2025 ADVENT REFLECTIONS
REFLECTIONS FOR 2025 WILL APPEAR DAILY STARTING ON November 30, 2025
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Sunday, December 7, 2025
Isaiah 11:1-10 Psalm 72:1-8 Romans 15:4-13 Matthew 3:1-12 As we move into the second week of Advent, the theme is “peace”. But as I read
Saturday, December 6, 2025
Isaiah 30:19-21,23-26 Psalm 147:1-12 Matthew 9:35-10:1,5-8 What a powerful and humbling message I found in these two lessons and the psalm. In reading the lessons,
Friday, December 5, 2025
Isaiah 29:17-24 Psalm 27:1-6, 17-18 Matthew 9:27-31 Today’s readings are full of hope, of reassurance – of anticipation. One dictionary defines anticipation as “an emotion
Thursday, December 4, 2025
Isaiah 26:1-6 Psalm 118:19-24 Matthew 7:21-27 I have been a Christian since my baptism when I was a very young child. Not until I was
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Isaiah 25: 6-9 Psalm 23Matthew 15: 29-39 When I started reading Isaiah, I was struck by verse 9b: “Lo this is our God; we have
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Isaiah 11:1-10 Psalm 72:1-8 Luke 10:21-24 The peaceful Kingdom, as described in Isaiah 11:1-10, speaks to me of a time when all of us, God’s
Monday, December 1, 2025
Isaiah 4:2-6 Psalm 122 Matthew 8:5-13 Yesterday, in churches where there is an Advent wreath, the first candle was lit for HOPE. Psalm 122 includes
Sunday, November 30, 2025
Jerusalem. Etching and engraving. British Museum 1841 Isaiah 2:1-5Psalm 122 Romans 13:11-14 Matthew 24:36-44 In a taxi from Tel Aviv airport, my brother and I
Advent Reflections 2025, Foreword
©The Estate of Caroline Hamilton/Oblate SSJD Foreword “The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; the desert shall rejoice and blossom…” Isaiah 35:1 The
Sunday, December 24, 2024
Stained Glass Panel with the Visitation, Metropolitan Museum of Art 2 Samuel 7:1-16 Psalm 89:1-4, 19-29 Luke 1: 67-79 The waiting is almost
Monday, December 23, 2024
Malachi 3:1-5 Psalm 25:1-14 Luke 1:57-66 The birth of John the Baptist born to Zechariah and Elizabeth in their old age, reminds me of
Saturday, December 21, 2024
Stained Glass Panel with the Visitation, Metropolitan Museum of Art Zephaniah 3:14-18a Psalm 33:1-5, 20-22 Luke 1:39-45 We have journeyed through Advent to
Friday, December 20, 2024
Isaiah 7:10-14 Psalm 24 Luke 1:26-28 This year’s theme, ‘Waiting in Silence’, is reflected well in the readings for
Thursday, December 19, 2024
Judges 13:2-7, 24-25 Psalm 71:1-8 Luke 1:5-25 We move along in our celebration of Advent – a rejoicing and remembering
Wednesday December 18, 2024
Jeremiah 23: 5-8 Psalm 72: 11-19 Matthew 1:18-25 During Advent, we wait in a milieu of timeless silence, the womb of ancient,
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Genesis 49:2, 8-10 Psalm 72:1-8 Matthew 1:1-7, 17 Today’s reading is about
Monday, December 16, 2024
Jean Gandon Wednesday May 15, 1935 – Tuesday September 24, 2024 It is with grateful hearts these
Sunday, December 15, 2024
Sunday, December 15, 2024 Zephaniah 3: 14-20 Canticle 3: The Song
Saturday, December 14, 2024
Transfiguration, 1500-1549 Victoria and Albert Museum Saturday, December 14, 2024 Sirach 48:1-11 Psalm
Friday, December 13, 2024
Friday, December 13, 2024 Isaiah 48: 17-19 Psalm 1 Matthew 11:16-19 Listen!
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Isaiah 40: 25-31 Psalm 103: 1-10 Matthew 11: 28-30 Silence is the language
