The Days are Coming …
“This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.” — The Prophet Jeremiah (Jer 31:33)
Refreshment in the Wilderness
“Gather up the fragments that remain, lest they be lost.” — Jesus Christ, the Son of God (Jn 6:12)
Fascinated by the Law
“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. — Ex 20:2
Foreshadowing the Cross
If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. — Jesus Christ, the Son of God (Mark 8:34)
Temptation of the Wilderness
Christ suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison. — The Apostle Peter (1 Pe 3:18-19)
Quinquigesima
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom then shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom then shall I be afraid?— Psalm 27:1
Sexigesima
Bring me out of prison, that I may give thanks unto your Name. When you show me your loving-kindness, then shall the righteous gather around me. — Psalm 142:9
Septuagesima
They were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as the scribes. — The Evangelist Mark (Mark 1:22)
Third Sunday of Epiphany
If you return, O Israel, declares the Lord, to me you should return. — The Prophet Jeremiah (Jer 4:1)
Baptism of our Lord
Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations. — The Prophet Isaiah (Isa. 42:1)
Joy in Abundance
Hear the word of the Lord, O nations, and declare it in the coastlands far away; say, “He who scattered Israel will gather him, and will keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock.” ~ The Prophet Jeremiah (Jer 31:10)
Sunday of Nativity
When the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons — The Apostle Paul (Gal 4:4-5)
The Fourth Sunday of Advent
Nothing will be impossible with God. — The Angel Gabriel (Luke 1:37)
The Third Sunday of Advent
be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create; for behold, I create Jerusalem to be a joy, and her people to be a gladness. ~ Isa 65:18
The Second Sunday of Advent
The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever ~ Isa 40:8
The First Sunday of Advent
Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence! —Isa 64:1
The Feast of Christ the King
Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I, I myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out. - Eze 34:11
Hidden Talents
At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are complacent, those who say in their hearts ‘The Lord will not do good, nor will he do ill.’ ~ Zeph 1:12
