Thursday, December 21 — Psalm 145:8–16
Haggai 2; Revelation 17:9–18
I hope for your salvation, O Lord. Psalm 119:166
It had been revealed to Simeon by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Messiah. Guided by the Spirit, he came into the temple. Simeon took the child Jesus in his arms and praised God. Luke 2:26–27,28
O Dayspring, Brightness of the Light eternal and Sun of Justice: Come and enlighten those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death. Amen.