COMING TO THE LORD GOD IN HOPE AS ADVENT PEOPLE...........

Whatever challenges or hardships we are enduring as a part of our human condition, as Advent People of Living Faith in the Lord God of the Universe, we have reason to Hope.  By preparing our hearts and minds, bodies and souls, for the Divine's Coming, we are able to trust that the struggles and limitations that beset us, need not defeat us.  The three-fold Coming of the Lord Jesus, Co-Eternal Son of God the Father, is the source for Hope to be freed from our sins, to be delivered from the infirmities that captivate us, to discover and experience the fullness of forgiveness, healing, and redemption, as believers in Christ, the Anointed One and long awaited Messiah.  God our Creator, desires our Unity and Repentance, but also our Trust, that with Faith, Hope, and Love, we can and will be enfolded into the Holy Birth, Future Coming in Glory, and Everyday Presence of the Lord Jesus.  Our Gospel Proclamation on this 2nd Wednesday of Advent, Matthew 11:28-30; hearkens us to, "Come to the Lord", those of us - "Who are burdened or labored", for it is in the Lord God, that we find the rest and peace we need............May your prayerful, pro-active, response to the Lord's Coming, increase God's Grace in your lives as Advent People of Hope...........Fr.  Troy