Dancing with Divines
December 6, 2021 (Monday)
Ninth Day of Advent
Divine
Today’s entry features a group of Divines known as the Westminster Assembley, who gathered in London from 1643 to 1653. They came from across England, Scotland, and Ireland, and they represented different strands of the English Reformed tradition. Together they worked to make the Church of England look more Protestant, and drafted the Westminster Catechisms and the Westminster Confession of Faith.
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Prayer
To You, O Giving God, I offer praise with wonder; the wonder from the Gospel which inspires righteous merriment. May the News of Christ Your Son not lose its festive goodness, or become a message stale and dim that only speaks of losing. May it show what I have gained through bright and cheerful tidings, and lead me like St. Nicholas to display Your gift with gladness. The gift of redemption which You gave the world through Jesus, Who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit as one God, both now and forever. Amen.