Advent: Day 19 (Laws and Lineages)

Each Advent, I commit to reading the daily lectionary, the Bible readings that prepare our hearts for thecelebration of Christ’s coming. This year, I’m writing a brief reflection on these readings each weekday. It’s Advent, day nineteen.

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Readings: Isaiah 9:18-10:4; 2 Peter 2:10b-16; Matthew 3:1-12

In yesterday’s Gospel reading, we found John the Baptist in the wilderness, preaching repentance to the people. And today, here we are again in that same wilderness with the same prophet speakin...