Fourth Sunday of Advent – December 18, 2022
Joseph often seems to be in the background of the nativity. The Gospel of Matthew places him before us as a role model of a person that is living in God’s new age of grace and love.
Joseph often seems to be in the background of the nativity. The Gospel of Matthew places him before us as a role model of a person that is living in God’s new age of grace and love.
Is Jesus the one to bring peace, hope, joy, and love? The people of his time weren’t sure. Are we? What are the signs that point towards him being the one?
What do an axe and a shoot out of a dead tree have in common with the season of Advent? Both carry an important message of Advent in them: the call to repentance, and the hope of new life sprouting out of death.
Jesus calls us to be ready for his coming into this world. But what does it mean to be ready? And what coming is he talking about? Jesus Christ is coming into the world today, how do we recognize it?
During this Advent season, we anticipate and focus on the coming of Jesus among us and in the world. On this Fourth Sunday of Advent, in the reading from Luke, God keeps the promise made to David to give him an everlasting throne. The angel Gabriel tells Mary that God will give David’s throne to […]