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Have You Wandered Away from God?

Bishop Robert Barron

December 8, 2024

Friends, in our readings for the Second Sunday of Advent, there is a lot of talk about building highways. In the Bible, both Old Testament and New, we find the theme of exile. Very often, Israel finds itself sent away from its own Promised Land, and a great hope is that one day, the exiles will return home on a highway that God has built. This is a symbol of spiritual exile—and to meet the highway that God has prepared, we have to do some preparation ourselves.

Mass Readings

Reading I – Bar 5:1-9

Psalm – Ps 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6.

Reading II – Phil 1:4-6, 8-11

Gospel — Lk 3:1-6

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