Posted on 12/05/2012 7:25:46 PM PST by Brad’s Gramma
O EMMANUEL
December 23
Symbols: Manger
Come to save us, O Lord our God.
O Emmanuel, God with us, our King and Lawgiver, the expected of the nations and their Savior: Come to save us, O Lord our God.
O Emmanuel, Rex et legifer noster, expectatio gentium, et Salvator earum: veni ad salvandum nos, Domine, Deus noster.
The manger reminds us of the simplicity and poverty surrounding the birth of Jesus and is representative of His life of humility.
Recommended Readings: Isaias 9:2-7
We will say special prayers for Tommy on Wednesday.Merry Christmas, Fatima
Merry Christmas from the great White North.
Mr. and Mrs. D-Man
Merry Christmas and Peace to Jim and the FReeper team that keeps things moving!
Merry Christmas! I always loved the poem One Solitary Life by Dr. James Allan.
Here is a man who was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant woman. He grew up in another village. He worked in a carpenter shop until He was thirty. Then for three years He was an itinerant preacher.
He never owned a home. He never wrote a book. He never held an office. He never had a family. He never went to college. He never put His foot inside a big city. He never traveled two hundred miles from the place He was born. He never did one of the things that usually accompany greatness. He had no credentials but Himself...
While still a young man, the tide of popular opinion turned against him. His friends ran away. One of them denied Him. He was turned over to His enemies. He went through the mockery of a trial. He was nailed upon a cross between two thieves. While He was dying His executioners gambled for the only piece of property He had on earth – His coat. When He was dead, He was laid in a borrowed grave through the pity of a friend.
Nineteen long centuries have come and gone, and today He is a centerpiece of the human race and leader of the column of progress.
I am far within the mark when I say that all the armies that ever marched, all the navies that were ever built; all the parliaments that ever sat and all the kings that ever reigned, put together, have not affected the life of man upon this earth as powerfully as has that one solitary life.
Heavenly Father,
We thank you for the precious gift of your son, Jesus Christ, who said that we may ask anything of you in his name and know that you’ve heard us. Father God, we ask you to reverse the inflammation in Tommy’s blood vessels permanently. We thank you for the capable treatment of the physicians and nurses you have gifted with such talent. But, Father, we know that there is no greater healer than you and we ask that you touch Tommy with your healing hand and restore him to full health. We ask for this healing in Jesus’ name. We thank you for your blessings and accept your gifts of grace and mercy though we are not worthy of them. To you, God, be the glory and honor. Amen
I am SOOOO late in coming in here to respond to everyone!
Oy!!
I hope you ALL had a wonderful and Blessed Christmas!!!
Amen.
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