Sermon for the Second Sunday of Christmas, 2026

For you, Jesus, the Israel of God, repeats and completes the life of Moses. For you, this new and better Moses was born. For you, He fled from the sword of Herod. For you, He was called out of Egypt. For you, He was called to the Cross. For you, He suffered the whips, the thorns, and the nails: the bleeding and the dying. For you, He was called back to life. For you, He shatters the shackles of sin and death that once bound you by His grace. You, He carries out of Egypt, across the Font of the Red Sea, not merely away from death, rather through death and into life secured by His own passage through exile, suffering, and the grave.

Readings:

• Old Testament: Genesis 46:1-7

• Epistle: 1 Peter 4:12-19

• Holy Gospel: Matthew 2:13-23

  
  

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