Pursue peace with everyone and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. (Hebrews 12:14, NRSV)
Comforter
God’s reassurance refreshes and restores, filling heavy hearts with hope, “Oh how serene and joyful, how deeply comforted is the person who is desperately sad, or desperately sorry, whose heart is broken, because God has profound comfort for that person.”
Bread of Life
Thank You, O Lord, for preparing a banquet of righteousness for those who come to you longing to be filled.
Advent Meditation: Faithful and True
Citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven are not surprised when the forces of darkness oppose the light and life of the Gospel.
Advent Meditation: Worthy
The Kingdom of Heaven is now within every person who has placed their faith in Jesus, and in whom God abides.
Advent Meditation: Lamb of God
In her praise of God, Mary extended the Lord’s kindness to all those who would fear God, who would worship the Lord in all humility.
Advent Meditation: Meek and Lowly
Paul described meekness has having the same mind as Christ, looking to the interests of those around us, and in humility regarding others as going before us in importance.
Advent Meditation: Anointed One
Mary had towering faith in the power, provision, and promise of Almighty God. This was a time to rejoice and sing praise.
Advent Meditation: Lord of Lords
Mary received Gabriel’s message with humble, willing faith in God, and indeed, she was among the first to see God in the flesh.
Mary’s Magnificat and Jesus’s Beatitudes
How often must Mary have sung her Magnificat to her tiny son, as His lullaby? How often did she remind Him of Who His Father truly was, and Who He truly was? Now as a grown man, the Lord fulfilled the destiny His mother had lovingly and faithfully raised Him up in.