These Devotions are the work of a community and not the produce of Padre Warren
This one is delayed due to a trip to the orthopedics office on Wednesday. Don’t ask.
Advent week 4 – Wednesday
Psalm 72
Psalm 111, 113
2 Samuel 7:1-17
Titus 2:11-3:8a
Luke 1:39-48a (48b-56)
Praise the Lord! The psalms for this evening sing the praises of the Lord’s deeds and.gifts. They praise the name of the Lord who is seated on high. The language soars as though to reach toward God. These are magnificent prayers and I am humbled.In about 45 lines the psalmists have created a stirring trbute to the glories of the Lord.They foreshadow the joy that is to come as that Lord which they praise comes to us as an infant in a manger.
I often aspire to such language in my prayer, language fitting to the subject. I fear it ain’t gonna happen.
Perhaps I can find a more simple prayer. There’s one I can use in Luke’s story. Only three words. But they scare me. Do I dare speak them as Mary does? Do I heve the courage to accept the consequences?Will I heve the strength to follow through? I believe God will give me what I need to answer yes to both questions. So I’ll pray in Mary’s words, “Here am I”.
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