Make your home among us. I wonder what the world would be like if we all lived as though Jesus had, indeed, made his home among us. Because, you and I might very well believe that he has, but there are many millions of people around the world who don’t.

Would there still be war? … or crime? … or poverty? … or any other negative aspect of life? Or would the world become a place where all of that is no more? … where peace and joy abound? … where the light of our Lord Jesus Christ reigns supreme?

Lord Jesus Christ,
light of the nations and glory of Israel:
make your home among us,
and present us pure and holy
to your heavenly Father,
your God, and our God. Amen

Additional Collect for The Feast of Candlemas
is Copyright © The Archbishops Council

From the Feast of The Presentation of Christ in the Temple, or Candlemas, we move into a brief period of Ordinary Time. This year it’s very brief, only two days. Because the coming Wednesday is Ash Wednesday, and then we’re into Lent.