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Third Sunday of Advent, Year C

My spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked upon his lowly servant (Lk. 1:47-48)

In the letter to Eberhard Bethge that I quoted last week, Dietrich Bonhoeffer affirms that faith demands that the believer depend solely on God’s justice or grace, which is what it means to throw oneself into the arms of God and to watch with Christ in Gethsemane. This is, of course, no more than an admission that the Christian is not justified on the basis of his works; God credits to him righteousness apart from works (Rom. 4:1-6).

Full Reflection at Third Sunday of Advent, Year C