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Sunday 16 December
Third Sunday of Advent. Zephaniah 3:14-18, Ps Isaiah 12, 2-6, Philippians 4:4-7, Luke 3:10-18 Sing and shout for joy This Sunday our Advent theme of expectation takes on the colour of joy. In today’s readings Zephaniah, Paul and John the Baptist all share one belief – that the Lord is very near. Therefore rejoice! We […]
Monday 10 December
Is 35:1-10, Ps 85, Lk 5:17-26 Advent a time for hope This promise recorded by Isaiah was about the first coming of the Messiah, but is for this Advent too. Isaiah urges me: “Courage! Do not be afraid, look your God is coming…” The message is one of comfort and hope. Our Saviour will bring […]
Sunday 2 December
First Sunday of Advent Jeremiah 33:14-16, Ps 25, 1 Thessalonians 3:12 – 4:2, Luke 21:25-28.34-36 Increasing our love Advent fixes our attention on the coming of Christ. We live between his two comings – the first in humility and weakness at Bethlehem and his second in majesty and power at the end of time. Jewish […]
Do They Know It’s Christmas?
“Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents” is the opening line of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel of the American Civil war era Little Women. The story is of a mother and four daughters making do while their father was away fighting for the Union. Money for Christmas presents was way down the list of […]
ADVENT – a sacred space
A way to create one Somewhere, over the years, I lost a sense of Advent. It had become a whirlwind of end-of-year concerts and parties; a cacophony of hackneyed music; a relentless barrage of advertising. Consumerism and Busy-ness were the gods of choice. Even churches where I sought refuge were furnished with twinkling lights and […]
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