Lectionary readings for today:
Micah 5:2-5a
Luke 3:1-18
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They pray . . . to make a moment of peace in a landscape of turmoil. They don’t see prayer as a substitute for action, but the beginning. The merit of prayer is what people do after we say Amen.
–Scott Simon’s Commentary ‘Simon Says’