ADVENT 2025 – DAY SEVENTEEN

Your throne, O God, endures for ever and ever,a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of your kingdom;you love righteousness and hate iniquity.[PSALM 45:7] ADVENT DAILY OFFICE READINGSAM Psalm 45; PM Psalm 47, 48Zech. 2:1-13; Rev. 3:14-22; Matt. 24:32-44 Psalm 45 is superscripted as a “Love Song,” or an “Ode for a Royal Wedding.” Scholars mostly agree that itContinueContinue reading “ADVENT 2025 – DAY SEVENTEEN”

ADVENT DAY FOURTEEN

Jesus said, “I tell you, Peter, the cock will not crow this day, until you have denied three times that you know me.”Luke 22:34 We love to pick on Peter. He is such an easy target. In today’s reading from Luke, he boasts that he is ready to follow Jesus to prison and even toContinueContinue reading “ADVENT DAY FOURTEEN”

LIFTING UP THE LOWLY

[God] has shown strength with his arm;   he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts.He has brought down the powerful from their thrones,   and lifted up the lowly;he has filled the hungry with good things,   and sent the rich away empty[Luke 1:51-53 NRSV] One of the most impactful essays I’ve ever readContinueContinue reading “LIFTING UP THE LOWLY”