Second Sunday of Advent Mathew 3: 1-12 Christmas at the end is the most important event of the period of Advent. It is for many christians their most important Fest with many family traditions, customs, visits of family members and a variety of celebrations. In the feast of Christmas we commomerate the first coming of Jesus and get ready to prepare ourselves for his second coming. During Advent we hear in the Sunday gospels about John the Baptist, a relative of Jesus, a cousin, who announced the coming of Jesus and prepared the way for him. On the second Sunday of Advent the story of John the Baptist who came to prepare the way for the person and message of Jesus is the theme. Jesus described John the Baptist as the greatest human of the Old Testament. John the Baptist presented Jesus as mightier than he himself and sent hisown desciples to Jesus and told them to follow Jesus. John the Baptist appeared in the great traditions of the Old Testament prophets. His baptism of repentenc...
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First Sunday of Advent Year A
First Sunday of Advent Mathew 24:37-44 The Coming of the Lied The first stanza of a famous liturgical hymn in the German language is the following: “Mache dich auf und werde Licht, then dein Licht kommt.“ It means: „Open you up and become light, your light is coming.“ This light, which we expect, is Jesus Christ, the light of the world. We are invited in the season of Advent to become light; like Christ, the light of the world. Today’s Gospel reports about the unexpected return of the Son of Man. He comes on the day or in the night or unexpected even like a thief. None of the humans knows about the time of his arrival; not even angels know it; only the Father in heaven. Therefore, we should not be like the people during the time of Noah who were careless about the word of God and spent time in eating, drinking and celebrating. we should be prepared and be alert to receive Christ and to go with him. The entire Christian life is a life o...