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The epistle for Advent 2 in this Year A is Rom 15.4–13. It follows on from Paul's discussion about the 'strong' and the 'weak' in chapter 14, and in many ways summarises the themes of the whole of Romans—that God is uniting Jews and Gentiles who follow Jesus as the goal of his whole plan through scripture.

Paul here cites more verses of scripture in one place than anywhere else in his writings to make this point. And he emphasises that we find our unity in Christ as we gather around the Scriptures that testify to him.

The gospel reading is Matt 3.1–12, the ministry of John the Baptist pointing to Jesus. You can find the video on that here: https://youtu.be/uJ4qlOFdSVs

and the written commentary here: https://www.psephizo.com/biblical-studies/john-the-baptist-jesus-and-judgement-in-matthew-3/