Second Sunday of Advent

The Second Coming Mt. 3:1-12

When the Son of God came the first time

It was a Day of Celebration

For a Child was born. 

But when He comes the second time;

It will be a Day of Judgment:

For the King is returning. 

He will not care what we look like

For He will not judge by appearances. 

He will not listen to hearsay or excuses

But will decide aright. 

He will strike the ruthless with the rod of His mouth

And slay the wicked with the breath of His lips. 

His winnowing fan will be in His hand;

And He will gather His wheat into the barn

And the chaff He will burn with unquenchable fire. 

So John warns everyone to Repent!

Do not presume to escape the coming wrath. 

Like the Pharisees and Sadducees. 

Jesus will come with an ax

And cut down every tree that did not bear good fruit;

And throw it into the fire. 

But for those who have born fruit

And repented 

 It will be a day of rejoicing;

For the wolf will be a guest of the lamb. 

The leopard will lie down with the kid. 

The cow and the bear will be neighbors. 

And the lion shall eat hay like the ox. 

The baby will play by the corbra’s den;

And there will be no more harm or ruin 

In all the earth. 

There is no time to waste. 

The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

Saturday 1st. Week of Advent

 

The Dawn in Her Womb

O Mary, gentle, pure, and meek,

The womb where God’s own Son did speak.

The Quiet room, the world asleep,

You held a mystery, sacred, deep.

The Angel came, a whispered breath,

To bridge the gap 'twixt life and death. 

And in your "yes," a new dawn broke,

The ancient promise thus awoke.

You were the earth where light was sown,

The living vessel God had known.

For in your flesh, His love took hold,

A story in your womb untold. 

And now to us, you are a grace,

A sacred, motherly embrace.

Your heart the cup where stars are poured,

A faithful, holy, and blessed word.

We find in you a place to be,

A spiritual womb, eternally. 

Friday 1st. Week of Advent

 Open our eyes. Mt. 9:27-31

Two blind men asked Jesus to open their eyes,

As they cried out “Son of David, have pity on us.”

What however is the greater blindness,

Those who cannot see with their eyes;

Or those who cannot see with their minds?

Do we dare call out to Jesus and ask Him

To open our minds to see?

To see the needs and suffering of those around us.?

To see ourselves

To see what we have done and what we have failed to do?

And when we do see,

All we will be able to say is,

Son of David, have pity on us!

Thursday 1st. Week of Advent

 The Key to Heaven. Mt. 7:21

Everyone wants to go to Heaven. 

But how does one get there?

Simple; do the Will of God. 

Jesus said only those who do the Will of His Heavenly Father

Will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. 

That makes sense because it IS God’s House. 

And if we want to enter His House,

Just calling on His Name,

Lord, Lord is not enough. 

 

We need to do God’s Will;

For doing God’s Will and not out own

Is the Key to entering the Kingdom of Heaven. 

And doing God’s Will is precisely what makes it Heaven!!

Wednesday 1st. Week of Advent

 Tears and Hungers Is. 25:6-10

What are you hungry for ?

What tears do you need wiped away?

We hunger for many things in this world and we are never satisfied; 

Never filled. 

We have many sorrows and our tears are never wiped away. 

On the Day of the Lord however,

Isaiah less us that there will be a feast of rich food and choice wines. 

And that God will wipe away all the tears from our eyes. 

Only the Lord is our shepherd who prepares a banquet for us,

And who will lead us through our dark valleys into green pastures. 

Tuesday 1st. Week of Advent

Everything!  Lk. 10:21-22

Jesus is truly the Son of God,

Because “Everything” that the Father has,

He has given to His Son. Lk. 10:22

The Father has shared with His Son, everything that He is and has. 

This is why No one knows the Son except the Father

And no one knows the Father except the Son. 

If you want to know God, then you must know Jesus. 

For ONLY Jesus can reveal God the Father. 

And no one else. 

For the Father has given EVERYTHING to His Son. 

And Jesus gives everything  He has received from His Father to us. 

Monday 1st Week of Advent

 Jesus comes for everyone Mt. 8:5-11

Ever since Abraham

The Jews were God’s chosen people. 

They were set apart from the rest of the world. 

But when Jesus came and dwelt among us. 

He welcomed all who came to Him. 

when the Roman Centurion came to Jesus;

He felt he was unworthy to have Jesus enter under his roof. 

We too are unworthy for Jesus to come under our roof at Communion. 

Like the Centurion however,

All we have to do is believe;

And Jesus will enter into our hearts. 

And make His dwelling with us.