THE GOSPEL
Matthew 1:18-24“This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about.”
She conceived
the holy child within her
because
“the Holy Ghost
over the
bent
world
broods
with warm breast
and with ah! bright wings.”
Softly caring, watching,
always at hand,
warming
the
world
with love.
God among us.
God with us.
Be born for us soon,
soon.
Quote: Gerard Manley Hopkins from “God’s Grandeur.”
THE FIRST READING
Isaiah 7:10-14
The Lord spoke to Ahaz, saying:
ask for a sign from the Lord, your God.
A virgin would conceive and bear a son
who would be called
Emmanuel.
In the beginning
and with us now,
and ever will
be with
us.
Emmanuel.
Lord,
guide with
your signs that tell us
you are with us
now.
THE SECOND READING
Romans 1:1-7
Among whom are you also, who are called to belong to Jesus Christ;
… called to be holy.
Son of
God, you came
to us from David, into
our flesh, and into our time.
You suffered all that we suffer daily.
We are yours. We belong to you.
Bestow grace upon grace.
Send us, with your love,
to the whole world
and make it
holy.
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