Today’s Reflection
Forever we commune with one another. Loving awareness still flows from the saints to us and from us to them. How could God, who is love, ordain it otherwise?
—Flora Slosson Wuellner, Beyond Death: What Jesus Revealed about Eternal Life (Upper Room Books, 2014)
Today’s Question
What is it like knowing your loved ones who have passed are still with you? Join the conversation.
Today’s Scripture
Suddenly there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him.
—Matthew 17:3
Prayer for the Week
God, you are life itself. Even when I doubt, even when I falter, even when I die, you compassionately sustain me. Despite my fears, you have prepared a place for me in heaven and furnished it with your love. And I love you in return, now and forever. Amen
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Lectionary Readings
First Sunday of Advent
- Isaiah 2:1-5
- Psalm 122
- Romans 13:11-14
- Matthew 24:36-44
Read the lectionary texts courtesy of Vanderbilt Divinity Library here.
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