"Advent is a time of preparation: we prepare to celebrate the coming of Jesus at His birth in Bethlehem so long ago, and we are called to prepare ourselves for His anticipated second coming at the end of time.

In the Gospel, we hear that John the Baptist was sent to prepare the people for the coming of Jesus: “It was of him [John the Baptist] that the prophet Isaiah had spoken when he said: A voice of one crying out in the desert, prepare the way of the Lord, make straight His paths.”

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Question to ponder: How are you preparing?

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