Happy Epiphany! I hope your Christmas season was filled with the joy and wonder at the birth of the Christ child. This week’s devotion follows the journey of the Wise Men as they traveled to worship him.
Cross: In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Amen.
Invitatory Bead: “When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. (Matthew 2:10 – 11, NIV)
1st Cruciform Bead: Lord, you called the Magi to you, sending them a star to guide them to Bethlehem. Help us to recognize the ways in which you call us to a relationship with you.
1st set of Week Beads: use each bead to listen for, recognize, and consider the many ways in which God calls you to a relationship with Him.
2nd Cruciform Bead: Lord, the Magi obediently and gladly followed your star to Bethlehem, fulfilling your plan for them.
2nd set of Week Beads: use each bead to consider the ways in which you can joyfully and obediently follow God’s will for you.
3rd Cruciform Bead: Lord, upon seeing your son, Jesus, the Magi fell down fell to their knees to worship him.
3rd set of Week Beads: use each bead to offer your praise and worship to God.
4th Cruciform Bead: Lord, having worshipped you, the Magi freely and joyfully offered their gifts to your son, in response to your own gift of love to the world.
4th set of Week Beads: use each bead to consider the gifts that you have to give as an offering to God, in thanks for His gift of love for you.
Invitatory Bead: recite The Lord’s Prayer
Cross: In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Amen
