This Third Sunday of Advent is also called “Gaudete” Sunday and there is an option of using rose as a liturgical color. Rose is a colour of joy. “Gaudete” means “Rejoice”, which is a quotation from Phil. 4:4-5: “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice! The Lord is near”.
Read MoreWe are all familiar with the “cursor” on our computer – it points to what we have to fix our attention on. John the Baptist is called the precursor of Jesus, as he was the one who prepared the people to receive Our Lord and he was the one who “pointed him out” to the first disciples.
Read MoreAs He preached in the temple in Jerusalem, Christ warned that the anxieties of daily life, drunkenness and carousing, if not tempered, dampen the fervour of the Christian, causing him to become drowsy.
Read More