Fourth Sunday in Advent: PEACE Christ is the good news of peace and light. 2 The people walking in darkness have seen a great light. On those living in a pitch-dark land, light has dawned. 3 You have made the nation great; you have increased its joy. They rejoiced before you as with joy at the…
Third Sunday in Advent: JOY God’s blessings are a joy to be shared, but they are not benefits to be squandered. Peace for the remorseful 14 It will be said: “Survey, survey; build a road! Remove barriers from my people’s road!” 15 The one who is high and lifted up, who lives forever, whose name is holy,…
Second Sunday of Advent: LOVE Be the Love, not the Law. Reassurance to King Ahaz 7 In the days of Ahaz (Jotham’s son and grandson of Judah’s King Uzziah), Aram’s King Rezin and Israel’s King Pekah (Remaliah’s son) came up to attack Jerusalem, but they couldn’t overpower it. 2 When the house of David was told that…
First Sunday in Advent: HOPE We preach expectation and belief even now. Comfort for God’s people 40 Comfort, comfort my people! says your God. 2 Speak compassionately to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her compulsory service has ended, that her penalty has been paid, that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins!…
When we live our faith with gratitude, everything changes. Jesus Heals Ten Men With Leprosy 11 Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. 12 As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance 13 and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have…
A follower of Jesus stays the course through good and bad times Many Disciples Desert Jesus 60 On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?” 61 Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you? 62 Then what if you see the Son of Man ascend…