Lesson
25
December 2017
The
Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ Isaiah
52:7-10
How beautiful upon the mountains are
the feet of the messenger who announces peace, who brings good news, who
announces salvation, who says to Zion, "Your God reigns." Listen!
Your sentinels lift up their voices, together they sing for joy; for in plain
sight they see the return of the Lord to
Zion. Break forth together into singing, you ruins of Jerusalem; for the Lord has comforted his people, he has redeemed
Jerusalem. The Lord has bared his holy arm before
the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the
salvation of our God.
What a powerful reading for
Christmas Day! Christ is the messenger who
announces peace, the peace of God that passes all understanding, the peace that
God alone can bring. But today we do
well to remember that on this day we as Christians are called to be the
messenger, to be like the Christ. God
comforts us by his presence in our midst, and we have the mission of passing on
that comfort to a world that needs to be comforted with the hope and the peace
that we have received as we celebrate the birth of the holy child that is
nothing less than God in our midst.
Father Timothy+
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