God, you come to us and meet us in the

God, you come to us and meet us in the strangest ways: sometimes in the stillness at the eye of the storm or in the midnight of our lives; sometimes in the raging whirlwind or in the high noon of our responsibilities; at times in the reflections of those who have lived long lives; at other times in the moment of birth when all is potential and the future cannot be known.

Meet us now as we remember the birth of the child Jesus who brought to Mary and Joseph the anxiety and joy of new life. When we, like Joseph, stand waiting, do not let us be frozen in inaction by a sense of futility…