Winter Sunset
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While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat,
summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.
(Genesis 8:22)

God has made everything beautiful in its time...
(Ecclesiastes 3:11)

 

Glory Ever Near

Marbled Christmas Balls
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Is Christmas really over at midnight on December 26? According to the Catholic calendar, the Christmas season is just beginning. And whether we find ourselves in the official Christmas season or not, God's glory is still all around us — and within us.

Christmas Amaryllis
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The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad:
the desert shall rejoice and blossom...
They shall see the glory of the Lord,
the majesty of our God.
(Isaiah 35:1-2)

 

Let Us Walk in the Light

Christmas Tree Closeup
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They shall beat their swords into plowshares,
and their spears into pruning hooks;
nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war any more.

O house of Jacob, come,
let us walk in the light of the Lord! (Isaiah 2:3-5)

Maranatha! Come, Lord Jesus!

Advent Wreath Seen from Above
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I will turn the darkness before them into light,
the rough places into level ground.
Isaiah 42:16