2nd Sunday of Advent

Luke 3:1-6

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If I were to do a survey of which songs have been stuck in your heads lately, I bet we would notice a fair number of commonalities among us.

A handful of you would say, “Jingle Bell Rock.” Several of you more nostalgic types would probably offer, “White Christmas,” while Elvis fans would chime in with “Blue Christmas.” Those of you who don’t mind the cold have probably been happily humming, “Let it snow! Let is snow! Let it snow!” And I’m guessing a large segment of you, against your will, have been looping, “Feliz Navidad!” (more…)

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1st Sunday of Advent

Jeremiah 33:14-16

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Christ the King Sunday

John 18:33-37

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Happy Christ the King Sunday!

That doesn’t have a great ring to it, does it?

Okay. How about this:

Happy Reign of Christ Sunday!

No? What about: Happy last Sunday of the Christian year?

None of these sounds quite right. We are not all that accustomed to celebrating this Sunday as any kind of special day. We are getting ourselves ready for Thanksgiving, and then Advent, and then, finally, Christmas. It is just much easier to simply say, “Happy Holidays.” (more…)

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24th Sunday after Pentecost

Hebrews 10:11-14, 19-25

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