The First Sunday Advent marks the beginning of the new Liturgical year. The green vestments and décor of Ordinary Time are put away, replaced with the purple vestments and décor of Advent. Like Lent, Advent is a season of penitent reflection. While our secular culture sees this time as the beginning of a frantic holiday season, we Catholics are asked to slow down, take a step back, and prayerfully consider if we are ready for the coming of Christ… that is, his second coming. The Word for the 1st Sunday of Advent Isaiah 2:1-5 Psalm 122:1-2, 3-4, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 Romans 13:11-14 Matthew 24:37-44 Our first reading comes from the second chapter of the book of the prophet Isaiah. The book of Isaiah is one of the longest of all the prophetic books and spans a period from before the Assyrian attack on the Northern Kingdom all the way through (and long after his death) to the end of the Babylonian Exile. This Sunday’s passage comes from the beginning of the book of t...
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