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<p class="text">Archbishop Desmond Tutu has passed away at 90. He is known for his work in shattering the chains of South Africa&rsquo;s apartheid system and then for pursuing reconciliation. A word that spans his life is peacemaker. From the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/26/world/africa/desmond-tutu-dead.html" target="_blank" class="">NYTimes</a>:</p>
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<p class="text">Desmond M. Tutu, the cleric who used his pulpit and spirited oratory to help bring down apartheid in South Africa and then became the leading advocate of peaceful reconciliation under Black majority rule, died on Sunday in Cape Town.</p>
<p class="text">As leader of the South African Council of Churches and later as Anglican archbishop of Cape Town, Archbishop Tutu led the church to the forefront of Black South Africans&rsquo; decades-long struggle for freedom. His voice was a powerful force for nonviolence in the anti-apartheid movement, earning him a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/17/world/south-african-foe-of-apartheid-wins-the-1984-nobel-peace-prize.html" class="">Nobel Peace Prize in 1984</a>.</p>
<p class="text">When that movement triumphed in the early 1990s, he prodded the country toward a new relationship between its white and Black citizens, and, as chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, he gathered testimony documenting the viciousness of apartheid.</p>
<p class="text">&ldquo;You are overwhelmed by the extent of evil,&rdquo; he said. But, he added, it was necessary to open the wound to cleanse it. In return for an honest accounting of past crimes, the committee offered amnesty, establishing what Archbishop Tutu called the principle of restorative &mdash; rather than retributive &mdash; justice.</p>
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<p class="text">Here is another of his memorable sayings:</p>
<blockquote class="text">Politics were inherent in his religious teachings. &ldquo;We had the land, and they had the Bible,&rdquo; he said in one of his parables. &ldquo;Then they said, &lsquo;Let us pray,&rsquo; and we closed our eyes. When we opened them again, they had the land and we had the Bible. Maybe we got the better end of the deal.&rdquo; ...</blockquote><p class="more"><a href="https://www.christianitytoday.com/scot-mcknight/2021/december/rip-desmond-tutu.html">Continue reading</a>...</p>
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<img src="https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/126933.jpg?h=303&w=540" width="540" /><p class="text">Today we relight the first two candles of the Advent wreath. The candle of HOPE and the candle of PEACE.</p>
<p class="text">Now we light the third candle of Advent.</p>
<p class="text">This is the candle of JOY. As the coming of Jesus, our Savior, draws nearer, our joy builds with our anticipation of his birth.</p>
<p class="text">From the Book of Isaiah we read the words of our Lord:</p>
<p class="text">&quot;But be glad and rejoice forever in what I am creating; for I am about to create Jerusalem as a joy, and its people as a delight.&quot;<br>
-- Isaiah 65:18</p>
<p class="text">From the New Testament, the words of Paul to the people of the church at Galatia:</p>
<p class="text">&quot;The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit.&quot;<br>
-- Galatians 5:22-25</p>
<p class="text">Let us pray:<br>
We joyfully praise you, O Lord, for the fulfillment of your promise of a Savior and what that means in our lives. Thank you for the gift of salvation through the birth of your son, Jesus. Create us anew as we wait, and help us to see your glory as you fill our lives with your living Spirit. Amen.</p><p class="more"><a href="https://www.christianitytoday.com/scot-mcknight/2020/december/third-candle-of-advent.html">Continue reading</a>...</p>
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