The First Sunday of Christmas
Sunday 31 December 2017
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Isaiah 61:10—62:3 (NRSV)
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my whole being shall exult in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. For as the earth brings forth its shoots, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to spring up, so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations. For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until her vindication shines out like the dawn, and her salvation like a burning torch. The nations shall see your vindication, and all the kings your glory; and you shall be called by a new name that the mouth of the Lord will give. You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
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The prophet rejoices in the work of God. That rejoicing should be inspiring at any time, but especially in the days that we celebrate the birth of Christ, the bridegroom of the Church. Even now in the celebration of the Incarnation we remember the rest of the story, the fullness of the wedding feast that is the Gospel.
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Fr. Timothy Alleman
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