This week Deacon Dick reflects on Jesus’ humble sacrifice, enduring suffering for the sake of love and salvation, as symbolized by the cries of “Hosanna” during his entry into Jerusalem. He contemplates the tension between acknowledging Jesus as the Messiah and understanding the true nature of his glory, highlighting the need for faithful commitment to Jesus, even in the face of the Cross.

This week Deacon Dick reflects on the 3 magi who visited Jesus and how the newborn Jesus is revealed as the manifestation of the long hoped-for Messiah of the Jewish people, and the Son of God incarnate, and thereby the light of all nations as the prophet Isaiah claimed.