Elizabeth asked, “Who am I, that the mother of my LORD should come to me?” Who am I, who are you, that the mother, and brothers, and sisters of our LORD should come to us? Who are we that the LORD God Almighty--
He Who is in the Beginning,
Who is the Beginning,
He Who is and was and will be forever,
He Who IS the great I AM,
He Who brings forth all out of nothing,
Who is the One in Whom all have their being,
Whose wisdom guides all things through all,
Who brings each and all to perfection in Him,
Who is Life, and the Life is the light of human beings,
He in Whom is light beyond our mortal sight,
And in Whom is no darkness at all,
Who is the complete Good and the source of all goodness,
Who is Beauty Itself and is joyfully seen in all that is beautiful,
Who is pure Love, and Whose love lives in all who love--
Who indeed are we creatures, that the LORD God Almighty should come to us, not only in power and majesty, but as a helpless infant, cold and hungry, needing love?
“O great Mystery, and wonderful Sacrament,
that animals should see the LORD
lying in a manger.”
Let us worship and pray to this awesome and mysterious One:
“O God, who wonderfully created the dignity of human nature,
and still more wonderfully restored it,
(and who wonderfully created the dignity of every creature)
grant, we humbly pray,
that we may share in the divinity of Christ,
who humbled Himself to share in our humanity....”
“And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us...”
He Who is in the Beginning,
Who is the Beginning,
He Who is and was and will be forever,
He Who IS the great I AM,
He Who brings forth all out of nothing,
Who is the One in Whom all have their being,
Whose wisdom guides all things through all,
Who brings each and all to perfection in Him,
Who is Life, and the Life is the light of human beings,
He in Whom is light beyond our mortal sight,
And in Whom is no darkness at all,
Who is the complete Good and the source of all goodness,
Who is Beauty Itself and is joyfully seen in all that is beautiful,
Who is pure Love, and Whose love lives in all who love--
Who indeed are we creatures, that the LORD God Almighty should come to us, not only in power and majesty, but as a helpless infant, cold and hungry, needing love?
“O great Mystery, and wonderful Sacrament,
that animals should see the LORD
lying in a manger.”
Let us worship and pray to this awesome and mysterious One:
“O God, who wonderfully created the dignity of human nature,
and still more wonderfully restored it,
(and who wonderfully created the dignity of every creature)
grant, we humbly pray,
that we may share in the divinity of Christ,
who humbled Himself to share in our humanity....”
“And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us...”
