2 December 2022
The liturgy of Advent…helps us to understand fully the value and meaning
of the mystery of Christmas. It is not just about commemorating the historical
event, which occurred some 2,000 years ago in a little village of Judea.
Instead, it is necessary to understand that the whole of our life must be an
‘advent,’ a vigilant awaiting of the final coming of Christ. To predispose our
mind to welcome the Lord who, as we say in the Creed, one day will come to
judge the living and the dead, we must learn to recognize him as present in the
events of daily life. Therefore, Advent is, so to speak, an intense training
that directs us decisively toward him who already came, who will come, and who
comes continuously.
St. John Paul II
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