3 December 2017
First Sunday in Advent
As we enter the Advent Season Jesus advises us with a certain amount of surprising insistence to “Be watchful! Be alert!” Why? He wants us to gear every thought, every action to this central point of our faith: his return at the end of time.
This perspective should not us distract us from our daily work. Just the opposite. True, He will come in a final way on the last day. But he also comes to us each day, each moment of the day.
Prayer enables us:
To recognize his presence within us. To discern his presence in those we deal with each day. To be watchful for him in the challenges we encounter each moment of the day. To be alert to his call when we are inclined to listen to the Father of Lies who bids us to follow his ways. We shall be more attentive to what we must do each day if we are more attentive to the presence of the Lord with us. Pray this Advent to the Holy Spirit to teach us.