Advent comes from a Latin word meaning “coming” or “arrival,” it marks the four Sundays leading up to Christmas. Advent is a time to prepare joyfully for the birth of Christ. Advent is a season for us to remember our need for God to come again in our lives. It is that time for us to express a desire for what God alone can give. Advent is also a time for us to anticipate Christ’s Second Coming. We look forward to that day and wait expectantly for Christ to come again. Advent, therefore, not only points backward to His First Coming, but also forward to His Second Coming, thus providing each of us with a clear and decisive vision of the future. Advent, then, is a time of expectation; it is the acknowledgment of the fact that, although God has already acted on our behalf in Jesus’ birth, there is still much more to come. Advent is a time for us to examine our lives and actions in light of the kingdom of God, which entered human history with the birth of Christ ~ yet still awaits completion. Our expectation of the coming Lord demands that we anticipate in our actions the kingdom with which He has identified Himself and will bring to us. So use this season to prepare worthily and well.
Sincerely Yours in Christ,
Fr. Wayne