Advent Reflections

Monday, December 19, 2022Judges 13:2-7, 24-25 Psalm 71:1-8 Luke 1:5-25 Our readings today speak of angels. In this modern western culture, we tend to feel

Sunday, December 18, 2022Isaiah 7:10-16 Psalm 24 Romans 1:1-7 Matthew 1:18-25 My Dear Beloved, O, how I love you! I am grieved when you cannot

Saturday, December 17, 2022 Genesis 49: 2, 8-10    Psalm 72: 1-8   Matthew 1:1-7, 17 In the reading from Genesis, Jacob blesses Judah highlighting

Friday, December 16, 2022Isaiah 56:1-8 Psalm 67 John 5:33-36 The theme that springs to mind through these three readings is that of following God faithfully,

Thursday, December 15, 2022 Isaiah 54:1-10 Psalm 30 Luke 7:24-30 Everybody, just wake up! Prior to our gospel reading, Jesus had healed a centurion’s slave

Wednesday, December 14, 2022 Isaiah 45: 5-8, 18-25    Psalm 85: 8-13     Luke 7: 19-23 Most of us are aware through media reports

Monday, December 12, 2022Numbers 24: 2-7, 15 -17a Psalm 25: 3 – 8 Matthew 21: 28 – 32 “…how fair are your tents, O Jacob, your encampments,

Sunday, December 11, 2022Isaiah 35:1-10 Psalm 146:4-9 James 5:7-10 Matthew 11:2-11 When I reflect on the words of Isaiah and Matthew, I know in a

Psalm 103 The Luttrell Psalter, made in Lincolnshire, c. 1320-1340 Add MS 42130,                            

Isaiah 29:17-24Psalm 27: 1-6, 17-18 Matthew 9: 27-31 When I was in grade 5, I visited my grandmother and attended church with her.  That afternoon,

Isaiah 26:1-6 Psalm 118:19-24 Matthew 7:21-27 The readings and the psalm have one thing in common, “the gate of the Lord.”  Believing in the salvation

Wednesday, November 30, 2022 Isaiah 25: 6-9Psalm 23Matthew 15: 29-39 These passages talk about how God gives us hope by comforting us. God comforts us

Isaiah 11:1-10Psalm 72: 1-8   Luke 10:21-24 Scholars differ as to whether Isaiah 11 is a messianic prediction or whether it suggests a continuation of the

Isaiah 4:2-6   Psalm 122   Matthew 8:5-13 Isaiah 4:2-6, seems to me to be an overwhelming blessing of compassionate love from God. In general,

Isaiah 2:1-5    Psalm 122  Romans 13:11-14 Matthew 24:36-44 Advent is again upon us.  Why do we keep Advent year after year?  There has to