4 (3:19) “For indeed the day is coming, burning like a furnace, and all the arrogant evildoers will be chaff. The coming day will burn them up,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “It will not leave them even...

3 1 “I am about to send my messenger, who will clear the way before me. Indeed, the Lord you are seeking will suddenly come to his temple, and the messenger of the covenant, whom you long for, is...

2 “Now, you priests, this commandment is for you. 2 If you do not listen and take seriously the need to honor my name,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “I will send judgment on you and turn your...

1 This is an oracle, the Lord’s message to Israel through Malachi: 2 “I have shown love to you,” says the Lord, but you say, “How have you shown love to us?” “Esau was Jacob’s brother,” the Lord explains, “yet I...

14 A day of the Lord is about to come when your possessions will be divided as plunder in your midst. 2 For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to wage war; the city will be taken,...

13 “In that day there will be a fountain opened up for the dynasty of David and the people of Jerusalem to cleanse them from sin and impurity. 2 And also on that day,” says the Lord of Heaven’s...

Christmas is, without question, the single-most important event in history. When Jesus came into this world, it changed the course of history forever. In fact, much of what is happening throughout the world today is a direct result of...

We depart from the assigned daily lectionary reading today, to hear the Good News of Jesus’ birth proclaimed in Luke. The assigned reading is Luke 1:39-66, the Visitation, Magnificat and birth of John. Surely, John, who was always pointing...

In the Apostle’s Creed, we confess, “I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary.” For all the trappings of Christmas, literally, the...

As we are now in the week of Christmas, it is good for us to have this extended reading about the promise made to Zechariah and Elizabeth and the fulfillment of that promise. It is a vivid and reassuring...