Fourth Sunday of Advent

It's the Fourth Sunday of Advent!

There's Christmas lights everywhere, family members coming home from all over the country, last-minute shopping to be done, Advent wreaths taken down and replaced by Nativity scenes, and those pretty little presents under the tree are just begging to be opened. There's so much going on this time of the year, and it can be difficult to remember the best part: Jesus, the Savior of the world, is born.

This Christmas, don't become too overwhelmed by the things of this world that you will miss out on the true gift that is being born into your own heart.

Here is a meditation I found from Fr. Victor Hoagland, C.P. for the Fourth Week:

The angel Gabriel said to Mary, "Do not fear, Mary, you shall conceive and bear a son and give him the name Jesus. Great will be his dignity and he will be called Son of the Most High..." Luke 1

O Jesus, I believe you were born of Mary and are God's Son.

Your mysterious coming is beyond understanding. Yet like your holy mother, Mary, I wish that you come to me, for you promised you will. Let me serve you in any way I can and know that you are with me day by day as my life goes by.

Like Mary, your mother, though I know you only by faith, may my whole being proclaim your greatness and my spirit rejoice in your favor to me. 

 

O Wisdom, holy Word of God, Jesus Christ,
holding all things in your strong yet tender hands,
come and show us the way to salvation.