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Tuesday, December 24, 2024: Christmas is the announcement of a new People of God 2 Corinthians 6:16: “What agreement has the temple of God with idols? Now we are the temple of the living God, as God has said: I will dwell among them and walk in them; I will be their God, and they will be my people” Isaiah 51:16: “I have put my words in your mouth and covered you with the shadow of my hand to spread out a new heaven and establish a new earth, and to say to Zion: “You are my people!” Christmas invites us, in the light of our faith, to join the immense call that rises from creation to its creator. What dynamism and joy, what strength and momentum can we draw from the wonders of this world turned towards God, if we know how to commune with this fundamental orientation of all creation! Do we hear it, the song of the world reaching out to God? “Day to day proclaims its story, and night to night transmits knowledge; no story, no language, no voice that can be heard, but throughout the earth its lines and words emerge, to the ends of the world” (Ps 19:4-5). Do we know how to read it, to make it a liturgy, the song of creatures turned toward the one who fashioned them? Jesus, prepare my heart for your coming, I want to respond to your call and follow you to your Kingdom of light and peace. December 24, 2024: Prayer before the crib Little Jesus of the crib: I will run to you Lord Jesus, I am small and you are too; I am weak and you are too. All my greatness is only smallness; all my strength is only weakness; all my wisdom is only foolishness before you! I will run to you, Lord: you who heal the sick, strengthen the weak and restore joy to afflicted hearts. I will follow you, Lord Jesus.