Christmas Eve (Year 2, NL)
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December 24 and 25, Nativity (Isaiah 9:2–7; Luke 2:1–20)
Preachers who value their pulpit would be wise to avoid Isaiah 9 this Christmas Eve.
December 15, Advent 3A (Matthew 11:2–11; Psalm 146:5–10; James 5:7–10)
In his response to John, Jesus speaks of hope in the present tense.
Seeing myself in the story of the Feast of the Visitation
I've long identified with Mary's fire. Now I want to learn from Elizabeth.
December 24 and 25, Nativity (Luke 2:8-20)
Mary gives us permission to pause and ponder what we hear.
Mary's joy is for everyone
The Magnificat rejoices in a God who acts within human history.
December 24/25, Nativity (Luke 2:1-14)
Luke has some sense of how a baby can change everything.
God's words and liturgy's echo
"I love you," says God. "We love you, too," our prayers reply.
Good news for the rich and poor (Luke1:46b–55)
What a relief it might be to middle-class America to be sent away empty.
December 24, Christmas Eve: Luke 2:1-20
Our busyness at Christmas hides God's busyness for us—but Luke's Gospel reveals it.
Blessed are Mary, Judith, and Yael
This story is full of echoes—most famously, Mary's song echoes Hannah's. But there is another echo: Elizabeth's praise of Mary, which gets taken up into the Hail Mary, is an echo of Deborah's song in Judges 5.