Franciscan Spirit
Advent with Richard Rohr: December 24
Go and tell my servant David…“Are you the one to build me a house to live in?”… I took you from the pasture,…I have been with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make for you a great name,… I will appoint a place for my people Israel,… the Lord declares to you that the Lord will make you a house…. Your house and your kingdom shall be made sure for ever before me; your throne shall be established for ever.
—2 Samuel 7:5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16
Advent with Richard Rohr: December 23
For he is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap;…he will purify the descendants of Levi…. Lo, I will send you the prophet Elijah before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes. He will turn the hearts ...
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Advent with Richard Rohr: December 22
…[God] has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts. He has brought down the powerful from their thrones, and lifted up the lowly; he has filled the hungry with good things, and sent the rich away empty. —Luke ...
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Advent with Richard Rohr: December 21
And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her by the Lord. —Luke 1:45
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Advent with Richard Rohr: December 20
She was much perplexed by [Gabriel’s] words and pondered what sort of greeting this might be. —Luke 1:29
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Advent with Richard Rohr: December 19
But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and both were getting on in years. —Luke 1:7
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Advent with Richard Rohr: December 18
Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. —Matthew 1:20 We have a lot to learn from people like Quakers and Mennonites. They ...
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