Tag: #ThirdSundayofAdvent

Rejoice, Christmas Is Near!

Repair Our Lives!

We are close to Christmas, the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus! And we have a Gospel Portion that challenges us to be ready to receive Him anew this Christmas.

Celebrating Jesus requires us to look at ourselves and see how our lives will welcome Him. Our Gospel Portion, St. Luke 3: 10-18, gives us St. John the Baptist’s Preparation Plan For Receiving Jesus. We read,

And the multitude asked him, “What then shall we do?” And he answered them, “He who has two coats, let him share with him who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise.”

Tax collectors also came to be baptized and said to him, “Teacher, what shall we do?” And he said to them, “Collect no more than is appointed you.” Luke 3: 10-13

Sharing with those who do not have and being honest are keyways of being open and ready to receive Jesus anew.  These are very concrete steps we must take to receive the Lord Jesus. We can open our hearts if we are charitable and honest in the way that we live our lives.

It is beautiful that it is an uncomplicated way to be open to receive Jesus!

This approach is an all-inclusive approach! It is a daily approach to receive Jesus, because Jesus is always available to be born again in our lives.

We need Advent every year so that we will do what we need to do every day of our lives!

Have a fantastic 3rd Sunday of Advent!

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Be St. John Like

Change the Narrative!

“This is he of whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send my messenger before my face, who shall prepare your way before you.’”
Matthew 11:10

Jesus needed His cousin St. John the Baptist! St. John was to prepare the way for the ministry of Jesus. He was a prophet, the last Prophet of the Old Testament, Jesus begins the Nee Testament with His life and ministry.

St. John’s preparation was very clear for those who could hear him. His message was revealed in all that was about him. Even the clothing he wore and the food he ate revealed a radical turn to the Divine.

To make the way to receive the Lord, we must repent of the things that block the Divine Presence in our lives!

Repentance is important and we must remove the things that keep us from receiving Jesus in our lives!

We must be St. John like in the way we live, in our total being! We may be the only ones who can bring Jesus to people.

May we be the best St. John like people, because the world is in desperate need of the peace, joy, and love that Jesus brings!

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