Tag: Mary
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Ballast from Bethany-AscensionB
Luke 24:44-53 Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you—that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, and he said to them, “Thus it…
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Just say, “Yes. Let it be…”
Luke 1:26-38 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, “Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with…
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Parking under the wrong tree – Christmas Eve
Luke 2:1-20 In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. All went to their own towns to be registered. Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea,…
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Learning from our children – Christmas 1C
Luke 2:41-52 Now every year his parents went to Jerusalem for the festival of the Passover. And when he was twelve years old, they went up as usual for the festival. When the festival was ended and they started to return, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but his parents did not know it. Assuming…
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I think to myself, “What a wonderful Word” – Christmas Eve/Day
So how does word become flesh? And if that is at all possible, how does one such enfleshment change anything amongst so many people on the planet? One would have to begin with words that can create something. Words like ‘You are special’, ‘I love you unconditionally’, ‘I want to be with you and share…
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Incarnation is an inside job. Advent 4C
Allow me a quick recap of the map that we have been following through these weeks of Advent. Week one: the outer chaos of external events such as the destruction of the temple, and their modern day equivalents in multiple contexts around the world lead one to “lift up your eyes for our redemption is…