National Gallery of Art. Leaf from a Choir Book (Antiphonary) 1450 Isaiah 48:17-19 Psalm 1Matthew 11:16-19 We anticipate good things and bad things. In our complicated, troubled world, anticipation, sadly, harkens the latter. Wars, actual
Isaiah 41:13-20 Psalm 145: 1-4, 8-13 Matthew 11:7-15 At the beginning of Matthew 11, we read that John the Baptist is in prison. John has sent his disciples to ask Jesus, “Are you the one
Dum Spiro/ While I Breathe, I Hope Seeking the Dove David W. Opheim Isaiah 40:25-31 Psalm 103:1-10 Matthew 11:28-30 Many are praying and longing for peace. We have prayed passionately and frequently for those in authority to
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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
