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.
Liturgical Seasons
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.
The Church at Christmas: The Light of Truth Shines In The Darkness
Let us speak plainly: we stand on the horizon between the present and eternity. With each passing moment, our journey across the sea of earthly life nears its inevitable completion.
Advent: Prepare to Receive the Risen Lord
Ultimately, Advent finds its completion in our union with God, as we are swept up into the supernatural life of the Holy Trinity. Yet such an incomparable event is not something which merely dwells in a yet-to-be-realized future; nor is it something accessed only after we pass through the thin veil of death which soon awaits us all. As members of holy mother Catholic Church, our thirst for communion with the Triune God is satisfied by the Risen Lord himself, who both announces the great eucharistic feast at his altar as well as provides for it, in order to enable us to consume his own flesh and blood—the food of eternal life.
Advent: Mary Leads her Children into “The Way” of life in Christ
Mary urges us to enter into Advent, into “the Way.” As we gaze with the eyes of faith upon that mystery which is anticipated in Advent, looking ahead toward the Child who lay in the manger, Mary whispers: look at my Son. “Do whatever he tells you” (Jn 2:5).