31-Dec-23 (Luke 2:22-40)

Today's story from the gospel tells us about two people who knew, even from the start that Jesus was going to be someone special. When they saw him as an eight-day-old baby, the thanked God for sending him. They told Mary and Joseph and anyone who was around at the time that Jesus was the answer to all the prayers they had prayed for God to show us who God is in a way that we could understand.
That's what Jesus is for us as well. Jesus shows us who God is by the way he acts, by what he says, and he teaches us how to be more like God. That really is something to tell people about.
Let's pray about that.

Prayer:

God, who shows us who you are through Jesus, help us to listen to Jesus as he teaches us. Help us to follow him and to be more like him. Help us to tell other people about Jesus as well.
We pray in Jesus' name. AMEN.