Advent 1a

The King who Came is Coming, Matthew 24:29-44

How does Christ’s judging Jerusalem and the Temple in 70 AD and his future return affect us today? Father Jeremiah reflects upon this and how Christ’s previous coming and his future coming gives us hope for today that he will come to us through Word and Sacrament.

Image: The Falling Stars, from pg 323 of Bible Readings of the Home Circle located at www.projectgutenburg.org. Image location: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/34520/pg34520-images.html#id-6453421722991906772

Hope for Us, Sinners, Psalm 122

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The Psalms have been known as a prayer book for thousands of years. They were part of the regular Jewish prayer life. These were prayers that Jesus himself prayed and yet, the psalms are about Jesus. All that the psalms are seeking God for, Jesus fulfills. This psalm specifically prays for the peace of Jerusalem and as we think about Jesus praying this very prayer, we know that he was going to become that peace that Jerusalem truly needs.

Image: TU REX GLORIAE CHRISTE, William Earley, photographed by Andreas F. Borchert (CC BY-SA 4.0). Image location: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Toomyvara_St._Joseph%27s_Church_Window_Tu_Rex_Gloriae_Christe_by_William_Earley_1933_2010_09_08.jpg