What Child is This?

What Child is This?

by | Dec 18, 2022 | Uncategorized

A famous Christmas carol asks, “What child is this, who, laid to rest, On Mary’s lap is sleeping? Whom angels greet with anthems sweet, While shepherds watch are keeping?” In today’s passage, Simeon and Anna answer those questions. But the question is not just...
What Child is This?

Mary’s Song of God’s Blessing…for Us

by | Dec 11, 2022 | Uncategorized

The virgin Mary had an utterly unique calling, to carry and birth the Son of God. She would have been seen as a liar or a lunatic to claim this was God’s child. Even so, she conceived herself as blessed and called her son the Savior. But this not true only of her. We...
What Child is This?

Jesus Prays for Us Because He Knows What We Need

by | Nov 27, 2022 | Uncategorized

Thump. Thump. Thump. My neighbor, Dennis, would see me doing house projects and throw tools over the fence which landed in my lawn with a characteristic “Thump!” He did this because he knew what I needed before I did. Similarly, God knows what we need before we do. So...