Diary 2020
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CALENDAR 2020
CALENDAR 2021
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HOLIDAYS 2020
January 10 Friday – Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day * † ‡
15 Wednesday – Tamil Thai Pongal Day * † ‡
February 4 Tuesday – National Day * † ‡
8 Saturday – Navam Full Moon Poya Day * † ‡
21 Friday – Mahasivarathri Day * †
March 9 Monday – Madin Full Moon Poya Day * † ‡
April 7 Tuesday – Bak Full Moon Poya Day * † ‡
10 Friday – Good Friday * †
12 Sunday – Day prior to Sinhala & Tamil New Year Day * † ‡
13 Monday – Sinhala & Tamil New Year Day * † ‡
May 1 Friday – May Day * † ‡
7 Thursday – Vesak Full Moon Poya Day * † ‡
8 Friday – Day following Vesak Full Moon Poya Day * † ‡
25 Monday – Id-Ul-Fitr (Ramazan Festival Day) * †
June 5 Friday – Poson Full Moon Poya Day * † ‡
July 4 Saturday – Esala Full Moon Poya Day * † ‡
August 1 Saturday – Id-Ul-Alha (Hadji Festival Day) * †
3 Monday – Nikini Full Moon Poya Day * † ‡
September 1 Tuesday – Binara Full Moon Poya Day * † ‡
October 1 Thursday – Adhi-Vap Full Moon Poya Day * † ‡
30 Friday – Milad–Un–Nabi (Holy Prophet’s Birthday) * † ‡
30 Friday – Vap Full Moon Poya Day * † ‡
November 14 Saturday – Deepavali Festival Day * †
29 Sunday – Ill Full Moon Poya Day * † ‡
December 25 Friday – Christmas Day * † ‡
29 Tuesday – Unduvap Full Moon Poya Day * † ‡
* Public Holidays † Bank Holidays ‡ Mercantile Holidays
For Meditation: Let’s Be Ready
READ: 1 John 2:28–3:3
All who have this hope in him purify themselves.
— 1 John 3:3
Happy New Year! Looking forward to what this new year might bring, I can’t help but wonder if 2012 will be the year when Jesus comes back. But then I also wonder if I’m ready.
All of my life I’ve had to “be ready.” As a child, I had to be ready for dinner by washing my hands. As an adult, being ready for important responsibilities continues to be an ongoing reality. But I’ve come to realize that nothing is more important than being ready for our reunion with Jesus.
Speaking of Christ’s return, John tells us that “all who have this hope in him purify themselves” (1 John 3:3). Looking forward to Jesus’ return fills us with hope—not a wish-list kind of hope, but a solid expectation that motivates us to keep our hearts from sinful distractions and rivets our attention on becoming more like Him. If we really believe that this might be the year of His return, we will be more ready to forgive, to seek forgiveness, and to share God’s unconditional love with others.
As we consider the possibility that Jesus could return this year, let’s be sure that we are ready. Let’s strive to be pure as He is pure, anticipating the day when tears and sorrow, pain and death will all be replaced with the everlasting joy of His presence.
JOE STOWELL
Expecting Jesus’ soon return Will help us live a life that’s pure; For if we’re ready when He comes, We will not be ashamed but sure. —Sper
1 John 2:28–3:3
28 And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming.
29 If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him.
3 See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears,[a] we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. 3 All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.
December 2019
Tuesday Monday 31 30 Wednesday 1
“Who among the gods is like you, LORD? Who is like you—majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders?
—Exodus 15:11
Mal. 1–4; Rev. 22
Gen. 1–3; Mt. 1
Zech. 13–14; Rev. 21