Yet Mary holds her finger out, and a divine hand closes on it. The maker of the world is born a begging child; he begs for milk, and does not know that it is milk for which he begs.
Daily Office readings for Sunday, December 23, 2012: Psalm 24, 29 (Morning) Psalm 8, 84 (Evening) Isaiah 42:1-12 Ephesians 6:10-20 John 3:16-21 Isaiah 42:1-12 NRSV:
On that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no more lean on the one who struck them,
“From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven is violently attacked as violent people seize it.”
Matthew 3:1-12 According to Matthew, John the Baptist was the Voice in the Wilderness, the herald of the Christ. His purpose was to invite people
Are people most effectively motivated by reward and punishment, or by encouragement and love?
To be absorbed into scripture is to nurture a “both/and” perspective… Great Christian doctrines are “both/and.” Jesus is both fully human and fully divine. God is both One and Three. Great heresies are created by relieving the “both/and” tension with an “either/or” decision.
Every once in a while the prayer “save us from the time of trial” must become “not my will, but your will must be done.”
In the face of such a trial, we have Jesus as our forerunner and companion. He knows this territory.
Psalm 63, 98 (Morning) Psalm 103 (Evening) Isaiah 13:6-13 Hebrews 12:18-29 John 3:22-30 “Listen my children, and you shall hear…” For some reason the opening
Then the Lord said to me, Take a large tablet and write on it in common characters, ‘Belonging to Maher-shalal-hash-baz’, and have it attested for