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Second Sunday of Advent — Year A
Entrance Antiphon:
Reflection
Week Two invites us to become
more attentive, more expectant, more willing to listen for God’s voice within
the heart’s inner landscape.
Joy is not something we manufacture this week — it is something we receive as
God draws near.
Advent’s second week begins with
a stirring proclamation: “O people of Sion, behold— the Lord will come.”
The antiphon does not say He may come or He might come, but He
will come. Certainty is the flavour of Isaiah’s promise. Advent is the
season in which God renews His assurance that history is not drifting without
purpose, and neither are we. The Lord is moving toward us with intention,
promise, and saving love.
This week’s antiphon shifts the
focus from waiting to beholding. To “behold” is more than to look. It is
to notice, to pay attention, to become alert to divine movement. Advent teaches
us that God is often closer than we realise, already at work in ways the
inattentive eye could easily miss. The prophets call us to lift our gaze, widen
our perception, and recognise grace breaking through the ordinary.
“The Lord will come to save
the nations.”
Here, Advent becomes expansive. God’s saving work is not small or exclusive; it
reaches to every people, every land, every heart. We are caught up into
something far larger than ourselves — the desire of God to restore all
creation. The child of Bethlehem will be the Savior of the world, and Isaiah
wants us to sense the immensity of that promise.
And then, a beautiful shift
inward: “He will make the glory of
His voice heard in the joy of your heart”. God’s coming is not only outward
and historical; it is intimately personal. He does not merely speak from the
heavens — He speaks into the heart. His glory is not thunder that
intimidates but a voice that awakens joy. Joy is the fruit of God’s nearness;
it rises quietly when His presence is welcomed.
Practice for Today:
Pray: “Lord, help me to behold Your coming. Make Your voice heard in the joy
of my heart.”
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