Daily Bible Reflections

“There is a birth from before the ages, and a birth from a virgin at the fulness of time. There is a hidden coming, like that of rain on fleece, and a coming before all eyes, still in the future.” St. Cyril of Jerusalem (313-386, C.E.) This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

So, what is your calling? How will you relate to Jesus? Will you take up the command from Jesus to “follow me?” This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

Each of us needs to find that place and that way of orienting and reorienting ourselves to what is important and why we are here. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

“Glory to God in heaven, and on earth peace among those whom he favors.” (Luke 2:14, CEB) This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

“Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those whom he favors!” This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

Know that struggle, rivalry, emotion, longing, and belonging are all part of our human experience. And God is just as much present within those times, as God is in the blessing before eating, or the spiritual conversation between friends, or the collective sojourn to church on Christmas Eve and/or Christmas Day. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

To bless another person is to open them to the possibilities of God’s actions in them and through them to the world. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

Advent is more than a season in the year to recognize. And Christ’s incarnation is much more than a doctrine to believe. Advent and incarnation are powerful realities which we must live into. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

We are to look up so that we can see how things truly are, and whom we really serve. Only then can we accept what is, and what God is doing. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

The perfect sacrifice, offered by the perfect priest, was precisely what humanity needed. And that offering was so effective that it still lasts. The sacrifice of Christ has permanence. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

Each life may be a mere speck in the scope of history, and yet, at the same time, each life is precious enough to warrant attention from the One who stands above all time. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

You and me will always need to be cognizant and aware to keep developing those virtues of wisdom and humility in our lives. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

Every person, group, faith community, and nation must contend with the tension between authority and freedom. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

Repentance – a change of mind and heart that leads to a new life of active justice (not judgment) – is the appropriate preparation for us in this current Advent season. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

The only thing that counts to me is faith expressing itself through love. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

The visitation to the old couple was a message designed to be lifted up for the entire world: The Lord is coming! Be prepared! This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

The Gospel is not only a gift to receive; it is also a wonderful gift to give. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

One good way of understanding the whole of the Christian life is that we are to ‘live into our baptism,’ that is, we are to daily live our lives cognizant that our life is not our own. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

The fact of the matter is that Yahweh responds to every people who cry out in their oppression – even those who were once oppressors themselves. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

God’s adopted children have not yet received their inheritance. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/