He has done great things, especially in leading us out of the doom and gloom into joy. Indeed, He leads us from a life marked by sin to a life marked by His presence active in us.
He has spoken His Word, manifested fully in Jesus Christ. He was heralded by the prophets, culminating in St. John the Baptist. John called people to repent so they would be ready to receive so wonderful a gift as the coming of Christ into the world, living in His way of love.
It's just like the Blessed Mother Mary did, whose Feast of Immaculate Conception we would typically celebrate on December 8. She provides a great model of how to receive Christ with joy for the joy He is, and live devoted to Him.
May she, the Patronness Saint of the USA, continue to intercede for God's blessings in our land, that Christ's presence may truly bring us alive.
And may this Advent continue offer us reason to rejoice as we make a place for God to enter our lives as we follow the highway He lays out before us to encounter His presence and abide with Him.
Bishop Barron's homily this week offers great insights into the idea of a highway leading us from sin to a new way of life in God. For we don't have to be stuck in sin anymore because God, through the redemptive power of Christ, has made a way for us to leave it behind and embrace His presence fully.
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