Christian and Alan read and reflect on the Bible passages for Sunday, December 3, 2023. This is also known as "Lectio Divina."

Show notes:

1:15 - Opening Prayer
2:00 - The Gospel according to Mark (Mark 13:33-37)
3:10 - SOAP Bible Study approach (https://tinyurl.com/3ptdamhs)
7:07 - "Be watchful! Be alert! You do not know when the time will come." (Mark 13:33 NABRE)
8:07 - "It is like a man going to a far country, who left his house and gave authority to his servants, and to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to watch." (Mark 13:34 NKJV)
11:54 - Alan: "[The act of] watching is something that takes a lot of concentration, but it actually doesn't look like you're doing much."
15:12 - Christian: "You can say you believe in stuff, but if you're not obedient..." (https://youtube.com/shorts/C3bnJXkwIo8)
16:26 - "A letter of Paul" to the Corinthians (1 Corinthians 1:3-9)
17:53 - Christian: "If you did not understand what I just read, it is all good. Because I did not understand what I just read."
18:07 - Encouragement: don't worry if you can't catch all the water that comes out of the fountain. Just drink!
21:37 - "Give us this day our daily bread," (Matthew 6:11 ESV and https://www.usccb.org/prayers/our-father)
25:14 - "I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus" (1 Corinthians 1:4 ESV)
28:10 - "So that you are not lacking in any gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ" (1 Corinthians 1:7 ESV)
30:35 - Check out the 5 points of the Gospel in Episode 1 (https://tinyurl.com/5ptgospel)
31:00 - Alan: "We are all made in God's image and likeness." (Gospel Point #1)
32:02 - "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." (John 3:16 ESV)
32:20 - Christian: "We think about the gifts that God has given us, and the greatest gift He gave us is Jesus." (Gospel Point #4)
34:00 - Why do we go backwards?!
35:20 - "Rediscover Catholicism" by Matthew Kelly (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/10160346)
37:23 - A reading from the prophet Isaiah (Isaiah 63:16B-17, 19B; 64:2-7)
40:33 - A great thing to do with doubt.
44:20 - "Behold, you were angry, and we sinned; in our sins we have been a long time, and shall we be saved / We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment." (Isaiah 64:5B-6A ESV)
46:49 - Alan: "Isaiah had an opportunity to worship. And so do we." (Gospel Point #5)
47:44 - Christian: "We are sinful, and we inherit that capacity to sin from the very beginning." (Gospel Point #2)
50:19 - SOAP: "A" is for Application
50:56 - "From of old no one has heard or perceived by the ear, no eye has seen a God besides you, who acts for those who wait for him." (Isaiah 64:4 ESV)
53:43 - Advent
55:18 - Closing Prayer


References:

Gospel Reading: Mark 13:33-37
2nd Reading: 1 Corinthians 1:3-9
1st Reading: Isaiah 63:16B-17, 19B; 64:2-7
All readings - https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/120323.cfm

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