Theme of Second Week of Advent: Love
Daily Scripture:
In
those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the Desert of Judea and saying,
“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
This is he who was spoke of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one
calling in the desert, Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for
him.” John’s clothes were made of
camel’s hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey. People went out to him from Jerusalem and all
Judea and the whole region of the Jordan.
Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan
River. But when he saw many of Pharisees
and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: “You brood of
vipers! Who warned you to flee from the
coming wrath? Produce fruit in keeping
with repentance. And do not think you
can say to yourselves, “We have Abraham as sour father.” I tell you that out of these stones God can
raise up children for Abraham. The ax is
already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good
fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire. “I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me will come one who is more
powerful than I, whose sandals I am not fit to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and
with fire. His winnowing fork is in his
hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn
and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire.” - Matthew 3:1-12
Reflection:
God's love for us is the gift of Christmas. How do you focus on those aspects of the holiday which you feel are most important?
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