December 21 Elizabeth Mother and Child
What must have Elizabeth thought when her husband returned home unable to speak! How cumbersome for him to write it all down. How Elizabeth must have rejoiced as she read what Zachariah wrote—that they were to have a son. She had faith. She believed.
Prayer: O God, when a prayer is answered for me, do I rejoice? Do I give thanks? Do I have faith that all my prayers are heard and in the proper way and time, answered? Give me faith like Elizabeth’s.
O Oriens (O morning star) splendor of light eternal and sun of righteousness: Come and enlighten those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death.