Today’s homily fit in nicely with this Advent season as we look forward to the return of Jesus to our world. Father sang the first lines of the GodSpell song, “Pre-pare ye the way of the Lord” and went on to remind each of us that we must prepare ourselves for His return. Repentance and confession, truly opening our hearts to His love, the need to focus on Jesus Christs this season rather than gifts, cookies, and all the other distractions…
As Catholics we have the gift of going to Confession (I know, today it’s Reconciliation, but I still think of it as Confession!). Kneeling before my priest and opening my heart, asking the Lord for His forgiveness can be scary but it is always cleansing too. The hard part is setting aside my pride and telling the WHOLE truth…no matter how embarassing or humbling.
Please pray for me this week as I prepare for a special Advent confession to ready myself for His coming. So many sins, so little strength to admit them, and a belly filled with pride…please God, help me to walk this path to YOU.
15/12/2009 at 5:57 am Permalink
I too can readily identify with the belly filled with pride…..being raised the independent female, it is very hard for me to run to “Dad” when I have an issue….but I am learning. The Holy Spirit is a wonderful teacher (and my most fav).
Merry Christmas my friend.