Pause for Prayer: MONDAY 12/27

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(The usual Monday Morning Offering will resume on 1/3/22)

Study the image above,
a tender moment all fathers know,
cradling a child and wondering,
    "What will become of this little one,
        fast asleep in my arms?"

Joseph holds a child not his own,

not in the natural sense,

yet this child is his 

to nurture and to care for...

 

Is not all love like this?

An invitation 

    to shelter - but not confine,

    to hold - but not to own, 

    to embrace and yet set free the heart

        of everyone we love...

 

Those we love and claim as ours

    are but on loan to us

until the One who made us claims us all 

    and frees us to be loved...

Let us pray...

Joseph, 

you hold a son in your strong arms,

Mary's newborn boy child,

entrusted to your care...

 

But Mary's son is not your own

  - and yet he's yours -   

to nurture and protect 

to shelter and to love...

As you hold him so faithfully,
    so carefully, so gently,
so may we hold each other
    and let ourselves be held...

Teach us, Joseph, teach us well,

the love that never fails

    to free the hearts we hold as ours

    and cherish as our own...

Amen. 

 

Joseph's Lullaby by Mercy Me

 

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Go to sleep my Son  

This manger for your bed  

You have a long road before 

You rest your little head  

Can you feel the weight of your glory?  

Do you understand the price?  

Or does the Father guard your heart for now  

So you can sleep tonight?  

 

Go to sleep my Son  

Go and chase your dreams  

This world can wait for one more moment  

Go and sleep in peace  

I believe the glory of Heaven  

Is lying in my arms tonight  

But Lord, I ask that he for just this moment  

Simply be my child  

 

Go to sleep my Son  

Baby, close your eyes 

Soon enough you'll save the day 

But for now, dear Child of mine  

Oh my Jesus, sleep tight 

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