Category: Bible Reading & Meditation
“Today in the town of David a savior has been born to you; He is Christ the Lord.” Luke 2:11 For all who are tired and burdened, all who are despairing and aggrieved, all who have been hurt and seek revenge, all who are without friends, all who are without real love… To you a Savior has been born today! He will heal all your wounds in love and grace. He will take away your hatred, pain and sorrow and will console you gently. He is coming to you. He is coming to you now in love and grace, great beyond...
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“And you, O child, shall be called prophet of the Most High; for you shall go before the Lord to prepare straight paths for Him, giving His people a knowledge of salvation in freedom from their sins.” –Luke 1:76-77 Do you have a Scripture verse which is a mission statement for your life? The above verse, Luke 1:76-77, serves as an apt mission statement for St. John the Baptizer’s life, along with Isaiah 40:3, which reads “A voice cries out: In the desert prepare the way of the Lord! Make straight in the wasteland a highway for our God!” Luke...
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“And you, O child, shall be called prophet of the Most High; for you shall go before the Lord to prepare straight paths for Him, giving His people a knowledge of salvation in freedom from their sins.” –Luke 1:76-77 Do you have a Scripture verse which is a mission statement for your life? The above verse, Luke 1:76-77, serves as an apt mission statement for St. John the Baptizer’s life, along with Isaiah 40:3, which reads “A voice cries out: In the desert prepare the way of the Lord! Make straight in the wasteland a highway for our God!” Luke...
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“He will sit refining and purifying [silver], and He will purify the sons of Levi.” –Malachi 3:3 Before Christ’s coming this Christmas, we must be purified. In fact, that’s putting it mildly. We need to be refined by fire and have our crimson-stained sins (Is 1:18) whitened by “the fuller’s lye” (Mal 3:2). We need to be purged, detoxified, and baptized in repentance (Mk 1:4). Most Christians don’t consider themselves so dirty as to require such extreme forms of purification. I’m sure Zechariah, being a just man and a blameless priest (Lk 1:6), didn’t think he needed nine months of...
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“I have swallowed up my enemies; I rejoice in my victory.” –1 Samuel 2:1 Hannah prophesied that the bows of the mighty would be broken (1 Sm 2:4) and that the Lord would lift up the poor to be seated with nobles (1 Sm 2:8). Hannah does not explicitly prophesy the downfall of the powerful but only the empowerment of the poor. Mary’s prophecy in today’s Gospel reading is much more revolutionary. She proclaimed that the proud would be confused and the mighty deposed from their thrones (Lk 1:51-52). In Mary’s prophecy, the lowly will not join the powerful but...
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