Blessings and curses of technology are all around us.
One blessing? When reviewing the Celtic Daily Prayer materials, what should be in view but references to Celtic Advent (HERE.) Starting today, Celtic focus is on the 40 days leading up to Christmas. Part of the commentary:
“Being ready for Christmas should mean that our thoughts are focused not just on letters, cards, food and drink, and presents, but on repentance, humility and interior ‘house-cleaning’. The more we prepare in this way, the less we will be overwhelmed by the commercialisation of Christmas.”
How to do this? A personal goal is to “take on” the task of doing the Morning Prayer each day during Celtic Advent. In so doing, hopefully “the reason for the season” will be just that much more apparent.
PRAYER: Creator God, we praise you for wonderful examples like those shared by our Celtic neighbors. May our lives become living prayers, stirred by the Spirit and our focus on you in all things, with less emphasis on the commercialized trappings… Amen
Enjoy the day, filled with the Spirit
Lectionary Texts for Sunday, November 21, 2021:
- 2 Samuel 23:1-7 and Psalm 132:1-12, (13-18)
- Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 and Psalm 93
- Revelation 1:4b-8
- John 18:33-37
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