisses Tennessee rooftops as, in the far distance,
Radiant Dawn peeks brightly over the Great Smokey Mountains
Today, God’s Lavish Mercy, we pray a prayer full of beautiful, hopeful images. It is up to each one of us to ponder the presence of Light in our lives and the corners of shadow. It is up to us as we pray, to invite our God- Emmanuel to be with us in both portions of our experience. It is up to us to look toward the horizon with faith, hope and love in order to understand that God takes flesh in every moment of our lives.
May these images open our hearts to the immeasurable power and beauty of this Feast. Let us savor them slowly as we make our way to the waiting manger:
O Morning Star,
splendor of Light Eternal
and Sun of Righteousness:
Come and enlighten those
who dwell in darkness
and the shadow of death.
O Radiant Dawn,
it is Christmas Eve.
We see the hint of your dawning
along the dark horizon
of our limitations.
How we long for You
to fracture time,
our fragile eggshell,
Eternal Love flowing
across our weary hearts.
O Dayspring,
let us see beyond the darkness,
beyond fear,
and selfish calculations,
beyond doubt, despair, hatred,
even death…
…to know that, in You,
everything is Light
for those who trust
Your Rising.
We await your
Christmas Morning
in our world.
Maranatha! Come, Lord, Jesus!

Music: Great Advent – O Oriens