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Gospel Reading for December 8, 2024 – Luke 3: 1-6
ONE AND ONLY
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene, during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the desert. John went throughout the whole region of the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah:
A voice of one crying out in the desert:
“Prepare the way of the Lord,
make straight his paths.
Every valley shall be filled
and every mountain and hill
shall be made low.
The winding roads shall be made straight,
and the rough ways made smooth,
and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.”
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This Second Sunday of Advent, we are reminded to ALWAYS PREPARE for the Lord’s coming into our lives; making straight his paths by making wrong, right; by filling the void in our hearts with God’s love; living a life that is saved by following the teachings of Jesus.
It is but fitting to start the liturgical year in PREPARATION for the Lord’s coming. He is the ONE AND ONLY Lord that can ever be. He is our PRIORITY.
Come, Lord Jesus, come!
