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December 7, 2008
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Second Sunday of Advent (Prepare The Way)
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The gospel this Sunday is from Mark 1:1-8. Here's for your reflection:
This Sunday's readings tell us to prepare for the Lord - for whatever He wants to give us, do for us, or ask of us - by walking the straight path, the holy path, avoiding all sin.
Isaiah says: A voice cries out in the dessert! What is barren in your life , and dry, hot or empty? Bring to mind the sins you've done that dried up what should be fruitful.
What part of your journey on the path to heaven has been difficult? Bring to mind the sins that have been stumbling blocks or pits or ruts in the road.
Prepare the way of the Lord! Make it straight in the wasteland of your sins a highway for God. Go to the Sacrament of Reconciliation and create a wider road into our heart that's easy for Jesus to travel, a through-way upon which He can arrive in great speed and glory.
All humankind is as frail as grass, and all our glory is like the flower of the field that withers and wilts. Only the word of our God stands forever.
Bring to mind your troubles and struggles. Here is where you are most vulnerable to sin. With the help of the holy spirit, consider these difficulties from the perspective of eternity. Are they really as bad - and as permanent - as they seem right now? What good is God raising up from these crosses?
Bring to mind the parts of your life that are going well. What activities are you doing that seem good and productive? Consider them from the perspective of eternity. Are any of them grassy glories? A hundred years from now, will waht you're doing today still have an impact - a beneficial impact?
What will their ever-widening ripple effect be doing a thousand years from now?
God has given you talents and a vocation for using them that are supposed to make a permanent difference by spreading His eternal kingdom across the earth. Are you wasting time? If so, take this to the Sacrament of Reconciliation and prepare yourself for the way of the Lord. He wants to make an eternal difference through you.
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