The lighting of the 4th Advent candle – LOVE
“God does not come from nowhere but through a people named Israel, a prophet named Nathan, a king named David, a descendant of David named Jesus:
When King David had defeated his enemies he wanted to build a temple, as a house for God’s presence, and consulted Nathan, who said,
“Do whatever you have in mind.” But God gave Nathan a different message about a different kind of house:
Down to this day I have never dwelt in a house since I brought Israel up out of Egypt. I lived in a tent and a tabernacle…
Your family and your kingdom will be established for ever in my sight.
Through an angel God speaks to Mary:
You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, God will give him the throne of his ancestor David;..
his reign shall never end.
Through Mary, God speaks to us:
My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior, whose name is holy, who has routed the proud and all their schemes,
brought down monarchs from their thrones,…
raised on high the lowly, filled the hungry with good things, and sent the rich away empty.
We light our fourth candle, as a sign of God’s love, shining in the world through people past and present.”
PRAYER: Living God, thank you for coming to our world. Thank you for meeting us in real people, whose stories we can tell,
and above all meeting us in Jesus. Amen