inspiration in your inbox 22nd December 2022 O Rex Gentium (O King of the Nations) O King of the nations, and their desire,the cornerstone making both one:Come and save the human race,which you fashioned from clay. “Who would not fear you, O king of the nations?” (Jer 10:7) “See, I am laying in Zion a […]
URC Daily Devotion 21st December 2022
21st December 2022 O Oriens (O Dayspring) O Morning Star,splendour of light eternal and sun of righteousness:Come and enlighten those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death. “who visits us like the dawn from on high” (Luke 1:78) “to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death” […]
URC Daily Devotion 20th December 2022
O Key of David and sceptre of the House of Israel;you open and no one can shut;you shut and no one can open:Come and lead the prisoners from the prison house,those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death. “I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David” (“Isaiah 22:22) […]
URC Daily Devotion 19th December 2022
O Root of Jesse,standing as a sign among the peoples;before you kings will shut their mouths,to you the nations will make their prayer:Come and deliver us, and delay no longer. “the Root of Jesse shall stand as a signal to the peoples” (Isaiah 11:10)“kings shall shut their mouths because of him” (Isaiah 52:15)“him the Gentiles […]
URC Daily Devotion 18th December 2022
18 December 2022 O Adonai (O Lord) O Adonai, and leader of the House of Israel,who appeared to Moses in the fire of the burning bush,and gave him the law on Sinai:Come and redeem us with an outstretched arm. “I am the Lord. I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as God Almighty (El […]
URC Daily Devotion Saturday 17 December 2022
The AntiphonO Wisdom,coming forth from the mouth of the Most High,reaching from one end to the other,mightily and sweetly ordering all things:Come and teach us the way of prudence. Readings I came forth from the mouth of the Most High (Sirach 24:3) Wisdom reaches mightily from one end of the earth to the other, and […]
URC Daily Devotion for Friday 16th December 2022
Romans 12:1 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect. Reflection I really don’t like creeds. When encountering an unfamiliar hymn or communal reading, I scan ahead before joining in. […]
URC Daily Devotion Thursday 15 December 2022
1 Corinthians 12:12-27 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. Even […]
URC Daily Devotion Wednesday 14 December 2022
St Matthew 27:57-60 When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph, who also was himself a disciple of Jesus. He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus; then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. So Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean […]
URC Daily Devotion Tuesday 13 December 2022
2 Corinthians 6:1-10 As we work together with him, we urge you also not to accept the grace of God in vain. For he says, ‘At an acceptable time I have listened to you, and on a day of salvation I have helped you.’See, now is the acceptable time; see, now is the day of […]