By Mark Michael Britain’s most influential Jewish organization called for a meeting with Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby to discuss “deeply troubling” portions of an op-ed about the plight of Israel’s Palestinian Christians that he co-wrote for the December 19 Sunday Times. Marie van der Zyl, the president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, said in her open … [Read more...] about Jewish Leader ‘Troubled’ by Welby Op-Ed on Holy Land
Archives for December 21, 2021
1 Christmas: The True Light and a True Christmas
SUNDAY’S READINGS | December 26, 2021 Isa. 61:10-62:3 Ps. 147 or 147:13-21 Gal. 3:23-25; 4:4-7 John 1:1-18 We celebrate the birth of Christ, remembering this: “The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world” (John 1:9). And we almost thrill to hear the beloved line, “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:14). We see perhaps, in our mind’s … [Read more...] about 1 Christmas: The True Light and a True Christmas
Tabernacle
Feast of St. Thomas By Sherry Black A Reading from the Gospel of Luke 1:26-38 26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, 27 to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 And he came to her and said, “Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you.” 29 But she was much … [Read more...] about Tabernacle