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Three Dimensions of Advent

Bishop Robert Barron

December 1, 2024

Friends, we come to the First Sunday of Advent, which is the commencement of the new liturgical year. “Adventus” in Latin means arrival or coming, and one way to look at Advent is to see three comings of Christ. There is the coming of Christ in history in Bethlehem, the coming of Christ now as he approaches our hearts, and the coming of Christ someday in the future. All three of these dimensions belong to our Advent preparation.

Mass Readings

Reading I – Jer 33:14-16

Psalm – Ps 25:4-5, 8-9, 10, 14

Reading II – 1 Thes 3:12—4:2

Gospel — Lk 21:25-28, 34-36

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