Christmas more than any other of our feasts displays the diversity of our gospel tradition. You might expect that how God came to earth, became a human being, would be a key element in the Christian tradition. There should be a pretty clear consensus about this – it is the thing that distinguishes Christianity from […]
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It takes two to make a baby. Except, of course, in the case of Jesus, which was rather special. John, when writing his gospel, had no problem at all with this – he situated Jesus in his cosmic position at the beginning of time: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with
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Isaiah says: “Here is your God … he comes to save you” (Is 35:1-6a, 10) Words like these have doubtless been used at many times in many different situations. The psalm we use today says “The Lord God keeps faith forever, … The Lord shall reign forever”. (Ps 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10) John the Baptist channels that
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Today we hear another of those wonderful prophesies of Isaiah (Is 11:1-10). His vision of a world free of any kind of violence and division holds out hope to a people overwhelmed by conflict and danger. Paul notes: Whatever was written previously was written for our instruction, that by endurance and by the encouragement of
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