Lessons: Baruch 5:1-9 Philippians 1:3-11 Luke 3:1-6 Canticle 4 or 16 Are you basically an optimist or basically a pessimist? Do you tend to see the glass as half empty or half full? John the Baptist seems to be a bit of both – both optimist and pessimist. I tend to be a worrier myself,Continue reading “Second Sunday of Advent by The Rev. Corbet Clark”
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Second Sunday of Advent by The Rev. Dick Toll
Lessons: Isaiah 40:1-11 2 Peter 3:8-15a Mark 1:1-8 Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13 We are experiencing Advent….the preparation for the coming of Jesus. We hear from John the Baptist during the time when the Roman empire was causing great unrest, torture, killing, and brutality to the people who lived throughout the region but especially in the Galilee. Continue reading “Second Sunday of Advent by The Rev. Dick Toll”
Second Sunday of Advent by The Rev. D. Corbet Clark
Lessons: Isaiah 11:1-10 Romans 15:4-13 Matthew 3:1-12 Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19
Second Sunday of Advent by The Rev. Martin Elfert
Lessons: Malachi 3:1-4 Canticle 16 Philippians 1:3-11 Luke 3:1-6 Here are the words from Malachi: See, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the covenant in whom you delight – indeed, he is coming,Continue reading “Second Sunday of Advent by The Rev. Martin Elfert”