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COLLECT
The Collect for the Second Sunday of Year B reads as follows:
Let us pray
Almighty and merciful God,
May no earthly undertaking hinder
those who set in haste to meet Your Son,
But may our learning of Heaven’s wisdom
gain us admittance to His company.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son,
who lives and reigns with You in the
unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
In making this prayer tangible,
the following reflection questions emerged:
1. 1. How can our earthly undertakings (e.g. our work) hinder us from Christ?
2. What steps will I take this week to prepare a way for the Lord?
3. What is heaven’s wisdom?
4. How does my understanding of Heaven’s wisdom affect my life?
5. How will you set out to meet Christ this coming week?
GOSPEL REFLECTION
Advent is a time of hope but it is also a penitential season. The
priest’s chasuble that he wears is purple- meaning penitential. We need to prepare by some form of penance,
prayer and doing works of charity. In
this time we can always provide hope for others in need by picking up the phone, doing a zoom or skype
or facetime call.
We can also set aside some time each day to read the Gospel of the day
and to meditate upon it. We can see how the Lord speaks to us through His
Gospel of the day. You might like to
also visit my Gospel Acclamation series to help you also in your advent
journey.
We need to set aside some penitential.
It might be holding back a word or two when we are tempted to make an
unkind comment. In some families they
have the tradition of every time someone in the family does something positive,
something worthwhile spiritually, they add a piece of straw to their cradle so
that when Jesus comes at Christmas, the cradle will be full of straw on which
He can rest.
Some families and schools have what they call the Advent promises where
each family member commit to doing something during advent. I heard some lovely commitments last week at
Mass. One grade 1 child promised to feed
the dog during Advent instead of dad doing it.
Of course, the dog needs feeding and walking every day but promising to
give Dad a break from feeding and walking the dog during Advent shows some
responsibility and also some respect for dad out of love for Jesus. It shows
that the child thought about what he was going to do-something practical.
Perhaps it may be worth thinking of your own promises. It is not too
late to start.
The most important thing is that we use this time of advent, this season
of hope to grow closer to Jesus and to want Him to really come to us not only
at Christmas but into our hearts in a new and deeper way. We need to long for Him and to really desire
Him to come. We can get caught up with
family traditions and getting ready for Christmas but if we do these without
considering the spiritual side of the season, we are definitely missing out.
Use these weeks wisely and grow closer to Jesus. Come Lord Jesus and help me to prepare a way
for You.
You may find this homily inspirational
to your Advent journey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mps7yfhUMIU or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T49_XSnJhAQ
You may also like to buy my Advent
scripture journal from Amazon. It is called The Season of Advent Scripture Journal
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