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Third Sunday of Advent
We long for Christ in this season. We remember the longing at his first coming. May it stir us to long for his second coming. In the meantime, we are called to prepare the way.
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Books that stood out to me in 2023
I am looking back on books I’ve read this year. It’s been awhile! I don’t have any particular order of preference, but here are some books that stood out to me:
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The hope to which we look
17 “See, I will create new heavens and a new earth.The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.18 But be glad and rejoice forever in what I will create,for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people a joy.19 I will rejoice over Jerusalem and take delight in my people;the sound of weeping and of crying will be heard in it no more.
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Second Sunday of Advent
Blessed Lord, who caused all Holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience and comfort of your holy Word we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which you have given us in our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives…
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Our place in the story
This week I am reading for Advent 2 and it’s “John the Baptist Week” so to speak. This has led me to this thought:
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What will be the final yield?
It’s probably the end of the calendar year that leads me more to reflection. This piece from Karl Rahner has been my reflection this week as I’ve been on the road. I pull it out and read a bit every morning and almost every paragraph grinds my mind to a halt and I have to put the piece down and…
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Serving God in the ordinary
We look for the spectacular. God looks for the faithful.
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The life that counts is so often ordinary
Sayings I wish we would ban in Christianity… well, there are so many. But at the top currently is this one: “You are a world changer!” You are not. Jesus is the world changer. You serve him.
