Isaiah 11: 1-10
Even when everything around seems full of upheaval and threat, the Lord’s justice and love for his people promises hope, and a future of peace and knowledge of his friendship.

Romans 15: 4-9
Hope in God’s great love for us is the foundation of a deep security, which frees us to offer true friendship to all people, regardless of how different they seem from us.

Matthew 3: 1-12
The coming of Jesus is a moment of promise but a moment, too, of a difficult message for those like the Pharisees.  The promise of God’s love in Jesus calls for repentance, a change of life built on an honest humility about who we really are.

Isaiah 2: 1-5
We see Isaiah’s transforming vision of a lasting peace, crafted from former causes of destruction.

Romans 13: 11-14
Salvation is not just about the future.  It is near; it is already at hand.

Matthew 24: 37-44
Stay awake, preparing for the coming of the Son of Man.

2 MACCABEES 7: 1-2, 9-14
A mother and her seven sons suffer martyrdom because of loyalty to God’s law and belief in the resurrection of the dead.

2 THESSALONIANS 2:16 – 3:5
Paul urges his friends to find comfort and hope in the love that Father and Son have shown them.

LUKE 20: 27-38
An absurd question prompts Jesus to speak of the resurrection of the dead.

ECCLESIASTICUS  35: 12-14, 16-19
Working for justice will fail, unless we also pray for justice.

2 TIMOTHY 4: 6-8, 16-18
No one is truly alone, if they know that the Lord is standing by them.

LUKE 18: 9-14
Nearness to God is measured by our pride or our humility, not by distance, but the Lord is always nearer to us than we are to him.

EXODUS 17: 8-13
Moses needed help from his supporters if he was himself to give support to the army of Israel in its battle with the Amalekites.

2 TIMOTHY 3: 14-4:2
Ever since childhood, we have had the scriptures to guide us.  Now it is our responsibility to proclaim God’s message to the world.

LUKE 18: 1-8
God is not blind to injustice and will see that, sooner or later, its victims will receive justice.