Holding the baby Jesus, Simeon rejoices at seeing God's salvation in human form, but he also sees the pain that the coming of the Messiah's kingdom will cause. This mixture of glory and pain has always been a hallmark of the reign of Jesus – God's...
By using the themes of the Word, the Light, the Children, and the God who dwells with his human creatures, St. John demonstrates that he believes the incarnation of the God-man, Jesus, God is finally renewing his creation, especially for those who receive Jesus in...
The quest for political power has burdened the shoulder of the world's peoples since Adam and Eve fell in the Garden, but when Jesus comes he promises to take upon his own omnipotent shoulder the crushing burden of the world's government, and while he is...
You cannot truly understand humans without understanding who God is, and you cannot understand who God is without understanding that he became a human in Jesus. But when the Incarnation is grasped humanity is restored to its rightful, honorable place as the apex of...
In between Jesus' first and second comings it is frequently difficult to see what the good God is up to, but through faith in the power of his gospel we are called by God to always be joyful, always be praying, and always be thankful to him for the sanctification...
Psalm 126 begins with God's people rejoicing that he has restored their fortunes but, when in the middle of the Psalm, it abruptly turns to a plea that God would restore their fortunes in the future it becomes clear that the first three verses were not realized...
