Latest / Treasures of Our Faith with Deacon Richard Vehige
The marvel of the Incarnation
On Tuesday of the First Week of Advent our Church invites us to first read and reflect on a passage from the book of the prophet Isaiah (2:6-22; 4:2-6) entitled "The judgement of God". Our treasure, which follows, is from a sermon by Saint Gregory Nazianzen, bishop.
Isaiah, one of the greatest of the prophets, appeared at a critical moment in Israel's history. The Northern Kingdom collapsed, under the hammerlike blows of Assyria, in 722/721 B.C., and in 701 Jerusalem itself saw the army of Sennacherib drawn up before its walls. In the year that Uzziah, king of Judah, died, Isaiah received his…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.