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Your Daily Advent Reflection - Day 3 - First Tuesday of Advent A guest is coming! Are you ready?

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Your Daily Advent Reflection - Day 2 - First Monday of Advent You're going through trouble, but is it the right trouble?� 

In the second half of Advent, the liturgy focuses on the Incarnation and birth of Jesus at the first Christmas.� 

In a somber response to the devastating bombing that occurred during a Catholic Mass in the Philippines, Pope Francis conveyed his condolences to the victims and their families. At least four individuals lost their lives, while 54 others sustained injuries during the attack at a 7 a.m. Mass held in a gymnasium on the campus of Mindanao State University in Marawi.

Your Daily Advent Reflection - Day 1 - The First Sunday of Advent Do you know what Advent is really for?� 

Give yourself a free gift this Christmas! Beginning December 1st, join us in reading one chapter daily from the Gospel of St. Luke, of which there are twenty-four chapters. By Christmas Eve you will have read the entire account of Our Lord's life and awaken on Christmas day knowing WHO and WHY we celebrate God becoming man in Christ Jesus, the central mystery of our Catholic Faith. Start My Journey to Meet Jesus

Advent is a wonderful opportunity to review those lasting things in our lives. Advent is a time for cleaning house, for digging into the the storehouse of living faith in order to prepare ourselves,� so that we - and the world - will be ready for His coming(s).� � 

This coming Sunday is the First Sunday of Advent. Many bring out the advent candles out of storage and set them in a wreath. Over these few weeks preceding Christmas, we will gather, pray and sing together- inviting the coming of the Lord into our lives, our homes, our Churches - and into the world which God still loves so much, that He continues to send His Only Begotten Son, our Savior, Jesus Christ. (John 3:16)