ADVENT 2025 – DAY THREE

For you are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness,    and evil cannot dwell with you.[PSALM 5:4] ADVENT DAILY OFFICE READINGSAM Psalm 5, 6; PM Psalm 10, 11Amos 3:1-11; 2 Pet. 1:12-21; Matt. 21:12-22 I do not listen to the news broadcasts in the morning. If I were to do so, I would be in a foul moodContinueContinue reading “ADVENT 2025 – DAY THREE”

ADVENT 2025 – DAY TWO

Why are the nations in an uproar? *    Why do the peoples mutter empty threats?Why do the kings of the earth rise up in revolt,and the princes plot together, *    against the LORD and against his Anointed?[PSALM 2:1-2] ADVENT DAILY OFFICE READINGSAM Psalm 1, 2, 3; PM Psalm 4, 7Amos 2:6-16; 2 Pet. 1:1-11; Matt. 21:1-11 For today’s reflectionContinueContinue reading “ADVENT 2025 – DAY TWO”

ADVENT DAY SIXTEEN

“Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me; yet, not my will but yours be done.”Luke 22:42 Monday, December 16, 2024Isaiah 8:16-9:12 Peter 1:1-11Luke 22:39-53 The above Gospel reading from Matthew, which takes place as Jesus is about to be arrested, seems an odd choice for Advent. Yet that is the way theContinueContinue reading “ADVENT DAY SIXTEEN”