Reading
Then Isaiah said: "Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary mortals, that you weary my God also? Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Look, the young woman is with child and shall bear a son, and shall name him Immanuel. He shall eat curds and honey by the time he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good. For before the child knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land before whose two kings you are in dread will be deserted.
Reflection
Emmanuel God is with us. In other words “he is here” not somewhere else but right here. In the midst, the centre of the world and OUR world.
Emmanuel. God with us. He who was in heaven, co-equal and co-eternal with the Father and Spirit, descended into our world. Breathing our air, he felt our pain, knew our sorrows, and died for our sins. He didn't come to frighten us, but to show us the way to warmth and safety. Another way of putting it – Emmanuel God is with us – we are not alone. A God born as a helpless baby – the word becoming flesh unable to speak a word. The word vulnerable, relying on others and the community. God with us learning to walk, talk – this is not the remote God but the one.
May the peace and love of the Christ Child fill your hearts this day
Prayer
Welcome Holy Child. Your presence here transforms us.
All praise to you O Lord. You have come and become one of us. We thank you for this Word made flesh, revealed to us in the manger. Grant that we may find in his birth the new birth that he brings in us, to live out your gospel of love in the world; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen
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