Friday 2 December 2016

December 2

Prayer:

 Loving God, who created us in your image: Grant us grace fearlessly to contend against evil and to make no peace with oppression; and, that we may reverently use our freedom, help us to employ it in the maintenance of justice in our communities and among the nations, to the glory of your holy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.[1]

Reading: Isaiah 40:1-11



Reflection: “No, we are not spared it. We have to hear the voice of one crying in the wilderness, even if it confesses: It is not I. We must have the patience of [persons] of advent. The Church is only the voice of the one crying in the wilderness, announcing that the final radiant Kingdom of God is still coming and that when God wills, not when it suits us… The Church itself is still an advent Church; for we are still waiting for him who is to come in the unveiled radiance of unconditional Godhead with the eternal Kingdom.”[2]

Application: Reflect on the places of feasting or fasting you incorporated in your life this week and consider which of these you would like to continue with through the Advent season and into the New Year. Consider which of these has been particularly life giving to those in your life and to your relationships, make a note somewhere significant as a reminder to meditate on it.

[1]Prayers for Peace and Justice,” Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, accessed November 22, 2013, http://www.holytrinitygnv.org/ministries/justice-compassion/peace-prayers-bcp/ 

[2]Karl Rahner, Everyday Faith, (London: Burns and Oates, 1968),18-19.

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