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FAITHWATCH: “Pope Francis: Advent Calls Us to Enlarge Our Horizons” – News.Va/ Vatican Radio

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“Pope Francis marked the beginning of the new liturgical year at the Angelus for the First Sunday of Advent. … the Gospel introduces us to one of the most ‘evocative’ themes of the Advent season: the visit of the Lord to humanity. Pope Francis pointed out three visits of the Lord: the first … the Incarnation, and Birth of Jesus at Christmas; the second, in the present, as Jesus visits us continually, every day; and the final visit, in the future, when Jesus ‘will come again in Glory to judge the living and the dead.’ * * * … During Advent … ‘we are called to enlarge the horizons of our hearts, to be surprised by the life that is presented each day with its newness. In order to do this we need to learn to not depend on our own securities, our own established plans, because the Lord comes in the hour which we don’t imagine.'”

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Catholic Readings: First Sunday of Advent 11.27.16 – USCCB/NABRV

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“… Therefore, stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come. Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour of night when the thief was coming,
he would have stayed awake and not let his house be broken into. So too, you also must be prepared,for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.'”

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FAITHLINK: Catholic Mass Readings: Saturday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time – USCCB/NABRV

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“… ‘Beware that your hearts do not become drowsy
from carousing and drunkenness
and the anxieties of daily life,
and that day catch you by surprise like a trap.
For that day will assault everyone
who lives on the face of the earth.
Be vigilant at all times
and pray that you have the strength
to escape the tribulations that are imminent
and to stand before the Son of Man.'”

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FAITHLINK: “Our Journey Through a Passing World – A Homily for the 33rd Sunday of the Year” – Archdiocese of Washington

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“During the month of November, the Church has us ponder the Four Last Things: death, judgment, Heaven, and Hell. As the golden gown of autumn gives way to the lifeless look of winter, we are encouraged to see that our lives are on a trajectory that leads to autumn and then to the winter of death. But those who have faith know that this passage to death ultimately leads to glory. Scripture says, And the world passes away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever (1 John 2:17).”

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