Lectionary Lab PREMIUM Edition for the Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year C

December 19, 2021

Comments by John Fairless

Micah 5:2-5a
Deum obscuram. God of the obscure. 

Among the many names for Israel’s God, I sometimes wonder if this title shouldn’t be included. This little passage from Micah, tucked away in all of the other “messianic” prophecy scriptures, points toward Bethlehem as the birthplace of something big — a new ruler for Israel. 

Bethle…