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Dec 5th
SUN SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT
For hearts overflowing with thanksgiving,
for the lives of all who love us
and for a growing gratefulness
for the gift of human life;
We pray to the Lord:
Dec 12th
SUN THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT
That in this season of joyful hope,
we might cherish each day of life God gives us,
and use it to proclaim the goodness of God
and the Gospel of life;
We pray to the Lord:
Dec 19th
SUN FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT
That on the eve of the Jubilee of our Redemption,
we might join our hearts with the child Jesus,
and empty ourselves for all who need us;
We pray to the Lord:
Dec 26th
SUN THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY, AND JOSEPH
That we might embrace the final days of this millennium,
in thanksgiving to God for the gift of life,
and embracing our families
with the merciful, infinite love of God;
We pray to the Lord:
"As the third millennium of the new era draws near, our thoughts turn spontaneously to the words of the Apostle Paul: "When the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman" (Gal 4:4). The fullness of time coincides with the mystery of the Incarnation of the Word, of the Son who is of one being with the Father, and with the mystery of the Redemption of the world. In this passage, Saint Paul emphasizes that the Son of God was born of woman, born under the Law, and came into the world in order to redeem all who were under the law, so that they might receive adoption as sons and daughters. And he adds: "Because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying 'Abba! Father!'" His conclusion is truly comforting: "So through God you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son then an heir: (Gal 4:6-7)."
- Pope John Paul II, Tertio Millenio Adveniente