By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor

"If that's what we're doing all through Advent: listening to the knock at the door," Father Perry tells us for the first episode of our Advent podcast. "Jesus couldn't enter on his own; he needed the door open from the inside. He's knocking. Are we going to open the door, are we going to acknowledge that Jesus is at the door? And if he is really, really present, just what difference can that make in our lives? How will our lives proclaim this today? How will we align ourselves with Jesus Christ and the Gospel?"