OUR WHOLE LIFE SHOULD BE AN ADVENT

As part of Rev Fr Edward Seah’s homily on Gaudate Sunday, he pointed to a lovely excerpt from the homily given by St Pope John Paul II on 18 Dec 2002...

“We must understand that

our whole life should be an "advent", 

In vigilant expectation 

of Christ's final coming. 

To prepare our hearts 

to welcome the Lord who, 

as we say in the Creed, 

will come one day 

to judge the living and the dead.

We must learn

to recognize his presence 

in the events of daily life. 

Advent is then 

a period of intense training 

that directs us decisively to the One

• who has already come, 
• who will come 
• and who continuously comes.”