FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT

READINGS AT MASS

Isa. 2:1-5

Psalm 122

Rom. 13:11-14

Mt. 24:37-44

Theme: IN THE DAYS OF NOAH

Dear friends in Christ, N'wokafu YESU KRISTO...

The problem with the days of Noah, as mentioned in today's Gospel by Jesus, was the deception of the normal everyday routine. Normalcy and routine can be dangerous and alluring to the Christian soul. Human beings are comfortable with stability. As such we can easily fall into a routine that makes us overlook so many things including new trends of events and signals in our lives. Routines can suck us in and keep us drowsy, thus preventing us from seeing and paying attention to the promptings of God to us. 

As we begin a New Liturgical Year and a new period of spiritual preparation, the Church, in the Word of God, is calling us to be very careful as Christians when things seem to be normal around us. Because uneventful comfort in the flesh is a danger to the soul. 

We are called, therefore, to fight the temptations of routine, stability and normalcy. We must constantly keep the soul awake, sober and attentive to the promptings of the Holy Spirit even as we go through the routines of a drowsy world. Beloved in Christ, never fall too deep into the cycle of every day life so as to forget what is happening (what God is doing) around you.

PRAYER

Almighty God, grant your faithful the grace to stay awake in the Spirit and attentive in a drowsy world. May we resolve and be ready to meet Christ with righteous deeds at His second coming. Amen.

May God bless you.

-Fr. Kenneth Debre

Sunday, November 27, 2022.

Holy Rosary Parish, Hohoe.