I. Readings
Psalms 16, 102, 130
2 Samuel 7:1-17
Titus 2:11-3:8a
Luke 1:39-56
II. Selections
Psalm 16:11
You show me the path of life.
In your presence there is fullness of joy;
in your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
2 Samuel 7:2
...the king [ David] said to the prophet Nathan, "See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God stays in a tent."
Titus 3:4-5
But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy, through the water of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
Luke 1:52-53
" ...He has brought down the powerful from their thrones,
and lifted up the lowly;
he has filled the hungry with good things,
and sent the rich away empty. ... " [ Mary]
III. Meditation: Neither riches nor works of righteousness
Even if they dwell in cedar houses,
you do not seem much impressed
by the powerful upon their thrones;
you lift up the lowly and fill
the hungry with good things,
sending the rich away empty.
Rich or poor, we are not saved by the
works of righteousness we have done,
but according to your mercy, through the
water of rebirth and renewal by the Spirit.
Show us the path of life-in your presence
there is fullness of joy, and in your right
hand there are pleasures forevermore.
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