Advent, Week One Isaiah 26:1-6 Today’s text from Isaiah is a song of hope where Jerusalem is imagined as a strong and fortified city, defended by God. That day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah:We have a strong city;to guard us he has setwall and rampart about us.Open the gates!Let the …
Monthly Archives: December 2021
Wednesday
Advent, Week One Is 25:6-10 When I made my Solemn Profession in 2000 our artist, Sr Regina, made me a card with the text; ‘On this mountain, the Lord of hosts will prepare for all peoples a banquet of rich food, a banquet of fine wines, of food rich and juicy, of fine strained wines.’ …
Tuesday
Advent, Week One Just as Advent begins, we step off the Advent path to celebrate the Feast of St Andrew the apostle. We have to make a quick liturgical gear change. Matthew’s account of the call of Andrew is short and offers us the minimum of details: ‘And they left their nets at once and …
Monday
Advent, Week One Isaiah 2:1-5 When I was 17 I had my first chance to study the Book of Isaiah as a whole. I was doing A Level Scripture and we were covering the Prophets. I remember being completely bowled over by the poetry of this passage. ‘Come, let us go up to the mountain …
Advent Sunday 1(C)
Luke 21:25-28.34-36 Over the years I have become used to the fact that our first Sunday of Advent opens not with words of comfort, but with an apocalyptic vision. These words have a poignancy in 2025 when we look back and think of the events which have ravaged our world. So many things have required …