United Methodist lectionary readings for this Sunday are Malachi 3:1-4; Luke 1:68-79 (UMH 208); Philippians 1:3-11; Luke 3:1-6 as found on this UM web site.
Malachi 3:1-4, "See, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the covenant in whom you delight—indeed, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. 2But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap; 3he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the descendants of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, until they present offerings to the Lord in righteousness. 4Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord as in the days of old and as in former years." (NRSV)
Today we light the 2nd candle.
The picture of the prophet Malachi above is from the Web Gallery of Art.
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