Good morning, Lord. I come to you in the quiet of this new day, as the world awakens, and with it, my thoughts, worries, and plans.
So often I am like Joseph, caught up in my own deliberations, in my own ideas of what is just and right.
When my plans do not align with yours, when something incomprehensible happens in my life, my first thought is to dismiss it secretly, to push it aside, to pretend it does not exist.
But you, Lord, enter into my dreams, into my silence, and call me by name. I ask you, help me to hear your voice in moments of confusion and fear, speaking to me:
“Do not be afraid.”
May your angel break through the walls of my fears and reveal to me your plan, which surpasses my understanding. May he grant me the trust to believe that what is being born in my life is from the Holy Spirit, even when it seems impossible.
Lord, your plans are greater than mine
Thank you, for your annunciation in my daily life often shatters my certainties to build something immeasurably greater. You are the God who was before all that exists.
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” (John 1:1)
And this same Word, this infinite Power, chose to become fragile. He became man. You find me in littleness, in a helpless Child, so that I would not be afraid of you.
“The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.” (John 1:14)
Emmanuel, you are God with us
You are the promise fulfilled. You are not a distant God, but the God who came among us to share our lives and save us from our sins.
“The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”). (Matthew 1:23)
This promise did not remain merely in the words of the prophets but was realized in a specific time and place. It became good news for us all.
“Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.” (Luke 2:11)
Lord, I ask you for the grace of Joseph’s faith. He did not remain in deliberation and doubt. He awoke and acted. His faith became action.
“When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife.” (Matthew 1:24)
Awaken me also, Lord, from my sleep, from my fears and indecision. Give me the courage to take to myself today all that you send me, and to trust that you are with me. Amen.
amen 🙏
AMEN!!!
AMEN!!! LORD BE WITH US!!!!