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Advent 2 — Peace
The Good News Written
Baruch 5.1-4 (The Inclusive Bible, Priests for Equality)
“Take off the garment of your sorrow and affliction, Jerusalem, and put on forever the beauty of the glory from God. Put on the robe of the righteousness that comes from God; put on your head the diadem of the glory of the Eternal One, for God will show your splendor everywhere under heaven. For God will give you evermore the name, ‘Righteous Peace, Godly Glory.’”
Emilie Cady:
“We all must recognize that it was the Christ within that made Jesus what he was, and our power now to help ourselves and to help others lies in our comprehending the Truth… that this same Christ that lived in Jesus lives within us… It is the ‘I in them and you in me, that they may become completely one’ of which Jesus spoke.”
Luke 1.26-38 (NIV)
26In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27to a [young woman] pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The [young woman’s] name was Mary. 28The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
29Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. 30But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. 31You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. 32He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his [ancestor] David, 33and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his [dominion] will never end.”
34“How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am [unmarried]?”
35The angel answered, “The holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. 36Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be barren is in her sixth month. 37For nothing is impossible with God.”
38“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May it be to me as you have said.” Then the angel left her.
The Good News Proclaimed
Preached by the Reverend Elder Nancy Wilson at the Sunshine Cathedral on Sunday, December 6, 2009.
Today, the second Sunday in Advent we light the candle of Peace, as we anticipate the birth of One who was called The Prince of Peace, Jesus, who announced and ushered in a realm of peace.
We need peace today, as much, if not more than we did 2000 years ago. Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh says that life is simultaneously dreadful and wonderful, which is why we need peace. Continue reading »
