Week beginning: 30th November, 2025
This Sunday we begin the season Advent, a term that comes from the Latin “Adventus” or “advenire”, which means “arrival” or “to come” respectively. Advent marks the beginning of the Church’s liturgical calendar. It is a four-week period leading up to Christmas. This year introduces us to Year A of the Liturgical calendar.
For us Christians, and Catholics in particular, Advent means a time of expectation and preparation for the Lord’s coming. So, the prophecy of John the Baptist: “A voice of one calling in the desert, prepare a way for the Lord” (Mk 1, 3), echoes loudly to us this season. At this time, we can expect mercy and liberation because our Lord, the King of the Universe, whose solemnity we celebrated last Sunday, comes to reign over his people.
So, the Church gives us this time to meditate on our life and try our best to be good and to do good to our neighbour by avoiding greed, licentiousness, inordinate ambitions, and anger, as well as to prevent malice, backbiting, gossip, abortion, drunkenness, immodesty, and all sorts of vices.
Therefore, in this season of Advent, we have to not only prepare but also to equip ourselves with good virtues and to always be ready as “the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.” (Mt 24:44)
Please find the link to this week’s Newsletter below:
