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Second Sunday of Advent - December 8, 2024

We hear John the Baptist proclaim today, “Make straight your paths.” How do we do so? John’s primary message throughout the whole region answers that question. We must repent of our sins. Our sins are the obstacles that block the path of the Lord, that make it more difficult for him to enter our hearts. True repentance allows for God’s forgiveness to clear those obstacles, to make straight the Lord’s path into our heart.

Luke begins his account of John the Baptist’s ministry by naming several civic and religious leaders of the time. Many of these names we recognize for the roles they play in prosecuting and sentencing Jesus just a few years later. But for now they provide a contrast to John the Baptist. Luke cleverly imitates God’s sense of misdirection. Just as Jesus is continually found among sinners in humble places, the word of God did not come to these renowned and powerful men in palaces or the temple, but to a man of little means living in the desert. Jesus Christ, the Word of God, can be found in the humblest of places. May he find a home in our hearts as well.

Love, Peace, Joy,

Fr. Bob

 

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