Second Wednesday of Advent
Elizabeth Kirkland Cahill
Betsy Cahill is a writer, biblical scholar, and historic preservationist. Co-author (with Joseph Papp) of Shakespeare Alive! (Bantam Books, 1988), she contributed a chapter to Empty Churches (Oxford, 2018), and has written for both Commonweal and America. She chaired the board of the Preservation Society of Charleston for 8 years, and is now deeply involved as a board member in starting a Cristo Rey High School in Charleston.
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What if you are that stray lamb? A reflection for Advent.
However it happens, at some point, you will realize that you have no idea where you are, and that there are a lot of unfriendly beasts out there in the world.
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Jesus as stain remover: Second Monday of Advent
All of us have interior afflictions that paralyze us, like the unnamed ailment that ravaged the man in Luke’s Gospel and left him motionless on a stretcher.
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Coattails: Dec. 4, Second Sunday of Advent
Complacency is an occupational hazard of participating in a two-thousand year old belief system.
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God loves us like sheep—even when we feel we are without a shepherd
First Saturday of Advent
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More than a set of actions, prayer is a state of being.
Dec. 2, First Friday of Advent.
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Hear, Hear!: Dec. 1, First Thursday of Advent
If we are honest, to hear is to disobey, particularly if God’s words do not comport with our own plans.
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Call Waiting?: Nov. 30, First Wednesday of Advent
Nov. 30, First Wednesday of Advent
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To pray well, we only need to pray like a child.
Nov. 29, First Tuesday of Advent
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Keeping Time: Nov. 27, First Sunday of Advent
None of us truly understands what it means that “the Son of Man will come.”