This weekend we are celebrating the Fourth and final Sunday of Advent.  In only a few more days we will enter the Christmas season.

O come, Emmanuel.

The communion antiphon, taken from Isaiah chapter 7 verse 14, prophesied this very coming of the Lord.  It reads:

"Behold, a Virgin shall conceive and bear a son;

and his name will be called Emmanuel."

This isn't some fantasy book.  This isn't a fairy tale.  This is real life.  This is our faith.  And I'm proud to proclaim it. 

As the response states for today's psalm:

"Forever I will sing the goodness of the Lord."

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