First Sunday in Advent
November 28, 2021
Luke 21:25-28, 34-36
 
Stand Confidently – Your Salvation is Near!
 
It is interesting how Advent begins with readings about the end times, the Final Coming of Christ, not the early parts of the story of Jesus’ birth. The Church wants us to focus on the purpose of his coming, namely, our salvation. His death and resurrection will bring a “new heaven and a new earth.” We will be created anew. We are called to prepare ourselves through acts of love to stand confidently before the Lord when he comes. In this way, we will have nothing to fear.