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”

CONQUER KILLING WITH KINDNESS

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.ephesians 4:32 I strongly considered taking this day off. The benefit of retirement is that I have that option, or should I more accurately say, that luxury. I could justify not posting by saying that my initial commitment was toContinueContinue reading “CONQUER KILLING WITH KINDNESS”

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”