An invitation to respond to the wonder and mystery of God with a clear and joyful “yes.”
Collect: Fourth Sunday in Advent
Purify our conscience, Almighty God, by your daily visitation, that your Son Jesus Christ, at the coming, may find in us a mansion prepared for himself; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16 . . . God overwhelms David with the promise of an eternal kingdom to David’s heir.
Romans 16:25-27 . . . Paul proclaims that in Jesus Christ the mystery of the ages is revealed.
Luke 1:26-38; . . . Mary opens her spirit, soul and body to the mystery and word of God.
Carla Pratt Keyes, Pastor of Ginter Park Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Virginia, preaches a sermon called “Awake to Grace,” based on the lectionary readings from 2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16, and Luke 1:26-38.