December 15, 2019: 3rd Sunday of Advent/Gaudete Sunday

As we await the celebration of Christ's Birth at Christmas, and His 2nd coming at the end of time, we already have much reason to rejoice.

God is at work in our world, restoring what is broken, and bringing alive what is dead, as is described in Isaiah, and as Jesus describes in the Gospel reading when He responds to the inquiry of St. John the Baptist.

Let us open our eyes to see God at work, and await patiently as He brings His work to its fullness.

Indeed, when we keep ourselves aware of what He's doing, we are truly filled with joy.

I am furthermore filled with joy as I think about how this blog has provided the opportunity for me to reflect on what God speaks through Scripture, as it did back to Gaudete Sunday 6 years ago, all the way to today.

I took this photo of the rose candle on the Advent wreath at Ascension Parish.  Isn't she a beauty to behold?