Tuesday of the Week of Advent II But we beseech you, brethren, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves. — I Thessalonians 5:12-28 We can appreciate that the daily

Monday of the Week of Advent II But as to the times and seasons, brethren, you have no need to have anything written to you. For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night… therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as

Sunday of the Week of Advent II Let me sing for my beloved a love song concerning his vineyard… for the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are his pleasant planting… — Isaiah 5:1-7 The Old Testament reading for today tells of the Lord God’s

Saturday of the Week of Advent I Then Jesus said to them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilence, and there will be terrors and great signs from heaven. But before all this they will lay their hands on you and

Friday of the Week of Advent I Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury; and he saw a poor widow put in two copper coins. And he said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them; for they all contributed out of

Thursday of the Week of Advent I O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord. — Isaiah 2:5-22 I hope you have some time to read the entire appointed lesson for each day, especially today. The prophet is speaking words of judgment against the house of Jacob for turning

Wednesday of the Week of Advent I And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the Word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the Word of God, which is at work in you believers. — I

Tuesday of the Week of Advent I Zion shall be redeemed by justice, and those in her who repent, by righteousness. But rebels and sinners shall be destroyed together, and those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed. — Isaiah 1:21-31 Repentance, judgment and wrath seem far removed from a baby, a stable and a