FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT
November 27, 2022
AS WE GATHER
There are many different questions in life. Some are rather inconsequential: “Paper or plastic?” “Do you want fries with that?” Other questions are of greater importance: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” “Will you marry me?” Among all of life’s questions, however, there is one that is of the greatest importance. “Who is Jesus?” That’s the question that the crowds asked on Palm Sunday. As we read in today’s Gospel text, “when He entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, ‘Who is this?’” (Matthew 21:10). Consider who you say Jesus is. Perhaps the best answer is that Jesus is the Savior of the nations and, specifically, your Savior. As we enter this season of Advent, that’s why we sing along with saints over the centuries,
Savior of the nations, come,
Virgin’s Son, make here Your home!
Marvel now, O heav’n and earth,
That the Lord chose such a birth. LSB 332:1
Bible Readings
OLD TESTAMENT READING: Isaiah 2:1–5
(The Mountain of the Lord)
EPISTLE READING: Roman 13:11–14
(Fulfilling the Law through love)
HOLY GOSPEL: Matthew 21:1–11
(The triumphal entry)