First Sunday of Advent, 2023.
"Jesus said to his disciples:
“Be watchful! Be alert! You do not know when the time will come.
"It is like a man traveling abroad. He leaves home and places his servants in charge, each with his own work, and orders the gatekeeper to be on the watch.
"Watch, therefore; you do not know when the lord of the house is coming, whether in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or in the morning.
"May he not come suddenly and find you sleeping. What I say to you, I say to all: ‘Watch!’” (Mark 13: 33 - 37).
Sunday 3rd December, 2023 of the First Week of Advent.
What is Advent?
Advent is a period of waiting and expectation for a big event.
Advent is the Season we wait for the Coming of the Lord.
We wait for two Comings of Jesus: The first Coming of Jesus as a poor child born in a Manger in Bethlehem. This has happened. We celebrate the feast every year at Christmas.
The second Coming is His Coming in majesty at the end of the ages to judge the world. When Jesus comes again in glory and majesty, we who watch for that day may inherit the great promise in which we now dare to hope, teaches the Church.
How do we wait? "Be watchful! Be alert! You do not know when the time will come." (Mark 13: 33).
In order to be fully awake and take full advantage of all the blessings that God has prepared for us this Advent, we need an Advent Plan.
Your Advent Plan may just be more of your daily devotions:
Prayer, Word of God, Eucharist, Adoration, Penance, etc.
“Beware that your hearts do not become drowsy from carousing and drunkenness and the anxieties of daily life, and that day catch you by surprise like a trap."
Lord Jesus, we are Your people and Your inheritance. Save us in Your mercy.
Wishing our friends an Advent filled with Prayers, Reconciliation and Vigilance.
For the Immaculate Conception Devotions and Prayers and Prayer intentions click the link below:
http://seekfirst.blogspot.com/2023/11/novena-of-immaculate-conception.html?m=1
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