Saturday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Tomorrow is a new year. Tomorrow, we begin to anticipate the celebration of the Nativity of our Lord. His Advent is upon us, but we must first move on from what came before. If we wish to meet our Lord with confidence, we should cleanse ourselves of our faults through the Sacrament of Reconciliation. We should discipline ourselves with prayer and fasting. We should be vigilant and alert because we do not know when his arrival will occur.
We have just finished celebrating a great feast, giving thanks for the many gifts that we have received, and in a month another great feast will celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior. We cannot simply jump from feast to feast, though. That would be selfish indulgence. Rather, we return to the mundane and simple aspects of life, knowing that our greatest feast will be in Heaven. Our occasional indulgence reminds us of the joy that awaits us, but constant indulgence causes us to forget that something greater is in store.
Reflection by Fr. Victor Schinstock, OSB
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