December 5 to 11, 2021 - 2nd Sunday of Advent Year C

SUNRISE (A Weekly Reflection for SJDEFI Family) 2nd Sunday of Advent Theme: "LOVE" "Coveting is seen what someone else has something and you say in your heart that you believe that you deserve it more than they do. If you look at someone and disparage them and say in your heart, “They don't deserve that car, that job, that income” whatever – “but I do” – that is coveting. To make the crooked roads straight, we ought instead to encourage each other to use the blessings that God has given us wisely and to be thankful for all of the blessings that God has given to each of us. ~ Rev. Dr. Peter A. Butler, Jr. ~ "SUNRISE" is a weekly reflection for the SJDEFI Family. The title is based on the Gospel of St. Luke 1: 78-79 which says, "because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the 'SUNRISE' shall visit us from on high to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace”. “SUNRISE” gives: LIFE to our weary body and soul; HOPE to the promise of possibility; PEACE to go deeper to self and deepened relationship with God; and, LOVE to do or live what God desires. Be a SUNRISE to others!