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Sunday, December 6, 2015, Second Sunday of Advent
Baruch 5:1-9, Philippians 1:4-6, 8-11, Psalm 126:1-6, Luke 3:1-6
Link to Readings --> http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/120615.cfm
HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION
"Make ready the way of the Lord, clear Him a straight path." -Luke 3:4
Before Christ's Christmas coming and His Second Coming, we need to make a highway in the desert. We need this highway so we can return to the Lord from the exile of sin and so the Lord can return to take us from our exile on earth (see 1 Pt 2:11) to our heavenly home. This desert highway is both for us (Bar 5:7) and the Lord to use (Lk 3:4). We are to use the highway first to get out of the exile of sin. Then Jesus will come on it to take us home from our exile on earth.
We construct and travel this highway by repentance - deep repentance, "a baptism of repentance" (Lk 3:3). By repentance, we fill in the emptiness of sin's "death valley" and level mountains of pride and inflated egos (Lk 3:5). As we confess our sins, the Lord makes straight (Lk 3:5) our winding excuses, rationalizations, unrealistic denials, and self-deceptions. The rough, jagged, cutting, harmful edges of our selfish attitudes are made smooth through repentance, forgiveness, Confession, and reconciliation (Lk 3:5).
Make and drive the highway of repentance into Christmas and heaven.
Prayer: Father, keep me on the holy highway (Is 35:8).
Promise: "My prayer is that your love may more and more abound, both in understanding and wealth of experience, so that with a clear conscience and blameless conduct you may learn to value the things that really matter, up to the very day of Christ." -Phil 1:9-10
Praise: Praise You, Jesus, "the Way, and the Truth, and the Life" (Jn 14:6). All glory and honor to You!
(For a related teaching, order our tape The Necessity of Confession for Renewal" on audio AV 70-1 or video V-70 or on CD 70-1 or DVD 70 or listen or download at presentationministries.com.)
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Rescript: In accord with the "Code of Canon Law", I hereby grant my permission to publish "One Bread, One Body" covering the period from December 1, 2015 through January 31, 2016
?Most Reverend Joseph R. Binzer, Auxiliary Bishop, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, June 26, 2015
The rescript is a declaration that a book or pamphlet is considered to be free of doctrinal or moral error. It is not implied that those who have granted ecclesial permission agree with the contents, opinions, or statements expressed.
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