7 Gifts of the Holy Spirit with +Bishop Paul Sirba: 2nd Sunday in Advent

Listen to the homily here.

Notes:

2^nd Sunday in Advent

“On that day, a shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse,
and from his roots a bud shall blossom.
The spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him:
a spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
a spirit of counsel and of strength,
a spirit of knowledge and of fear of the LORD,
and his delight shall be the fear of the LORD.”

During this season of Advent, this passage hit my heart, especially as we lost our Shepherd, Bishop and Father.  As he passed away during Advent, I wanted to speak about our reading first in Isaiah and then in Romans

·      These gifts of the Holy Spirit that flow into our souls at Baptism and empowered with Confirmation as we were chatting about that earlier this week

o   And as no one is perfect, Bishop Paul Sirba inspires me with these seven gifts

·      Wisdom

·      Understanding

·      Counsel

·      Strength

·      Knowledge

·      Piety

·      Fear of the Lord

Then, as not only in any other Advent, we have been and will continue to be encouraged and seek endurance:

·      “Whatever was written previously was written for our instruction, 
that by endurance and by the encouragement of the Scriptures 
we might have hope.”

·      Monday evening we will be having Adoration at 5:00pm and Mass at 6:00pm for our Bishop, and us as a family

“Welcome one another, then, as Christ welcomed you, for the glory of God.”