Wednesday,
December 29
Fifth Day in the Octave of Christmas
From: Nivard ...
Sent: Tue, 28 December, 2010 17:14:38
Subject: Octave of Christmas, Day 5. Nunc Dimittis
Presentation: Circumcision: Epiphany???
Mary and Joseph brought
Jesus to the Temple to present him to the Lord.
Mary, the living temple brought Jesus to the
temple of stones to present her Child and the Father’s to Simeon the priest, to
be offered back to God. This is an unheard-of new presence of God in Jesus.
Thus we have three steps of God’s presences
in ascending order:
1. The
Temple of stones in Jerusalem. This sums up the Old Testament.
2. Mary is the living temple. The Son of God makes human nature itself
the house in which he dwells,
3. The Church is the spiritual temple of God’s presence. Acts shows Mary as the living connection
between the earthly life of Jesus and the Mystery of the Church as Body of
Jesus.
Prayer
Almighty and unseen God, the coming of your
light into our world has made the darkness vanish. Teach us to proclaim the
birth of your Son Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy
Spirit, one God, for ever.
Bidding
Prayer: Father, we thank you for
the joy you have given us in the birth of your Son. Make us also welcome the
pin pricks that shape us into the likeness of this same Son, our Lord Jesus
Christ.
Prayer
after Communion,
Father of love and mercy, grant
that our lives may always be founded on the power of this holy mystery. We ask
this in the name of Jesus the Lord.
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