First Sunday of Advent 2019 – Stay Awake!
" Keep awake, you must be ready. The time has come for us to rise from a spiritual slumber."...
" Keep awake, you must be ready. The time has come for us to rise from a spiritual slumber."...
" . . . it is sometimes necessary to awaken ourselves from the dreamy stupors we may have permitted to take hold in us."...
"Jesus the leader is not afraid to challenge those whom he senses need that challenge. But he also knows how to affirm the ones who are bent over and living with fear, bondage and physical infirmity."...
"Pope Francis issued a letter for this day. He points out that The centuries pass, but the condition of rich and poor remains constant, as if history has taught us nothing."...
"What would it take you to stick to your principles and refuse to renounce your faith and its traditions?"...
"Jesus can’t exactly walk up to your front door and ring the bell. It would take a LONG time for Jesus to walk up to every house in the world! You’d be all old and wrinkly by the time he finally got to yours...
"We pray that the faithful departed may enter the full beatific vision of union with God, thus seeing God face to face.."...
"This is a day to celebrate all holy men and women, and ask for their prayers and intercession. We honour those who are known and recognized as enlightened souls, but also the unknowns and the misfits."...