Isaiah 40: 1-11 Psalm 96Matthew 18:12- 14 To anticipate is to realize beforehand, to foretaste or foresee. Anticipation is about intuition or prescience as well as expectation and hope. It is about trusting the signs
Metropolitan Museum of Art. Stained Glass in Medieval Europe, German 1444 Isaiah 35: 1-10 Psalm 85: 8-13 Luke 5: 17-26 Mary’s time was fast approaching when the words of the angel would be fulfilled. What
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 the readings for today, it was “hope” that jumped out
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, my thoughts immediately went to my following the Benedictine Rule
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 involving pleasure or anxiety in considering or awaiting an expected
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 in my twenties did the implication of God’s free gift
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 waited for him, so that he might save us.” I
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 children, will dwell together with him, our loving Lord, in
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 prayer for the “peace of Jerusalem;” even today, in hope,
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 caught our first glimpse of Jerusalem, the city on the
