Advent Devotion - Week 2

Psalm 122

I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord!”
Our feet are standing within your gates, O Jerusalem.
Jerusalem—built as a city that is bound firmly together.
To it the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, as was decreed for
Israel, to give
thanks to the name of the Lord.
For there the thrones for judgment were set up, the thrones of the
house of David.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May they prosper who love you.
Peace be within your walls, and security within your towers.”
For the sake of my relatives and friends I will say, “Peace be within you.”
For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek your good.


Today is the second Sunday of Advent and so today we light our second candle. We remember that long ago, people greeted each other and said, “Peace be within you.” We say something like that in church on Sundays—“The peace of Christ be with you.” “And also with you.”


What does it mean to you when we say, “The peace of Christ be with you”? What does “Peace be within you” mean to you? Sometimes we call Jesus the Prince of Peace. What does it mean to have Christ’s peace in our lives?


Loving God, you sent Jesus, the Prince of Peace to us to show us your way of love. Help us follow Jesus through this Advent season and in our lives. Amen.