The orderly account of the things coming to fulfilment (which we know as the Gospel of Luke) tells us much more about the beginnings of Jesus (his conception, birth, and early days) than the other Gospels. The passage offered by the lectionary as the psalm for this Sunday, the second Sunday in Advent, is one … Continue reading How God is now at work: the Benedictus of Zechariah (Luke 1; Advent 2C)