First Sunday of Advent
rhapsody December 2nd, 2007
Liturgy of the Hours: Week I of the Psalter
We do not know when “the Son of Man’ will
come again or how God’s kingdom will be
established–whether peaceably (Isaiah)
or by destruction (gospel). Yet the readings
and Advent call us to look forward to the
future with hope and expectation. Why?
Because Christ’s Second Coming will bring
to completion God’s work of salvation.
This hope undergirds our efforts in daily
life to “conduct ourselves properly” and to
“put on the Lord Jesus Christ” (second reading).
–Living Liturgy, First Sunday of Advent 2007
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