Encounter brings you a weekly podcast for the 4 Sundays of Advent. In each episode, one of our parishioners will reflect on the weekly Advent theme, Opening our lives to Christ, and the Sunday gospel reading. We asked members of our community for their reflections because God calls each of us to witness our faith to others. In this first episode, Ryan Cottrill reflects on John the Baptist's call to be prepared and how Jesus often works silently in our lives (Matthew 24:37-44).