2019 Advent Lectionary: What do you hear? What do you see?

Our God is an expert at dealing with chaos, with brokenness, with all the worst that we can imagine. God created order out of disorder, cosmos out of chaos, and God can do so always, can do so now―in our personal lives and in our lives as nations, globally. … Indeed, God is transforming the world now―through us―because God loves us.

― Desmond Tutu, from the introduction to God Has a Dream: A Vision of Hope for Our Time

What are you finding in this Advent?

Advent 1
December 1
Isaiah 2:1‑5
Psalm 122
Romans 13:11‑14
Matthew 24:36‑44

Advent 4
December 22
Isaiah 7:10‑16
Psalm 80:1‑7, 17‑19
Romans 1:1‑7
Matthew 1:18‑25

Advent 2
December 8
Isaiah 11:1‑10
Psalm 72:1‑7, 18‑19
Romans 15:4‑13
Matthew 3:1‑12

CHRISTMASTIDE
December 29
Isaiah 63:7-9
Psalm 148
Hebrews 2:10-18
Matthew 2:13-23

Advent 3
December 15
Isaiah 35:1‑10
Luke 1:46b‑55
James 5:7‑10
Matthew 11:2‑11

EPIPHANY OBSERVED
January 5
Isaiah 60:1-6
Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14
Ephesians 3:1-12
Matthew 2:1-12

Readings are available on the Internet at http://lectionary.vanderbilt.edu/

A printable copy of the 2019 Advent Lectionary is available here