SUNDAY, December 7, 2025

Second Sunday of Advent

Memorial of Saint Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

PATHWAYS OF HOPE: “PEACE BE WITH YOU”

[GOSPEL OF THE DAY]: MATTHEW 3 : 1 - 12

John the Baptist appeared, preaching in the desert of Judea

and saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!"

It was of him that the prophet Isaiah had spoken when he said:

𝘈 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘵,

𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥,

𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘴.

John wore clothing made of camel's hair

and had a leather belt around his waist.

His food was locusts and wild honey.

At that time Jerusalem, all Judea,

and the whole region around the Jordan

were going out to him

and were being baptized by him in the Jordan River

as they acknowledged their sins.

When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees

coming to his baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers!

Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Produce good fruit as evidence of your repentance.

And do not presume to say to yourselves,

'We have Abraham as our father.'

For I tell you,

God can raise up children to Abraham from these stones.

Even now the ax lies at the root of the trees.

Therefore every tree that does not bear good fruit

will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

I am baptizing you with water, for repentance,

but the one who is coming after me is mightier than I.

I am not worthy to carry his sandals.

He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

His winnowing fan is in his hand.

He will clear his threshing floor

and gather his wheat into his barn,

but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire."

Video by Alvin Fabella : COO, EScience Corp, District Head Coordinator, South Sector. Speaker. Retreat Master. Contributor - Didache.

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