Advent 2011
To believe in God’s future...
Do you think there are times when Christmas all seems a bit over the top? December can seem a rather neurotic whirlwind of parties, presents, bright lights and enforced jollity. Yet amidst all this, there is the shortest day, darkness awaiting the dawn, hope in the darkness.
This is all good biblical stuff, half the Old Testament and a good part of the New is a meditation on the possibility of God in the midst of darkness and chaos, of God breaking through and ‘burning away the shadows’ And Advent...? It is a time of waiting, just as so many have done before, waiting for the final unveiling of Gods majesty and love. Advent reminds us that the veil, dividing God’s glory, his loving purpose, his vision and this world is very thin indeed. In Jesus this division was punctured, to give us a glimpse of the glory and possibility of what it means to live in Gods new dawn. The terrible reality of God’s eternal and all consuming love, meeting the shallowness of our self understanding. Advent is a time of waiting in readiness, alert and willing to take action for here we celebrate the possibility of God’s future.
Gospel Readings & commentaries for the Fourth Week of Advent
Monday 19th December - Reading and Commentary
Tuesday 20th December - Reading and Commentary
Wednesday 21st December - Reading and Commentary
Thursday 22nd December - Reading and Commentary
Friday 23rd December - Reading and Commentary
Saturday 24th December - Reading and Commentary
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Gospel Readings & commentaries for the Third Week of Advent
Monday 12th December - Reading - Commentary
Tuesday 13th December - Reading - Commentary
Wednesday 14th December - Reading - Commentary
Thursday 15th December - Reading - Commentary
Friday 16th December - Reading - Commentary
Saturday 17th December - Reading - Commentary
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Gospel Readings & commentaries for the Second Week of Advent
Monday 5th December - Reading - Commentary
Tuesday 6th December - Reading - Commentary
Wednesday 7th December - Reading - Commentary
Thursday 8th December - Reading - Commentary
Friday 9th December - Reading - Commentary
Saturday 10th December - Reading - Commentary
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Gospel Readings & commentaries for the First Week of Advent
Monday 28th November - Reading - Commentary
Tuesday 29th November - Reading - Commentary
Wednesday 30th November - Reading - Commentary
Thursday 1st December - Reading - Commentary
Friday 2nd December - Reading - Commentary
Saturday 3rd December - Reading - Commentary
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