Soul Food: Week of December 18, 2022

“Soul Food” is a regularly updated calendar of meditations sometimes questioning conventional wisdom & often suggesting eternal values

Sunday: OT God’s wrath oft came on those who were disobedient but NT’s Advent speaks to the Messiah, the Christ, coming among us to save & reconcile with man …

Monday: The Lord is coming, always coming. Henri Nowen

Tuesday: Advent increases our hope, a hope which does not disappoint. The Lord never lets us down. Pope Francis

Wednesday: Immanuel, God with us in our nature, in our sorrow, in our lifework, in our punishment, in our grave, and now with us, or rather we with Him, in resurrection, ascension, triumph. Charles Spurgeon

Thursday: In the Advent journey: Hope becomes peace. Peace becomes joy. Joy becomes love. Love becomes Christ. Bobby Schuller

Friday: Advent asks the question: “What is it for which you are spending your life?” Sr. Joan Chittister

Saturday: I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. Charles Dickens

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