Today is the beginning of Advent. May we long for the coming of Jesus as did the early Christians who lived each day as if it were the day of his return.
Jesus is coming. We often say this with an intellectual assent but how many of us are moved in our hearts by this belief, moved so as to change what we will do this day?
“O God, our Father, may there arise in us the will to go out to meet Christ with good deeds, for he comes. May he call us next to him in glory to possess the Kingdom of Heaven. He is God, who lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen.”
Happy Advent to each of you.
