Nov 30, 2024
(Jer.33:14-16; Ps.25:4-5,8-10,14; 1Thes.3:12-4:2; Lk.21:25-28,34-36)
“You are God my savior,
and for you I wait all the day.”
So does David sing of the “just shoot” that will be raised up after him; so does he anticipate the coming of Jesus into our midst. But, though the Messiah has been born, though He...
Nov 29, 2024
O brother of the Rock of our Church,
you who brought him to our Lord,
you who were crucified
on the Cross of our Savior,
who shed your blood
freely for His cause…
you who thirsted for His coming
and welcomed Him so readily
into your life –
bring us also to the Messiah’s side
and pray we shall receive Him
as well...
Nov 29, 2024
(Rm.10:9-18; Ps.19:2-5; Mt.4:18-22)
“How beautiful are the feet of those who announce good news!”
Alleluia!
We must have “faith in the heart” and “confess with [our] lips that Jesus is Lord”; but how can we believe in Him and call on Him if we have not heard of Him? “And how can [we] hear unless...
Nov 28, 2024
(Rv.20:1-4,11-21:2; Ps.84:3-6,8,Rv.21:3; Lk.21:29-33)
“The heavens and the earth will pass away,
but my words will not pass.”
Indeed John tells us of his vision that once “the former heavens and the former earth had passed away, and the sea was no longer,” he saw “new heavens and a new earth,” which...
Nov 27, 2024
(Rv.18:1-2,21-23,19:1-3,9; Ps.100:2-5; Lk.21:20-28)
“These indeed will be days of retribution,
when all that is written must be fulfilled.”
The destruction of the world and the coming of the kingdom is our clear theme today. It is what is written. It is what must be fulfilled.
“Fallen, fallen is Babylon...