Simply the Sermon for December 14, 2025: Third Sunday of Advent

Our texts for Sunday, December 14 are: Isaiah 35:1-10; 
Psalmody - Luke 1:46b-55; James 5:7-10; and Matthew 11:2-11. 

A note of joyful expectation marks today’s worship. Isaiah announces that the desert shall rejoice and blossom, Mary's Magnificat prophecies a societal upending, and Jesus points to the unexpected and transforming signs of God’s reign. We wait with patience for the coming of the Lord, even as we rejoice at his presence among us this day: in word and holy supper, in church and in our homes, in silent reflection and in works of justice and love. We pray that God would open our eyes and ears to the wonders of Christ’s advent among us even as we contemplate what kind of Savior we are expecting.

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