Listen to the homily here.
Notes:
Notes:
3rd Sunday of Advent
Remember the desert from last week? (We should have a desert spot)
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“The desert and the parched land will exult; the
steppe will rejoice and bloom. They
will bloom with abundant flowers, and rejoice with joyful song.”
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And here we are in the third Sunday
of Advent: Gaudete—rejoice
Remember
John the Baptist last weekend?
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Listen to Jesus’ words for John the
Baptist: “Jesus began to speak to the
crowds about John, ‘What did you go out to the desert to see?’”
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A reed? No
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Dressed fine clothes? No
o
A Prophet? Yes…a prophet:
§ Isaiah:
“Behold, I am sending my messenger
ahead of you; he will prepare your way before you.”
John
the Baptist had a question
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“Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?”
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Jesus answer: “Go and tell John what you hear and see”
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Jesus showed miracles for the
blind, lame, lepers, deaf, dead, poor
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Physically—yes
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Think of the gifts from God through
miracles, science or medicine
§ Seeing—glasses,
contacts, surgeries
§ Deaf—hearing
aids, earplugs
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Spiritually—yes—today for hearing and seeing
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We must listen to the one voice
§ Not
in the noisy, busy, loud place
§ What
can we listen in silence?
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God
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We must see with our spiritual eyes
§ Not
in our physical world…our spiritual world
§ Seeing
Jesus Body and Blood
§ Seeing
the words of the Bible
Half
way through Advent
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The desert is growing
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Jesus is showing the gifts in the physical and spiritual world
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Christmas is closer
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