DECEMBER DAYS OF ADVENT ANTICIPATION AND WATCHFULNESS...........

Entering the twelvth and final month of our calendar year, whose definition denotes the number ten, even though it is the twelvth month of the year; the central statement of Faith that continues to follow us through this First Week of the Advent Season is, "On that day".....These words resound to sigbify that as we fulfill our December days of Advent Anticipation and Watchfulness, we must be keenly aware that the Lord God has a Plan, a Divine Intention, to sanctify and rectify all of Creation. Isaiah 26:1-6; announces to us that God's Justice is countercultural and otherworldy, humbling the lofty and raising the lowly.  Matthew 7:21, 24-27; assures us that to be a true believer and follower of Jesus The Christ, the Messiah of Humankind, we must not only hear and listen to His words, but put them into action.  Superficial, or lackadaisical, belief is insufficient to truly Living Faith and being a Wholehearted Disciple of the Lord God.  The words and teachings of Jesus are the blueprints we need to build our spritual homes on the Rock of Christ.  As December opens, plan now to make this Advent and Christmas, more meaningful by your prayer and generous good works, and by preparing to celebrate a worthy Sacrament of Reconciliation.  Your concerted spiritual readiness for the Lord's Coming will make you truly prepared to greet him today and on that day He Comes again, in Fidelity and Glory...........Fr.  Troy