1st Sunday of Advent: Wake Up!

1st Sunday of Advent: Wake Up! Happy Priest on Preparing for Christmas

Most of the world did not notice Jesus' first coming.  We need to stay awake and notice how he comes to us each day.  What about those special graces that come to us each day?  What about those amazing opportunities that he gives us each day to love him more and more.  When we are inattentive, when we are lazy, when we are indifferent, we miss out on so much.  Advent is a time to wake up and to leave aside our laziness and tepidity. "Therefore, stay awake!  For you do not know on which day your Lord will come" (Matthew 24: 42).  

CORPUS CHRISTI, TX (Catholic Online) - The first Sunday of Advent marks the beginning of a new liturgical year.  It is interesting to note how the liturgical year ends with the theme of the Second Coming, while at the same time, the new liturgical year also focuses on the same theme. Since we are about to celebrate Christmas, we would suppose that the new liturgical year would begin chronologically with a reflection on the Incarnation.  However, that is not the case. The reason why the liturgical year ends and begins with the same theme is clear: if we have already embraced Jesus in his first coming, we will have no fear of his second coming. 

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