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Navigating Home To Jesus First Sunday of Advent from the book The Parables Of Jesus Applications For Contemporary Life Richard Gribble, CSC Luke 21:25-36 |
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Theme
Advent is a time of preparation. The hustle and bustle of the season can lead us to lose focus on the whole purpose of our waiting. This first Sunday of the new liturgical year challenges us to discover and heed the signs that God, the Church, and those we know and love provide for our journey home to God. The path may not always be level, smooth, or clear, but God will provide markings on the road that will keep us moving in the correct direction. We must be watchful and journey in joyful anticipation toward the goal of finding Christ. Today we are challenged to navigate carefully in returning to the Lord.
Spiritual Food For The Journey
The season of Advent is the time provided us by the Church to prepare ourselves for the coming of the Lord. Today's society is not supportive of our waiting; we are not naturally an Advent people. We are bombarded by the media with Christmas ...
This First Sunday of Advent preaching resource, Navigating Home To Jesus, is based on Luke 21:25-36 and relates to First Sunday of Advent of Cycle C of the lectionary. This preaching resource is excerpted from the book The Parables Of Jesus. SermonSuite offers online sermons and professionally published sermons, lectionary sermons, non-lectionary sermons, children's sermons, sermon illustrations, Preaching resources, preaching resources, sermons on prayer, prayers, Christian drama, lectionary Preaching, lectionary workbooks and homilies. ...