O come, Emmanuel!
CHRISTMAS EVE, Day 24
Happy Christmas Eve, friends! I've squirreled away twelve days of Christmas gifts for you all. The first one will arrive in the dark of your Christmas morning tomorrow, and I can hardly wait for you to open it! There’s a sneak preview at the bottom of this post:
Thank you for walking through Advent with me. May you sense a fullness of time as we turn the corner into Christmas
Peace to your home from mine,
Tamara
Begin with a simple prayer:
O Emmanuel, king and lawgiver, desire of the nations, Savior of all people: Come and set us free, Lord our God.
Repeat gently until you sense you are ready to move forward.
READ & REFLECT
A Reading from Isaiah 7:15
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
A Reading from Luke 1:31-33
And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High; and t…
