GAUDETE SUNDAY AND THE 3RD WEEK OF ADVENT DENOTES JOYFULNESS AND GLADNESS...........

The midway point of the Advent Season brings us to, "Gaudete Sunday", the 3rd and Joyful Sunday of this sacred season of Anticipation, Watching, Unity, and Repentance.  We are summoned by Today's Scriptures at Mass, to rejoice with gladness in the nearness of the Lord Jesus' Coming to us in His Holy Birth this Christmas; and to listen and truly hear the words of John the Baptist, that the One we await, is here among us now, just as He was as John was carrying out the Baptism of Repentance.  We are to be filled with gladness and joy, in discovering Jesus' continuing and unfolding presence in our daily lives during these Advent days and Everyday, just as we have Hope that Jesus the Anointed One of God the Father was born into the World and will Come again in future Glory.  So stand up !, Sing out !!, Rejoice in the Three-fold Coming of Christ, and be Glad to Welcome Him as the One all Believers have and are Preparing the Way to seek and to find, as Savior, Redeemer, Lord, and King !!!!!!!!!!!...........Maranatha !!!  Come, Lord Jesus, Come,   Fr.  Troy