The Joy of Advent— Second Sunday of Advent

Reflections from Pope Francis

Today there is need for people to be witnesses to the mercy and tenderness of God, who spurs the resigned, enlivens the disheartened, ignites the fire of hope. He ignites the fire of hope! We don’t.

So many situations require our comforting witness. To be joyful comforting people. I am thinking of those who are burdened by suffering, tyranny and injustice. Those who are slaves to money, to power, to success, to worldliness.

Isaiah’s message on this Second Sunday of Advent is a salve on our wounds and an impetus to prepare, with commitment, the way of the Lord. The prophet speaks to our hearts….if we entrust ourselves to Him with a humble and penitent heart God will open the way for us to encounter Him.

The Holy Spirit will console us, for it is He who gives us the courage to go out of ourselves. It is He who 0pened the door to the source of every true comfort, that is the Father and this is conversion.

 

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