18 - 24 December 2011
Worship Together
18 - 24 December 2011
Advent 4
Luke 1.26-38Context
As Christmas draws closer, we move, today, to consider the Gospel reading – Luke’s account of the annunciation to Mary.
Common thread: Waiting with faithfulness (Luke 1.26-38)
Modern day waiting is a passive kind of activity: what time the bus turns up is entirely outside our control. But biblical waiting is an active anticipation, a willingness to discern what God is doing and line up behind it, to step out in faith and obedience in the way exemplified by Mary in today’s Gospel reading.
An alternative thread, What kind of kingship?, is based on 2 Samuel 7.1-11,16.
These resources were first published in Issue 56 November/December 2011.
Lectionary Bible readings for RCL Advent 4 Year B
2 Samuel 7.1-11,16
Psalm 89.1-4,19-26
Luke 1.46b-55 (Magnificat)
Romans 16.25-27
Luke 1.26-38
