Look down from Heaven and see Where is your zeal and your might O God Will you refuse your mercy to us You were always called Our Redeemer Why Lord do you let us wander from your ways And let our hearts grow too hard to fear you Return Lord to your servants O that you would tear the

Advent First Week Monday The days are coming says the Lord when I will fulfill the promise I have made In those days at that time I will raise up for David a just son he shall do what is right and just in the land In those days when God dwells among us and in each of us Our name will be

Upon leaving the Temple platform and all its beauty one of the disciples expressed awe at the stones and buildings there For people from Galilee no doubt the immense pillars and valuable stone and wood and metals the artwork and design all around them was a stark contrast to their small diml

ADVENT REFLECTIONS Look down from Heaven and see Where is your zeal and your might Will you refuse your mercy to us You were always called Our Redeemer Why Lord do you let us wander from your ways And let our hearts grow too hard to fear you Return Lord to your servants O

St Augustine underlined the supreme value of a prayer which is brief and from the heart It is a prayer of desire as much as of word he likens this kind of prayer to a dart speedily released to God It is with this kind of prayer in mind that this Advent blog has been created It will begin on

The Jerusalem challenges to Jesus are finished Jesus now presents his own challenge again in the form of a question that will tax the authoritative teachers of the Law the scribes The foundation for the question is the conclusion drawn from the Jewish Scriptures that the Messiah is the Son of