Our family is not as "ideal" as I want it to be. There is arguing and silence. Money, jobs and small differences between us add tension to our lives. I want to live more simply but I keep getting sidetracked, not just by shopping and decorating, but by envy and petty annoyances.
Jesus, let me turn and really see you and Mary and Joseph. Let me remember your ancestors as Matthew tells the story. There are kings, but not very perfect. There are women, but each of them "odd" in some way: a foreigner, a prostitute, a pregnant, unmarried mother. Yet this is your family, a sacred heritage.
Help me to love my family more freely, to find the generosity to unlock my heart and stop judging and to embrace and love to their imperfections, just as you hold my mine so closely. May the candles we light tonight, help us to remember to be the light in each other's lives.
Reflect:
With whom can I be more patient, more forgiving, more affirming, more loving?
(author unknown to me)
Jesus, let me turn and really see you and Mary and Joseph. Let me remember your ancestors as Matthew tells the story. There are kings, but not very perfect. There are women, but each of them "odd" in some way: a foreigner, a prostitute, a pregnant, unmarried mother. Yet this is your family, a sacred heritage.
Help me to love my family more freely, to find the generosity to unlock my heart and stop judging and to embrace and love to their imperfections, just as you hold my mine so closely. May the candles we light tonight, help us to remember to be the light in each other's lives.
Reflect:
With whom can I be more patient, more forgiving, more affirming, more loving?
(author unknown to me)
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