Through the Incarnate Word, we are conceived in love and born anew as God's dear children.
Lectionary Preaching Workbook
BRIEF COMMENTARY ON THE LESSONS
Lesson 1: Jeremiah 31:7--14 (C, E)
God proclaims through his prophet a message of hope, comfort, and national revival. The time of the Babylonian captivity would come to an end and the people would come back to Zion rejoicing. God lavishes comfort on this people, whom he allowed to be punished.
Lesson 1: Sirach 2:4--12 (RC)
Wisdom, which God created in the beginning, has found a home with the People of God.
Lesson 1: Isaiah 61:10-62:3 (L)
Refer to First Sunday After Christmas (E)