Second Sunday of Advent

The Second Coming Mt. 3:1-12

When the Son of God came the first time

It was a Day of Celebration

For a Child was born. 

But when He comes the second time;

It will be a Day of Judgment:

For the King is returning. 

He will not care what we look like

For He will not judge by appearances. 

He will not listen to hearsay or excuses

But will decide aright. 

He will strike the ruthless with the rod of His mouth

And slay the wicked with the breath of His lips. 

His winnowing fan will be in His hand;

And He will gather His wheat into the barn

And the chaff He will burn with unquenchable fire. 

So John warns everyone to Repent!

Do not presume to escape the coming wrath. 

Like the Pharisees and Sadducees. 

Jesus will come with an ax

And cut down every tree that did not bear good fruit;

And throw it into the fire. 

But for those who have born fruit

And repented 

 It will be a day of rejoicing;

For the wolf will be a guest of the lamb. 

The leopard will lie down with the kid. 

The cow and the bear will be neighbors. 

And the lion shall eat hay like the ox. 

The baby will play by the corbra’s den;

And there will be no more harm or ruin 

In all the earth. 

There is no time to waste. 

The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

Saturday 1st. Week of Advent

 

The Dawn in Her Womb

O Mary, gentle, pure, and meek,

The womb where God’s own Son did speak.

The Quiet room, the world asleep,

You held a mystery, sacred, deep.

The Angel came, a whispered breath,

To bridge the gap 'twixt life and death. 

And in your "yes," a new dawn broke,

The ancient promise thus awoke.

You were the earth where light was sown,

The living vessel God had known.

For in your flesh, His love took hold,

A story in your womb untold. 

And now to us, you are a grace,

A sacred, motherly embrace.

Your heart the cup where stars are poured,

A faithful, holy, and blessed word.

We find in you a place to be,

A spiritual womb, eternally. 

Friday 1st. Week of Advent

 Open our eyes. Mt. 9:27-31

Two blind men asked Jesus to open their eyes,

As they cried out “Son of David, have pity on us.”

What however is the greater blindness,

Those who cannot see with their eyes;

Or those who cannot see with their minds?

Do we dare call out to Jesus and ask Him

To open our minds to see?

To see the needs and suffering of those around us.?

To see ourselves

To see what we have done and what we have failed to do?

And when we do see,

All we will be able to say is,

Son of David, have pity on us!

Thursday 1st. Week of Advent

 The Key to Heaven. Mt. 7:21

Everyone wants to go to Heaven. 

But how does one get there?

Simple; do the Will of God. 

Jesus said only those who do the Will of His Heavenly Father

Will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. 

That makes sense because it IS God’s House. 

And if we want to enter His House,

Just calling on His Name,

Lord, Lord is not enough. 

 

We need to do God’s Will;

For doing God’s Will and not out own

Is the Key to entering the Kingdom of Heaven. 

And doing God’s Will is precisely what makes it Heaven!!

Wednesday 1st. Week of Advent

 Tears and Hungers Is. 25:6-10

What are you hungry for ?

What tears do you need wiped away?

We hunger for many things in this world and we are never satisfied; 

Never filled. 

We have many sorrows and our tears are never wiped away. 

On the Day of the Lord however,

Isaiah less us that there will be a feast of rich food and choice wines. 

And that God will wipe away all the tears from our eyes. 

Only the Lord is our shepherd who prepares a banquet for us,

And who will lead us through our dark valleys into green pastures. 

Tuesday 1st. Week of Advent

Everything!  Lk. 10:21-22

Jesus is truly the Son of God,

Because “Everything” that the Father has,

He has given to His Son. Lk. 10:22

The Father has shared with His Son, everything that He is and has. 

This is why No one knows the Son except the Father

And no one knows the Father except the Son. 

If you want to know God, then you must know Jesus. 

For ONLY Jesus can reveal God the Father. 

And no one else. 

For the Father has given EVERYTHING to His Son. 

And Jesus gives everything  He has received from His Father to us. 

Monday 1st Week of Advent

 Jesus comes for everyone Mt. 8:5-11

Ever since Abraham

The Jews were God’s chosen people. 

They were set apart from the rest of the world. 

But when Jesus came and dwelt among us. 

He welcomed all who came to Him. 

when the Roman Centurion came to Jesus;

He felt he was unworthy to have Jesus enter under his roof. 

We too are unworthy for Jesus to come under our roof at Communion. 

Like the Centurion however,

All we have to do is believe;

And Jesus will enter into our hearts. 

And make His dwelling with us. 

1st. Sunday of Advent

Guard your heart. Mt. 24:37-44

How many people lock the doors of their house?

How many people have cameras now?

How many people have alarms ?

Because one never knows;

When a thief might come.

So we guard our house. 

But we do not guard our hearts. 

Death is a thief who comes to steal our life when we least expect him. 

Noah tried to warn everyone about the flood

St. Paul told everyone to Wake Up!

Jesus said we do not know the hour or day 

So Guard your heart!

Because one never knows. 

As St. Paul said 

Do not let promiscuity, or drunkenness or rivalry into our hearts. 

Do not let bitterness or anger or envy in. 

They are thieves who steal our Peace and leave our hearts broken. 

Guard your heart!

Do not let just anything or anyone into your heart,

Do not give it away for a passing pleasure. 

For where your heart is,

There is your treasure. 

Friday 34th week of Ordinary Time

 Clouds Dn. 7:2-14

I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now,

From up and down and still somehow,

It’s clouds illusions that I recall,

I really don’t know clouds at all. 

Clouds are like life,

They come in all shapes and sizes   

They portent sunshine and blue sky or storms. 

But one Day, Christ will come on them. 

riding the wind

His clothing will be snow bright bright 

And His hair white as wool;

With flames of fire 

And thousands upon thousands of angels will accompany Him 

And He will bring Salvation for His people,

And Judgment for all the others. 

Next time you look at a cloud therefore;

Take a closer look. 

Thanksgiving Day

At every Thanksgiving we stop and give Thanks for all our blessings. 

At every Mass we give Thanks “Always and Everywhere.”

Stop and think about that for a minute. 

Do we give Thanks Always and Everywhere 

Or only when when things are going right. 

And when the sun is shining in our life. 

But when things are going horribly wrong 

And the storm clouds of life are rolling in,

We dont’. 

On the night Jesus was betrayed. 

On the night before He was scourged;

Crowned with thorns and crucified, 

What did Jesus do?

He gave Thanks. 

Jesus gave Thanks to His Father Always and Everywhere.  

So at grace before Meals give thanks to God always and everywhere;

For the good times and the bad;

Whether home with family

Or away. 

For if Jesus can, we can too with His grace. 

Wednesday 34th Sunday of Ordinary Time

 Hated by all Lk. 21:12-19

Who doesn’t want to be liked?

At school, at work, on the street,

Everyone likes to be liked. 

But at what cost?

What are we willing to give up so that others like us?

Jesus tells us that if we follow Him, we will be hated. 

Because He does not follow the world and what it likes. 

We will either be loved by Jesus and hated by the world,

Or rejected by Jesus and loved by the world. 

The choice is ours. 

Tuesday 34th Week of Ordinary Time

 No Stones left. Lk. 21:5-11

The world learned nothing from the Tower of Babel. 

It just keeps building bigger and better buildings, stadiums 

High rises and homes. 

And Jesus tells us that the day will come when there will not be left a stone upon another stone. 

It will all come falling down. 

So what are we building in our lives?

Build a spiritual house not made of stones,

But made of Faith, Hope and Love. 

For these are the things that will endure,

And the greatest of them is Love!