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Mo NguyenSECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT – YEAR C
05 DECEMBER 2021
BREAKING OPEN THE WORD
TRUST IN GOD’S HELP
(Luke 3: 4, 6)
As we prepare for the Lord’s return, today’s readings encourage us to continue the journey we have started but challenge us as well. Baruch gave heart to the generation of the exile by speaking about the highway that God was building for their return. At the dawn of the time of Messiah, John the Baptist makes use of the same image but reminds us that the highway that is being built in the desert in not only God’s work but ours. Our co-operation is needed as the rough places of our hearts are smoothed, the mountains we force God to cross are made level, and the valleys filled in.
Paul calls the Christians of Philippi to take heart as they wait for the Lord’s return. Paul was devoted to all Christian communities he had founded and ministered to, but the Philippians had a special place in his heart, and he called them his jewel and crown (cf. Philippians 4:1). They were a Macedonian community that had suffered much (cf. 2 Corinthians 8: 1-3) and yet supported him greatly in his ministry emotionally, financially, and spiritually ( Philippians 4: 14-16).
We see the encouragement that Paul gives them as they prepare for the Lord’s return. He knows that it is not always easy to discern what is good and necessary but he reassures the Philippians by reminding them that the Lord who started the good work in them will bring it to completion.
CHRISTOPHER MONAGHAN CP
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