Praying with the Infant Jesus

 I have always loved praying with an image of the Infant Jesus. He is so little, so vulnerable, so utterly helpless and He choose to come into our world the way all of us come. We depend on others for all our needs during the first years of life. 

Now that I am 90 and living in a community with many who are older than I am, I realize that often we are called to accept a new time of vulnerability, of neediness. The Christmas season is a time to accept our limitations.

Here is the second verse of Illia Delio's "Christmas Prayer":

"Dispel our fears, O God, and awaken the hope that lies within us,

for Justice, for peace, for unity, for a sustainable earth,

Knowing that with You, all things are possible, and that living in You 

    All fear surrenders to joy."