Second Sunday of Advent
Repentance and
Grace
As it is written in Isaiah the prophet:
Behold, I am sending
my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare the way.
A voice of one crying out in the
desert:
"Prepare the way of the Lord, make
straight His paths." - Mark 1:
2,3
"O Jesus, open to
me Your sacramental breast, because I wish to place all my
affections there. O Jesus, how much I love Thee! But why do You act towards me
with so much love, while I offend You with countless ingratitudes? This thought
alone, if I could but comprehend it, should be enough to turn me into a furnace
of love. Is it not an irresistible love to love Him who is not angry with one
who always offends Him? O Jesus, if I only considered attentively Your immense
love for me, how greatly I should excel in every virtue!
Pardon me, O Jesus,
so much carelessness; pardon such great ignorance. My God! Jesus
my love, infinite Goodness! What would have become of me if You had not drawn me
to Thee? Open to me Thy Heart, open to me Thy sacramental breast; I open mine to
You."
St
Gemma Galgani
During this holy Advent season make frequent and good confessionsthat you may receive frequent and good Holy Communions.On Jordan's Bank the Baptist's CryAdvent Hymn by Charles Coffin (+1749)
On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry
Announces that the Lord is nigh;
Come, then, and hearken, for he brings
Glad tidings from the King of kings.
Then cleansed by every Christian breast
And furnished for so great a Guest.
Yea, let us each our hearts prepare
For Christ to come and enter there.
For Thou art our Salvation, Lord,
Our Refuge, and our great Reward.
Without Thy grace our souls must fade
And wither like a flower decayed.
Lay on the sick Thy healing hand
And make the fallen strong to stand;
Show us the glory of Thy face
Till beauty springs in every place.
All praise, eternal Son, to Thee
Who advent sets Thy people free,
Whom, with the Father, we adore
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