All Creation Waits, Day 15 – Come, All Who Are Thirsty Week 3 – 3rd Sunday of Advent – Waiting in Joy (Isaiah 55) Isaiah 55:1 1 Hear, everyone who thirsts; come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. […]

All Creation Waits, Day 14 – I Will Open Your Graves Week 2 – 2nd Sunday of Advent – Waiting in Hope (Ezekiel 37) Ezekiel 37:12 12 Therefore prophesy and say to them: Thus says the Lord God: I am going to open your graves and bring you up from your graves, O my people, […]

All Creation Waits, Day 13 – They Stood on Their Feet Week 2 – 2nd Sunday of Advent – Waiting in Hope (Ezekiel 37) Ezekiel 37:10b 10b The breath came into them, and they lived and stood on their feet, a vast multitude. Thoughts The miracle is complete, not just through one life revived, but […]

All Creation Waits, Day 12 – The Breath Comes Week 2 – 2nd Sunday of Advent – Waiting in Hope (Ezekiel 37) Ezekiel 37:9-10a 9 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, mortal, and say to the breath: Thus says the Lord God: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe […]

All Creation Waits, Day 11 – The Word to the Bones Week 2 – 2nd Sunday of Advent – Waiting in Hope (Ezekiel 37) Ezekiel 37:4 4 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them: O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.” Thoughts Ezekiel speaks God’s Word to […]

All Creation Waits, Day 10 – Can These Bones Live? Week 2 – 2nd Sunday of Advent – Waiting in Hope (Ezekiel 37) Ezekiel 37:3 3 He said to me, “Mortal, can these bones live?” I answered, “O Lord God, you know.” Thoughts God’s question to Ezekiel is also the question of Advent. Can life […]

All Creation Waits, Day 9 – He Set Me Down in the Middle of a Valley Week 2 – 2nd Sunday of Advent – Waiting in Hope (Ezekiel 37) Ezekiel 37:1b-2 1b And he brought me out by the spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of a valley; it was […]

All Creation Waits, Day 8: The Hand of the Lord Was Upon Me Week 2 – 2nd Sunday of Advent – Waiting in Hope (Ezekiel 37) Ezekiel 37:1a 1a The hand of the Lord came upon me. Thoughts The valley of dry bones begins not with desolation, but with God’s hand. Before Ezekiel sees anything […]

All Creation Waits, Day 7: Fire That Frees Week 1 – 1st Sunday of Advent – Waiting in Faith (Daniel 3) Daniel 3:27 27 And the satraps, the prefects, the governors, and the king’s counselors gathered together and saw that the fire had not had any power over the bodies of those men; the hair […]

All Creation Waits, Day 6: Creation’s Chorus Week 1 – 1st Sunday of Advent – Waiting in Faith (Daniel 3) Daniel 3:77-81, NRSV-Catholic Edition 77 Bless the Lord, seas and rivers; sing praise to him and highly exalt him forever. 78 Bless the Lord, you springs; sing praise to him and highly exalt him forever. […]