27 Nov 2022
You Know the Time
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For 27 November 2022, The First Sunday of Advent, based on Romans 13:11-14
Brothers and sisters, you know what time it is, how it is now the moment for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we became believers; the night is far gone, the day is near. Let us then lay aside the works of darkness and put on the armour of light; let us live honourably as in the day, not in revelling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness, not in quarrelling and jealousy. Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
28 November 2022 @ 12:49 am
…a beautiful invitation to look for and enhance the light that flickers around us now. Thanks, Beth
28 November 2022 @ 1:41 am
Thank you, Beth for this stirring message for Advent. “God is waiting” strongly motivates me as we begin Advent. Beth, you are in active ministry — not retired from ministry —-. Your thoughtful reflection shows that. I urge you to review your bio and erase “retired”. thank you for considering this.
28 November 2022 @ 2:47 am
Thanks Beth…for waking me up to hear God’s invitation “ to dance in the Light of our Lord!” I agree with Imelda – we know you are one of our very active Wisdom Women engaged in the ministry of living and preaching the Word!
28 November 2022 @ 3:13 am
My thanks to all preachers of theWord, who awaken me (and lots of others around the world, I’m guessing) daily with messages of light. As it was put in another daily reflection this first day of Advent: “ God steals into our lives in an unexpected stranger’s generosity, a smile that is pure gift.” —Timothy Radcliffe, Give Us This Day. Thank you, all.
28 November 2022 @ 3:17 am
Thanks Beth,
So appreciate your prayerful and loving expressions of hope.
28 November 2022 @ 3:52 am
Thanks Beth, for energizing me to stay awake, to actively wait and to pay attention to the glimmers of light!
28 November 2022 @ 11:01 am
Thanks, Beth, for this beautiful Advent message.
Marianne
28 November 2022 @ 11:17 am
Thank you, Beth! I know you because of Mary Ann Cirillo…with whom I lived for 21 years in Oklahoma. I appreciate your reflections as a good reminder to live in the light of Advent… If you see Mary Ann, please tell her “Hello” for me.
28 November 2022 @ 12:05 pm
Powerful is a word that cannot capture your message, Beth, I need this entire Advent season to savor it. Thanks for this Advent gift ????
28 November 2022 @ 12:06 pm
Powerful is a word that cannot capture your message, Beth, I need this entire Advent season to savor it. Thanks for this Advent gift ????
29 November 2022 @ 1:11 am
What a gifted preacher you are, Beth! Thanks for inspiring me to set my feet in motion during this Advent season.
12 December 2022 @ 10:57 am
Dear Sister Beth,
This is so beautiful. I felt I was listening to a poem. I love the idea of dancing to the rhythm of waiting, and I was particularly moved by the ways in which you connect the reading to your own experience, first to your work with men in prison, and then to Ukraine–bringing us all into connection in the darkened world. Darkened, but not entirely dark. Thank you for this light.