“You have heard, O Virgin, that you will conceive and bear a son; you have heard that it will not be by man but by the Holy Spirit. The angel awaits an answer; it is time for him to return to God who sent him. We too are waiting, O Lady, for your word of compassion; the sentence of condemnation weighs heavily upon us.”

Prepare for Christmas with the wisdom of the saints: this Advent reflection is from a Homily in praise of the Virgin Mother by St Bernard, abbott.

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“By his own powers man cannot see God, yet God will be seen by men because he wills it. He will be seen by those he chooses, at the time he chooses, and in the way he chooses, for God can do all things.”

Prepare for Christmas with the wisdom of the saints: this Advent reflection is from a treatise Against Heresies, by Saint Irenaeus, Bishop.

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“To prepare the way means to pray well; it means thinking humbly of oneself. We should take our lesson from John the Baptist. He is thought to be the Christ; he declares he is not what they think. He does not take advantage of their mistake to further his own glory.”

Prepare for Christmas with the wisdom of the saints: this Advent reflection is from a sermon by St Augustine, bishop.

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“God, who is faithful, put himself in our debt, not by receiving anything but by promising so much.”

Prepare for Christmas with the wisdom of the saints: this Advent reflection is from a discourse on the Psalms by St Augustine.

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“”Prepare the way of the Lord”: the way is the preaching of the Gospel, the new message of consolation, ready to bring to all mankind the knowledge of God’s saving power.”

Prepare for Christmas with the wisdom of the saints: this Advent reflection is from the commentary on Isaiah by Eusebius of Caesarea.

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“Lord, my God, teach my heart where and how to seek you, where and how to find you. Lord, if you are not here where shall I look for you in your absence? Yet if you are everywhere, why do I not see you when you are present?”

Prepare for Christmas with the wisdom of the saints: this Advent reflection is from the Proslogion by Saint Anselm, bishop and appears in the Office of Readings.

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“Our Lord Jesus Christ will, then, come from Heaven. He will come in glory at the end of this world on the last day. Then there will be an end to this world and this created world will be made new”.

Prepare for Christmas with Fr Epeli and the wisdom of the saints: this Advent reflection is from the catechesis of St Cyril of Jerusalem and appears in the Office of Readings.

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“This commemoration teaches us that our Saviour came not only for the benefit of the people of his own time. His goodness is still there for us to share in, but for our part, through faith and the Sacraments, we must lay hold on the grace He won for us and live by it in obedience to Him.”

Prepare for Christmas with Fr Epeli and the wisdom of the saints: this Advent reflection is from a pastoral letter by St Charles Borromeo and appears in the Office of Readings.

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“If you keep the Word of God in this way, you will be kept by It. The Son with the Father will come to you. The great prophet who will renew Jerusalem will come and He will make everything new. The effect of His coming will be that just as we have borne the image of the earthly man, so shall we bear the image of the heavenly man.”

Prepare for Christmas with Fr Epeli and the wisdom of the saints: this Advent reflection is a sermon by St Bernard and appears in the Office of Readings.

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“He who is full empties Himself. He emptied Himself of His Godhead for a brief time so that I might share in His fullness.”  

Prepare for Christmas with Fr Epeli and the wisdom of the saints: this Advent reflection comes from the orations of St Gregory Nazianzen and appears in the Office of Readings.

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