The season of Advent

A Blessed Advent to you all!  The season of Advent is a time of expectation, when we prepare our home and our hearts to celebrate the birth of Jesus on Christmas Day. The word Advent is derived from the Latin word adventus, which means “coming”.  Advent is a season of hope, a time to nurture peace and experience joy in anticipation for the love that is made incarnate with the birth of Jesus.

Keep this purpose ever in mind as you make your plans to prepare for Christmas. Everything will make sense or become senseless in relation to this purpose. If baking cookies helps you achieve this purpose, bake away. Sitting quietly on a park bench, taking long walks in quiet places, visiting your church each day, reading, singing, serving others...whatever it is that helps you achieve the purpose of Advent, give yourself to those activities.

Wake up each day with this purpose in your heart and on your mind. Purpose has a way of transforming the way we live our lives. Allow the purpose of Advent to transform you.

With this in mind, the Wahoo Deanery will have Adoration and Confessions available for the faithful on Sunday December 15th and Monday December 16th (See under local news).  Please consider spending some time with our Blessed Lord and receive the grace of his healing mercy.  

May God Bless you all this Advent!

In Christ,

Fr. Luke Fleck