Advent Season · Second Sunday of Advent · Year C
Baruch 5:1-9
Jerusalem Clothed in Glory
December 5, 2027
Overview & Insights
"Take off the garment of your sorrow and affliction, O Jerusalem, and put on forever the beauty of the glory from God." (Baruch 5:1)
Baruch calls exiled Jerusalem to remove her mourning clothes and put on God's glory, promising that her scattered children will be gathered home along a leveled highway prepared by God. The passage supplies the imagery Luke's Gospel echoes for John's preaching.
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The Second Sunday of Advent, Year C Catholic Productions · Brant Pitre
Dr. Brant Pitre reads Baruch's new-exodus prophecy of gathered exiles alongside Luke's Gospel.
The Book of Baruch Agape Bible Study
Catholic background on Baruch's place in the deuterocanonical Old Testament and its themes of exile and return.
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