12/1/19: 1st Sunday of Advent: Stay Awake!

Father Matthew Wiering Podcast

English - December 02, 2019 04:19 - 15 minutes - 7.43 MB - ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
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Both Jesus and Paul in our readings today exhort their listeners to "stay awake"! Both are encouraging vigilance because of the coming of the Son of Man -- we never know when our life will be demanded of us. Paul elaborates on what this "wakefulness" looks like in the concrete: not in orgies or drunkenness or rivalries or jealousies (in other words, not in serious sins that damage our relationships with God and others) but rather in "putting on" the Lord Jesus. Let us pray for the grace to do that this Advent!