HOUSE OF DAVID

PRAYER MOMENT

Thursday 24 December 2015

HOUSE OF DAVID

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “He has raised up for us a power for salvation in the House of his servant David.” (Luke 1:67-79)

Reflection. Our Christmas eve readings sweep through the Old Testament to focus on David as king and the House that he established. It was typically human, based on the murder of Solomon’s mother’s first husband, and Jesus was born into such a lineage. But it was “raised up” and became for us a power that would transform us and our world. We root ourselves in that process of transformation, straining to appropriate our heritage in all the details of our personal lives and in our shared responsibility for our whole human family and our planet.  

Prayer. Lord, you come to us and we celebrate. May we truly grasp your coming and let in flow into our lives. Amen.