Friday after the Third Sunday in Advent - BIT 2016
Opening Sentence The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together. Isaiah 40:5 Read | Ps. 40 54; Ps. 51; Zech. 7:8—8:8; Rev. 5:6–14; Matt. 25:14–30 Reflection | Psalm 40 - Literary type | Mixed type | click here I waited for the Lord to lift me up and gave me a new song; trust in the Lord; God is faithfulness and love; delivery me and help me; great is the Lord. Zechariah 7 - vs 8 The word of the LORD came to Zechariah, saying: 9 Thus says the LORD of hosts: Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another; 10d o not oppress the widow, the orphan, the alien, or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another. 11 But they refused to listen, and turned a stubborn shoulder, and stopped their ears in order not to hear. 12 They made their hearts adamant in order not to hear the law and the words that the LORD of hosts had sent by his spirit through the former prophets. Therefore...