Thursday December 17 Omit 2021
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Psalm 55
I am terrified at what is happening. The city is full of corruption and my dear familiar friend has betrayed me. I will not cease imploring God to intervene and put things right.
Appropriate for a Saturday, when Jesus, betrayed by friends, waits in silence in the grave.
Isaiah 10.20-27
God will not totally destroy the people – a remnant will be left who will be made free when God strikes down the Assyrians. This was an astonishing idea that the God of one country could defeat the gods of another country and thus have influence throughout the world. Justice is the ultimate reality, Isaiah says.
Luke 3: 1-9
John prepares people for the arrival of the messiah – food and clothes are to be shared, business is to be fair, military authority is not to be abused. How might those preparations apply to us?
This week’s collect:
God of power and mercy,
you call us once again
to celebrate the coming of your Son.
Remove those things which hinder love of you,
that when he comes,
he may find us waiting in awe and wonder
for him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. Amen.
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