In the year 2021, in the second year of the leadership of Micheál Martin as Taoiseach, in a coalition government, when Michael D. Higgins was President of Ireland and Leo Varadkar was Tánaiste, when the Most Rev. John McDowell was Archbishop of Armagh in the Church of Ireland, and during the vacancy in the episcopate of the newly created United Dioceses of Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe, towards the end of the second year of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, the word of God once again came through John, son of Zechariah, to the people of Ireland, and not just of Ireland but throughout the world, wherever Christians gathered to worship on the Second Sunday of Advent.
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'Promises' (Trinity 6)
You may have heard me say that Kirk and I have been reading through the Bible since the beginning of January. We have been using a system that will get us through the entire Bible in a year. So, with half the year gone, by now we have read a whole lot of Bible stories. One thing I have been reminded of, from reading this much, is that whenever someone in the Bible makes a promise, they must stick to it. In fact, there have been a few stories where I start cringing as Kirk is reading it aloud, because I can tell that a person is making a promise that could come out very badly.
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I am picturing someone being on a stage. It’s a dark stage, in front of a crowded theatre — not something we are used to seeing these days. The only light in the theatre is a big spotlight, and it is focused on the one person who is on the stage.
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