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 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...