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“…but unless you repent you will all likewise perish” (St. Luke 13:5).
On Ash Wednesday, the Church invited us “to the observance of a holy Lent by self-examination and repentance” as its key element of observance because “of the need which all Christians continually have to renew their repentance and faith.”
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“And some one said to him, ‘Lord, will those who are saved be few?’ And he said to them, ‘Strive to enter by the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.’” (St. Luke 13:23-24).
In my years of ordained ministry, I have been with many a person in the final days and hours of their life. And, as you can imagine, the distinctiveness of one’s personality, life, experience, relations, and faith come very much into focus as the dying person when conscious ponders all such things.
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“After his Baptism, Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit for forty days in the wilderness, tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days…” (St. Luke 4:1-2).
When Jesus had his intense conversation with Nicodemus about being born again as recorded in the Gospel according to St. John, He said of the Holy Spirit, “The wind blows where it wills, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know whence it comes or whither it goes; so it is with every one who is born of the Spirit” (3:8). |
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“…and they were astonished at his teaching, for his word was with authority” (St. Luke 4:32).
You will remember that in last Sunday’s Gospel reading, we heard of our Jesus in the synagogue in his hometown of Nazareth. |
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“And he began to say to them, ‘Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing’” (St. Luke 4:21).
For thirty years into the life of Jesus Christ, the Eternal Word become flesh, which He was, was unknown - except to His mother, the Virgin Mary, and to her husband, Joseph. |
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“Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form, as a dove, and a voice came from heaven, ‘Thou art my beloved Son; with thee I am well pleased’” (St. Luke 3:21-22).
I wish that last Sunday’s Baptism of Thomas Anselm Carter Gabbard could have been held today, but the schedules of the parents, godparents, and extended family members didn’t permit that to be the case. |
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“…behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream…” (Matthew 2:13).
Things are a bit out of chronological order for us this morning in regard to the sequence of events surrounding the Nativity |
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The Angel said to the shepherds, “…for behold, I bring you good news of a great joy which will come to all the people; for to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you; you will find a babe wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger” (St. Luke 2:10-12).
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“And the angel said to her, ‘Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God’” (Luke 1:30).
You will remember that for the last two Sundays, it was John the Baptist’s mission and ministry that were placed before us. Short-lived, intense, and dramatic it was. His message being, “Prepare ye the way of the Lord.” His self-understanding expressed in the words, “He must increase, and I must decrease.” |
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