Journey to Wholeness
… Read the restOnce when Jesus was praying in solitude, and the disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?”
… Read the restNow Jesus and his disciples set out for the villages of Caesarea Philippi. Along the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” They
… Read the restAnd people brought to Jesus a deaf man who had a speech impediment and begged him to lay his hand on him. He
… Read the restNow there were shepherds in that region living in the fields and keeping the night watch over their flock. The angel of the Lord appeared to them and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were struck with great fear.
Thursday of the Third Week of Advent
… Read the restWhen the messengers of John had left, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John. “What did you go out to the desert to see—a reed swayed by the wind? Then
“Isaiah 61, Day 1” (2 panels)
Isaiah 61:1
©️2020 by Gloria M. Chang
… Read the restThe spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
because the Lord has anointed me;
He has sent me to bring good news to the afflicted,
to bind up the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives,
release to the prisoners,
To announce a year of favor from the Lord
and a day of vindication by our God.
A Reflection on the Gospel for the Third Sunday of Advent
… Read the restThe crowds asked John the Baptist, “What then should we do?” He said to them in reply, “Whoever has two tunics should share with the person who has none.
The wilderness and the parched land will exult;
Isaiah 35:1
the Arabah will rejoice and bloom.
East of Eden, the whole earth is parched and barren, thirsting for the vivifying stream of the Spirit of God.… Read the rest
The blossom from the stump of Jesse will see with the eye of God:
… Read the restNot by appearance shall he judge,
nor by hearsay shall he decide,
But he shall judge the poor with justice,
and decide fairly for the land’s afflicted.
… Read the restHe also said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west you say immediately that it is going to rain—and so it does; and when you notice that the wind is blowing from the south you say that it is going to be hot—and so it is.
