But joy is more than this, joy is when life becomes a kind of gift, a gift we could never have imagined or dreamed of. The theologian Karl Barth writes that, “Joy is really the simplest form of gratitude… to be joyful is to expect that life will reveal itself as God’s grace.

Malcolm Clemens Young Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA 2B41

Christmas Eve (Proper 2) 7:30 p.m. Eucharist Friday 24 December 2021

Isaiah 62:6-12

Psalm 97:1-2, 6-9, 11-12

Titus 3:4-7

Luke 2:8-20

Becoming Joyful “

Joy to the world! The Lord is come… Let every heart prepare him room, and heaven and nature sing” (Hymn 100).