If Advent is to open our minds and hearts to the Person of Jesus Christ, we must also acknowledge the importance of hearing the voice of Christ transmitted to the world through the teaching of the Church.
Advent: Dominus humilitate adveniet: The Lord Will Come by Humility
Those who desire God and thirst for the joys of heaven are careful to pray for and cultivate the virtue of humility, for without it spiritual advancement remains an unattainable goal.
Pope Benedict: To Make Christ Known Is A Most Precious Gift
Because of what we have received through the gift of faith, we are compelled to offer our life, our very self, as a gift to Christ and thus become instruments of his glory, which is accomplished by our complete cooperation in docility with the impulses of the Spirit, whom the Savior gives to those who love him.
In The Possession of God, Every Difficulty Fades Away In The Light of Heaven
Given the difficulties which confront us daily, it is helpful to remember the many incomparable gifts that God has showered upon us, especially the supreme Gift above all gifts, his only Son who was sent “into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him” (Jn 3:17).
A Reflection On Life’s Emptiness: Friend or Foe?
Our experience of life’s emptiness is a universal human experience; it is not without cause or purpose, for through it God directs our attention back upon Himself, that we may have life, and have it abundantly (Jn 10:10).