"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."
~Pope John Paul II (in his address on December 18,
2002)~
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