Advent 2020: By What We Have Done; By What We Have Left Undone
Luke’s Gospel reports that the scribes and Pharisees accused Jesus of blasphemy for his words “your sins are forgiven.” Why did this so arouse the...
Advent 2020: God Finds Us in the Desert
On this Second Sunday of Advent, the Prophet Isaiah declares, “A voice cries out: In the desert prepare the way of the LORD!” (Isaiah 43:1). In...
Advent 2020: No More Will You Weep
“No more will you weep,” says the Lord God in today’s reading from Isaiah, Chapter 30. What welcome words as we near the end of a very difficult...