Welcome to St. Luke’s 12 Days of Christmas Blog
From December 25 through January 5 parishioners of St. Luke’s will be sharing their reflections on the daily readings.
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Looking Back as I Step Forward
Home > Christmas Blog 2025-2026 Looking Back as I Step Forward January 6, 2026 Isaiah 60:1-6|Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14|Ephesians 3:1-12|Matthew 2:1-12 As I have grown older, I have begun to realize that conflict is something particularly unavoidable in life. I have found...
Epiphany Eve
Home > Christmas Blog 2025-2026 Epiphany Eve January 5, 2026 Proverbs 9:1-6|Psalm 119:65-72|James :1-10|Mark 12:18-27 Epiphany comes from the word epiphaneia, meaning to reveal. Epiphany Eve has us waiting in the darkness for the revelation of the fullness of...
Thoughts on Home
Home > Christmas Blog 2025-2026 Thoughts on Home January 4, 2026 Jeremiah 31:7-14|Psalm 84|Ephesians 1:3-6,15-19a|Matt 2:13-15, 19-23 or Luke 2:41-52 or Matt 2:1-12 The sparrow has found her a house And the swallow a nest where she may lay her young;* By the side...
Marching Orders
Home > Christmas Blog 2025-2026 Marching Orders January 3, 2026 Psalm 72| 1 Kings 19:9-18 | Ephesians 4:17-32 | John 6:15-27 “It is I; do not be afraid” ... Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man...
Gifts from God
Home > Christmas Blog 2025-2026 Gifts from God January 2, 2026 Psalm 33 | 1 Kings 19:1-8 | Ephesians 4:1-16 | John 6:1-14 Paul’s letter to the church at Ephesus is filled with words of encouragement and instruction. I have been given a small part of that to...
At the Name of Jesus…
Home > Christmas Blog 2025-2026 At the Name of Jesus… January 1, 2026 Numbers 6:22-27 | Psalm 8 | Galatians 4:4-7 or Philippians 2:5-11|Luke 2:15-21 As I read the scriptures for this day, I kept coming back to the question “what does the name of Jesus mean to me?”...
Love Wins
Home > Christmas Blog 2025-2026 Love Wins December 31, 2025 Lamentations 3:26-36 | Psalm 146 | Acts 16:25-34 | Luke 4:14-21 The Gospel appointed for December 31st brings us into the synagogue at Nazareth, where Jesus unrolls the scroll of the prophet Isaiah and...
The Incredible Faith of a Young Couple
Home > Christmas Blog 2025-2026 The Incredible Faith of a Young Couple December 30, 2025 Jeremiah 31:15-17 | Psalm 124 |Revelation 21:1-7 | Matthew 2:13-18 The First Sunday after Christmas, the Feast of the Holy Family, is an important celebration in the Christian...
It’s All About Love
Home > Christmas Blog 2025-2026 It’s All About Love December 29, 2025 Wisdom 6:1-8 | Psalm 5:1-7 | Romans 5:1-11 | Luke 4:1-13 “Indeed, rarely will anyone die for a righteous person-- though perhaps for a good person someone might actually dare to die. But God...
Children of God – Clothed in Christ
Home > Christmas Blog 2025-2026 Children of God – Clothed in Christ December 28, 2025 Isaiah 61:10-62, 3 | Psalm 147 | Galatians 3:23-25, 4:4-7 | John 1:1-18 The Collect: Almighty God, you have poured upon us the new light of your incarnate Word: Grant that this...
Step Into The Light
Home > Christmas Blog 2025-2026 Step Into The Light December 27, 2025 Exodus 33:8-23 | Psalm 92 |1 John 1:1-9 | John 21:19b-24 This is the message we have heard from Him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in Him there is no darkness at all. One of the...
You heard the sound of my entreaty…
Home > Christmas Blog 2025-2026 You heard the sound of my entreaty... December 26, 2025 Jeremiah 26:1-9, 12-15 | Psalm 31 | Acts 6:8, 7:2a, 5c-60 | Matthew 23:34-39 A call to action—or the failure to act in the face of urgent pleas—threads through today’s readings....
The Chorus of Trees
Home > Christmas Blog 2025-2026 The Chorus of Trees December 25, 2025 Isaiah 9:2-7| Psalm 96| Titus 2:11-14|Luke 2:1-14 (15-20) “Around me the trees stir in their leavesAnd call out, ‘Stay awhile.’The light flows from their branches.” The selection from Mary...
