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Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Let your gentleness be
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Lord, open our minds and hearts this Christmas to hear you speak to us
through music, worship and prayer. May your love run through all our
Christmas praise
Tuesday 22nd
The Church should be a community in which the beauty of ordinariness is
revealed, because in our God, whose centre is everywhere and whose
circumference is nowhere, no one should feel on the edge.
Wednesday 23rd
In the liturgy the ordinary is consecrated and made the place of divine
encounter. From ‘On the way to life’, Daniel O’Leary
As we approach our Christmas services let us make them real places of divine
encounter.
Thursday 24th –Christmas Eve
On the eve of Jesus’ birth Mary and Joseph were still travelling, the Magi
were still travelling, and we are still travelling now – towards our destiny,
our hope, our rebirth in Christ our Saviour.
Friday 25th –Christmas Day
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: the virgin will be with child and
will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. Isaiah 7:14
Saturday 26th –St Stephen, Deacon Martyr
Make time to read about Stephen in Acts 6-7 and give thanks for his
extraordinary faith.
Wave of Prayer
21 – 25 DecemberRefugees, internally displaced families and those living
in a climate of fear.
familiesworldwide –Issue 3.09 47
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