BE VIGILANT. PRAY AT ALL TIMES.
"Jesus said to his disciples: “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.
For that day will assault everyone who lives on the face of the earth.
Be vigilant at all times and pray that you have the strength to escape the tribulations that are imminent and to stand before the Son of Man.” (Luke 21 : 34 - 36).
Saturday November 29th in the 34th Week in Ordinary Time.
We honor the Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday.
What are your plans for Advent?
"Jesus said to his disciples:
“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." (Luke 21: 34).
Today is the last day before Advent, the beginning of the New Year of the Church.
What is the above Scripture saying to me?
Be careful not to spend the next four weeks before Christmas like the Unredeemed.
Parties, shopping, games, etc. If you do, you will miss out on a lot of graces that Jesus Christ has prepared for you this Advent.
You ask: What should I do?
"Be vigilant that you may have the strength to escape the tribulations that are imminent." (Luke 21: 34 - 36).
"Be vigilant" means: Be alert and watchful through prayer, worship, songs and praises like someone waiting for the arrival of a very important guest.
In God's loving and merciful Providence, He ordained that Prayer, Fasting and Almsgivig are means to overcome the stubborn inclination of the flesh to sinful habits.
"Marana tha! Come, Lord Jesus!" (Revelation 22: 20).
“These words are trustworthy and true, and the Lord, the God of prophetic spirits, sent his angel to show his servants what must happen soon.” (Revelation 22: 6 - 7).
This maxim of St Augustine seems appropriate here:
"If you pray well, you live well. If you live well, you die well. If you die well, all is well."
Get a good Advent Plan. Happy Advent friends.
"The riches of My kingdom are for all whom I have redeemed with My own Blood, but it pleases Me to bestow them through My Mother, the Queen and Mediatrix who stood at the foot of My Cross, offering Me and offering herself with Me. Today she reigns with Me in paradise. All that I won for souls from My Father on the altar of the Cross, with My Mother at My side, I will now pour out on souls through her Heart and through her hands. This, too, is the secret of a fruitful priesthood. In every priestly act and in all of life, place your hands in the hands of My Mother and your heart in her Heart." (IN SINU JESU, Tuesday, January 8, 2008).
The Church prays for the Holy Souls in PURGATORY in November.
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