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Rest on the Flight into Egypt (1518-1520). Oil painting on panel by Joachim Patinir (1480-1524). Museo del Prado, Madrid.
Read the Illuminations
Illuminations on the Lectionary readings for Christmas 2, Sunday, January 4, 2026
First Reading: Jeremiah 31:7-14
The story of Joseph, Mary, and Jesus seeking refuge in faraway Egypt – one of three Gospels available for our use this Sunday – offers us rich food for thought in our own troubled times, when refugees look for safe places around the world. Our readings for the Second Sunday of Christmas offer comfort for those who put their faith in God while they face fear, poverty, and oppression. As our first reading, we turn to the prophet Jeremiah, speaking to Israel in exile. The people have been forced to migrate to their enemy’s capital, leaving behind the ruins of Jerusalem and the Temple, yet they trust that God one day will lead them back home, turning their sorrow into gladness, their mourning into joy.
Psalm: Psalm 84
In poetic themes and metaphors that closely echo Jeremiah’s verses, the Psalmist offers a hymn of trust and praise in a loving God who will protect the people and lead them back home. God will provide clear water in desolate places, protect them in the heights, and serve as their shield against the burning sun and raging enemy, the Psalmist sings. And, home at last, they will know the joy of worshiping in God’s Temple, lavished with God’s grace and glory.
Second Reading: Ephesians 1:3-6, 15-19a
Paul offers the people of the church in Ephesus a promise similar to the one we heard in last week’s reading from Galatians: They – like all of us – are adopted as God’s children through Jesus, and in this way we are freely given God’s grace. Like migrants received with a loving embrace in their new land, the people of God receive a glorious inheritance of great spiritual riches that provides hope.
Gospel: Matthew 2:13-23
Think about the sad and sometimes terrifying images of refugees that have filled the news in recent years: Parents and their children risk their lives in the long, dangerous journey to El Norte, only to face rejection and deportation. African immigrants drown in capsized ships on the Mediterranean. Life as a refugee can be hard, frightening, sometimes fatal. Now think about Joseph and Mary in Matthew’s Gospel: They are terrified, running away to a foreign land to escape the threat of their own baby’s death at the hands of an angry King Herod. What parents would not go to such an extreme to protect their precious child? And what child, living through such an experience, would not forever remember to care for the widow, the orphan, and the stranger?
First Reading: Jeremiah 31:7-14
The story of Joseph, Mary, and Jesus seeking refuge in faraway Egypt – one of three Gospels available for our use this Sunday – offers us rich food for thought in our own troubled times, when refugees look for safe places around the world. Our readings for the Second Sunday of Christmas offer comfort for those who put their faith in God while they face fear, poverty, and oppression. As our first reading, we turn to the prophet Jeremiah, speaking to Israel in exile. The people have been forced to migrate to their enemy’s capital, leaving behind the ruins of Jerusalem and the Temple, yet they trust that God one day will lead them back home, turning their sorrow into gladness, their mourning into joy.
Psalm: Psalm 84
In poetic themes and metaphors that closely echo Jeremiah’s verses, the Psalmist offers a hymn of trust and praise in a loving God who will protect the people and lead them back home. God will provide clear water in desolate places, protect them in the heights, and serve as their shield against the burning sun and raging enemy, the Psalmist sings. And, home at last, they will know the joy of worshiping in God’s Temple, lavished with God’s grace and glory.
Second Reading: Ephesians 1:3-6, 15-19a
Paul offers the people of the church in Ephesus a promise similar to the one we heard in last week’s reading from Galatians: They – like all of us – are adopted as God’s children through Jesus, and in this way we are freely given God’s grace. Like migrants received with a loving embrace in their new land, the people of God receive a glorious inheritance of great spiritual riches that provides hope.
Gospel: Matthew 2:13-23
Think about the sad and sometimes terrifying images of refugees that have filled the news in recent years: Parents and their children risk their lives in the long, dangerous journey to El Norte, only to face rejection and deportation. African immigrants drown in capsized ships on the Mediterranean. Life as a refugee can be hard, frightening, sometimes fatal. Now think about Joseph and Mary in Matthew’s Gospel: They are terrified, running away to a foreign land to escape the threat of their own baby’s death at the hands of an angry King Herod. What parents would not go to such an extreme to protect their precious child? And what child, living through such an experience, would not forever remember to care for the widow, the orphan, and the stranger?
Dimensions of Faith Lectures
Dimensions of Faith invites thinkers and writers to explore the interface of religion and culture, as we continue as a parish to challenge our minds and renew our spirits.
Upcoming Speakers: Bob Hower and Ted Wathen, February 22, 2026 "Kentucky Documentary Photographic Project"
Previous Speakers Include:
Nadia Bolz-Weber / Diana Butler Bass / Sarah Bessey / Steve Crump Ruby Sales / Dr. Amy-Jill Levine / Marcus Borg / Sara Miles
Robert Putnam / John Dominic Crossan / Brian McLaren / Scott Gunn
John Philip Newell / Silas House/Bishop Marianne Budde / Elizabeth Schrader-Polzcer / John Dear / Dr. Lewis Brogdon
Upcoming Speakers: Bob Hower and Ted Wathen, February 22, 2026 "Kentucky Documentary Photographic Project"
Previous Speakers Include:
Nadia Bolz-Weber / Diana Butler Bass / Sarah Bessey / Steve Crump Ruby Sales / Dr. Amy-Jill Levine / Marcus Borg / Sara Miles
Robert Putnam / John Dominic Crossan / Brian McLaren / Scott Gunn
John Philip Newell / Silas House/Bishop Marianne Budde / Elizabeth Schrader-Polzcer / John Dear / Dr. Lewis Brogdon
