A Recipe For Readiness… Thoughts At The Beginning Of Advent
By MSGR. CHARLES POPE (Msgr. Charles Pope posted this article on November 27 and it is reprinted here with permission.) + + As we begin the Advent Season, we are immediately drawn into its principal theme of preparation and readiness for the coming of the Lord. His First Coming has already been fulfilled at Bethlehem, and while we should prepare spiritually for the coming Christmas Feast, these first weeks of Advent bid us to focus even more on His Second Coming in glory.As the curtains draw back on the opening scene of Advent, we are warned by the Lord that He will come on the clouds with great power and glory and that we must be prepared. He says, “Beware.…Continue Reading