Reflection for the First Sunday of Advent: November 28, 2021

Each year, we begin the new liturgical year with a four-week celebration of Advent. Advent is our season of beginning which focuses on waiting. The scriptures remind us to actively wait for the coming of the Lord as king at the end of time.
 
Advent reminds us to be patient as we wait on the Lord.  In the meantime, we are encouraged to look back over our life to see how we have prepared a place for Christ to be born again in our lives and in the lives of those whom we love.  We are watchful and alert!

On this first Sunday of Advent, the Gospel reading reminds us to be “vigilant at all times.”  He says that we should not let the anxieties of life cause us to become weary as we wait for the Lord’s return.  Let this season of Advent be a time of change and new beginnings. Let it be a time of joy and a time of hope for each of us. Only God can take the broken pieces of our lives and put them back together again.  Through this Advent, we must listen to the angels who sing- Glory, Glory, and Glory to the newborn King! 

Come, Lord Jesus.

In our motto,

James Russell

Catholic Action Chairperson

NYSAOH