Newsletter for 3rd Sunday of Advent, Year B
I am a voice that cries in the wilderness: Make a straight way for the Lord.
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I am a voice that cries in the wilderness: Make a straight way for the Lord.
A voice cries in the wilderness: Prepare a way for the Lord, make his paths straight.
If he comes unexpectedly, he must not find you asleep
“When the Son of Man comes in all his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit upon his glorious throne, and the nations will be assembled before him.”
“Well done, my good and faithful servant. Since you were faithful in small matters, I will give you great responsibilities. Come, share your master’s joy.”
“So stay awake, because you do not know either the day or the hour.”
The Gospel considers you great for a different reason: you are great if you serve. At the end we are all the same because we all face the same end: death.
Jesus stressed the direct relationship between love of God and love of neighbour. He explained that the rest of the laws are based on the two. They are like the hinges on which the entire law hung.
A Christian cannot really say, “It is my time and my money to use how I wish.” A Christian must say, “It is God’s time and God’s money, entrusted to me to be used for myself and for others.
This parable is a reassuring parable. It reminds us that God will not allow his plan to be obstructed. The forces of evil will be bound and destroyed even if the path to achieve this looks messy and painful.