Sunday Before Advent - Year C
Taken from LWPT Meditations
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Meditation – Sunday Before Advent Yr C
Jeremiah 23:1-6
Luke 1:68-79
Colossians 1:11-20
Luke 23:33-43
I once saw a drama in church in which two angels were waiting in heaven for the first person to benefit from Christ’s sacrifice. The crucifixion was taking place, and the angels had a red carpet out to receive whoever arrived first to experience eternal life through the saving grace of Jesus. It would be someone important, the angels thought, a king perhaps, or a great leader. They were understandably aghast to see a bedraggled, not-very-well-spoken thief staggering in. It was, of course, the robber to whom Jesus had said the words, “Today you will be with me in Paradise” (Luke 23:43)...
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