Advent reminds us to “Prepare, Prepare” for something IMPORTANT!  Advent begins Satruday with Evening Prayer and we, also, begin the Year of Grace let our focus be allowing God’s grace to guide us each day and each moment.

Are you faithfully & fully responding to God’s Call?  Or are you “wearying God”?  Fr. John Kavanaugh wrote that Advent is a time to “…savor … the ways God enters our lives.”           (America, December 13, 2010, p.10)

Are you savoring God’s presence in your life?

“Wait till we see his face!”

“Hope till we see his face!”

“Trust till we see his face!”

         (The Magnificat, December 2010, pgs. 172-173)

St. Paul reminded the Romans and he reminds us that “…we are called to belong to Jesus Christ … called to be holy.”   Being holy is demanding work.  The Beatitudes, Prayer, Praise, Sacraments, Good works, Conforming our will to God’s will; doing what God wants no matter the cost.  Many years ago, God asked Joseph to take on a difficult job, sometimes God asks us to take on difficult jobs.

Our Advent preparation is about wonder, about life, about love and about being vulnerable to allowing God not only into our life BUT be our life!

 May God Be Praised!