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Lectionary Readings for First Sunday After Christmas
First Reading – Isaiah 63:7-9
Psalm – Psalm 148
Second Reading – Hebrews 2:10-18
Gospel – Matthew 2:13-23
3Now after they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.” 14Then Joseph got up, took the child and his mother by night, and went to Egypt, 15and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet, “Out of Egypt I have called my son.”
16When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he was infuriated, and he sent and killed all the children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had learned from the wise men. 17Then was fulfilled what had been spoken through the prophet Jeremiah:
18 “A voice was heard in Ramah,
wailing and loud lamentation,
Rachel weeping for her children;
she refused to be consoled, because they are no more.”
19When Herod died, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt and said, 20“Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child’s life are dead.” 21Then Joseph got up, took the child and his mother, and went to the land of Israel. 22But when he heard that Archelaus was ruling over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And after being warned in a dream, he went away to the district of Galilee. 23There he made his home in a town called Nazareth, so that what had been spoken through the prophets might be fulfilled, “He will be called a Nazorean.”
Christmas Hallelujah
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For this First Sunday after Christmas, Philip Gladden, an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) who served churches in North Carolina for 40 years before retiring and the Presbyterian Outlook provides for us this weeks lectionary reflection.
CLICK HERE To View This Week’s Lectionary Reflection
CLICK HERE To View Lay Pastor Tom Hall’s Live Service at the Fortescue Chapel for December 21st
CLICK HERE to View Lay Pastor Tom Hall’s Past Sermons
Bible Trivia Question of the Week
Which Babylonian king laid siege to Jerusalem, and forced the Judeans into exile?
Nebuchadnezzar
Cyrus
Xerxes
See answer below
Thought for This Week
Christmas began in the heart of God. It is complete only when it reaches the heart of man.
Religious Telescope
Songs of the Week –
CHRIST IS BORN
If I Were There
Go Tell It On The Mountain
Away In A Manger
O Little Town of Bethlehem
What Child Is This
Do You Hear What I Hear
Silent Night
Joy To The World
O Come, O Come Emmanuel
BABY BOY
Answer to this week’s Bible Trivia
Answer: Nebuchadnezzar. Cyrus was the king who let the Judeans go back to Jerusalem, seventy years later.
In Romans 10: 9 and 10, Paul says –
If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.
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