Advent
First Sunday of Advent 2016: Reflection
FIRST SUNDAY of ADVENT Cycle C (Jer 33: 14-16; I Th 3: 12– 4:2; Lk 21: 25-28, 34-36) Advent expresses in symbol and ritual three phases in our Christian journey of faith: Christ has come, Christ will come again, and Christ is present now! We reflect upon the first; we look to the second; we […]
ADVENT – THE TWO COMINGS OF CHRIST
Wednesdays Nov. 29th, Dec. 6th, 13th, and 20th Each Advent, we celebrate a new beginning. Although we enter into these four weeks as a time of preparation for Christmas and recalling the birth of the Lord, the Scriptures of the season begin by calling to mind the end time and the return of Christ. This […]