Reflection (The readings are below, for your reference)
If it is true that Jesus came to “free those who all their lives were held in slavery by the fear of death,” then I ask you and I must ask myself, how is my life held in slavery by the fear of death? Is it the fear of shame or blame? The fear of failure? The fear of loss? What fears am I a slave to? If I ask myself that question, then I come to know and understand what it is that I must let go of in order to be free. I commit to accept freedom and let go of fear.
Namaste! Amen!
The Readings
Malachi 3:1-4
Psalm 24
Hebrews 2:14-18
14 Since, therefore, the children share flesh and blood, he himself likewise shared the same things, so that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, 15and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by the fear of death. 16For it is clear that he did not come to help angels, but the descendants of Abraham. 17Therefore he had to become like his brothers and sisters* in every respect, so that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make a sacrifice of atonement for the sins of the people. 18Because he himself was tested by what he suffered, he is able to help those who are being tested.
Luke 2:22-40
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