Wednesday, December 31,2025

John 1:1-18
The Seventh Day in the Octave of Christmas

The Word became flesh.

God’s love is walking among us. He makes his home with us because that is what love does. Love becomes part of us and the person that we are to love. Our God can get close to us since that is what love does for us and to us. The readings today give us wonderful imagery to ponder and to think about. Let us reflect on these beautiful readings and let the Word of God become flesh in our lives and hearts. 

Creator God, we come before you on this last day of 2025. We thank you for your gift of love in our lives. We thank you for sending us your Son, Jesus, into this world to save us. Help us to remember that all we need is you in our lives, and you will take care of us. Lord God, we thank you for the past year and look forward to the coming one that lies before us. Help us to remember that you walk with us every day. Thank you, Lord, for everything.

Tuesday, December 30,2025

Luke 2:36-40
The Sixth Day in the Octave of Christmas

She spoke about the child to all who were awaiting the redemption of Jerusalem.

Anna waited day and night, fasting and praying, to see the newborn child who would be the Savior of the world. She gave thanks to him, who was awaiting Jerusalem’s redemption. They had been waiting a long time for the Messiah to come. Come, Lord Jesus! Come, Lord Jesus!

Come, Lord Jesus, into our hearts and fill us with the love you give freely to one another. Help us to remember that you are the Word of God, and all things are possible with you. Teach us your ways, O Lord, that we may follow you with all of our hearts, souls, and minds. Help us to love as you have loved us. Help us to grow in wisdom and understanding of your ways O Lord. 

Monday, December 29,2025

Luke 2:22-35
The Fifth day in the Octave of Christmas

He came in the Spirit into the temple

As we come to the end of one year and prepare for the new, 2025 looks and feels like Simeon in his old age. And we can entrust the past to God so that something new can begin for us all. The peace that radiates through this gospel is God’s own light and life. The child that Simeon holds is the God who holds all our lives in his hands. This God, now born for us, is our peace, too.