Our Advent Calendar ---- 4 December 2020

 Dec 4 – Friday

 

Jesus, our Lord,

Safe us from our sins.

come, protect us from all dangers

and lead us to salvation,

for you live and reign with the Father and Holy Spirit,

one God, for ever and ever.

 

Acts 11:23-26

²³ When (Barnabas) came and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast devotion; ²⁴ for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great many people were brought to the Lord. ²⁵ Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul, ²⁶ and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. So it was that for an entire year they met with the church and taught a great many people, and it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called “Christians.”

 

“These special holidays give rise to various liturgical calendars that suggest we should mark our days not only with the cycles of the moon and seasons, but also with occasions to tell our children the stories of our faith community's past so that this past will have a future, and so that our ancient way and its practices will be rediscovered and renewed every year.”
                                   ― Brian D. McLaren, Finding Our Way Again: The Return of the Ancient Practices